TRINKETS & WARES

The Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in mysterious symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but also to tell...

Celtic artists worked with stone, wood, metal and paint in a style characterized by its abstract nature, balance of form, delicacy, brightness of colour and most of all by its spirals and interlacing...

Torcs were worn around the neck, the upper arm or the wrist during Roman times. This torc is the equivalent of our modern bangle. The image on the front of this card is of Actaeon and is part of the...

The Roman goddess Minerva is often depicted with an owl, her sacred creature. She was associated with the Greek goddess Athena, the patron goddess of Athens whose symbol was also the owl. This...

This reproduction Roman bronze of a mouse is modeled on an original Roman piece. Just as today, it would have been used for decorative purposes. The sculpure is just one of a range of beautiful...

Gladiators were trained to fight each other or against animals, sometimes to the death. They would fight for the entertainment of the crowds in arenas and amphitheaters. The set of four mini...

The floors of Roman houses were often richly decorated with mosaics made from stone or glass of different colours, known as tesserae. These mosaics usually captured scenes of history and everyday...

A centurion was a professional officer of the Roman army. Most centurions commanded 83 men despite the commonly assumed 100, but senior centurions commanded cohorts, or took senior staff roles in...

This highly detailed miniature is of a legionary centurion's helmet, of the time of the Emperor Vespasian, circa 75AD. The helmet would have had a crest of horsehair and would have been worn with...

Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard was a notorious English pirate who had a short reign of terror in the Caribbean Sea between 1716 and 1718, during a period of time reffered to the Golden Age...

The innovative A6 Pirate Magnetic Word Kit contains over 120 reusable Pirate themed magnetic words. Use the words to create fun messages. The pack contains a sheet of magnetic words with a Pirate...

The word Pirate means 'one who plunders the sea'. Pirates were expert sailors and ferocious fighters who grew rich by hijacking cargoes. There are four mini Pirate figures to collect, Blackbeard,...