THE CHEAPSIDE HOARD A workman digging on the site of Wakefield House, Cheapside, in 1912, was the means of discovering an amazing hoard of jewellery when his pick penetrated a much-decayed box lying below a chalk floor. A few pieces were of Roman and Egyptian origin, re-used, but the average date of the collection was about 1600. It was probably an Elizabethan jeweller's stock-in-trade. We illustrate three of the most interesting articles now in the London Museum: top left, an amethyst "grape" pendant; top right, a pomander or scent-bottle, mounted with rubies, topazes and diamonds; below, a watch, set in a single hexagonal emerald, and cover.