Witham bowl
| Witham bowl | |
|---|---|
A wood-block print after a Victorian watercolour image | |
| Material | Silver, bronze, and semi-precious stones |
| Height | 40 millimetres (1.6 in) |
| Width | Diameter 150 millimetres (5.9 in) |
| Created | AD 850-950 |
| Discovered | 1816, River Witham, Lincolnshire |
| Present location | Lost |
The Witham bowl is a missing piece of Anglo-Saxon silverware, described by T. D. Kendrick in The Antiquaries Journal in 1941 as "the most remarkable piece of pre-Conquest plate ever found in England". It was last seen at the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds General Infirmary in 1868, when it was owned by the MP John Heywood Hawkins.