Recovered Hoards
The Cheapside Hoard
Found 1912 · London, England
FoundThe prize. A buried Elizabethan jeweler's stock
Where. London, England
Status. Found
Where. London, England
Status. Found
The account
Workmen demolishing a cellar in London in 1912 broke into a wooden box packed with the stock of a Tudor jeweler, hundreds of gems and gold pieces hidden during the Civil War and never reclaimed.
How it was found
- Workmen demolishing a London cellar in 1912 broke open a wooden box packed with a Tudor and Stuart jeweller's entire stock, and quietly sold it to a dealer known as Stony Jack.
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