Anglo-Saxon bucket

M/1992/12. Small Anglo-Saxon bucket made up of wooden staves and a wooden base held together by bronze rivets, three bronze rings around the outside and a bronze rim. A bronze strip down each side has a hole at the top where the ends of the bronze handle used to be attached. Part of the handle still survives at one end. This bucket was one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to the old Grangewood Museum in Croydon and are now looked after by Croydon Museum Service. The rest were given to the British Museum. Between 1600 and 1300 years ago, Edridge Road was the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Noticed a mistake? Have some extra information about this object? Please contact us museum@croydon.gov.uk