FOR decades it has been on display at the British Museum in London.
Now a piece of Hampshire's history is back home nearly 80 years after its original discovery.
The Winchester hanging bowl has been returned to the city - thanks to a question from a member of the public last year.
The British Museum granted a council request for the treasure, found in Oliver's Battery in 1930, to go on long-term loan to the City Museum in The Square where it can be seen for free.
The bowl was found in the grave of a young Saxon man close to the Oliver's Battery earthworks. The quality of the bowl suggests the man may have been royalty.
The return came about following a question posed by a member of the audience at the end of a lecture in 2006 by Prof Barbara Yorke from the University of Winchester.
She was invited to speak about the Saxon grave following a popular community heritage project at Oliver's Battery over the preceding months.
With a spot of professional co-operation between Hampshire County Council, The British Museum and Winchester City Council, the bowl was soon heading home.
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