Claw Beaker from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Lyminge, Kent, 5th century. Artist: Unknown. # 2663176

Claw Beaker from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Lyminge, Kent, 5th century. Artist: Unknown.

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Claw Beaker from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Lyminge, Kent, 5th century. At Maidstone Museum. A claw beaker is a name given by archaeologists to a type of drinking vessel often found as a grave good in 6th and 7th century Frankish and Anglo-Saxon burials.