Treasure to stay at Museum

A museum has successfully secured the £150,000 it needs to keep a 3,000-year-old dress fastener.

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery acquired the solid gold object after it was discovered in 2023 in Ellastone, by a metal detectorist. The museum said it was the first object of its kind to be found in Britain in almost 30 years, and had since been declared treasure. They added only seven other pieces were recorded across England and Wales.The money to ensure the Bronze Age piece stayed in Stoke-on-Trent was raised through a combination of public donations and grant funding.

The artefact will be on public display when the museum fully reopens in spring 2027.