FOUND A FORTUNE
Emil Joensson, a Swedish farm-hand, has found a fortfine. He was ploughing a-field; in Krupp,-a parish of Skaane, tho most southerly of the old provinces of Sweden, when he saw something blue and white in a froslily.-turned furrow. Hoi'stopped ;his team. The plough had turned up a'flne bit of porcelain and scattered the gold and silver coins that it once contained. Joensson fetched his master, who brought an archaeologist,, and between them they unearthed a hoard of treasure, about 400 old coins and - beautiful ornaments made by master silversmiths when their art was at its zenith. Among them are the mountings of a belt decorated with garlands of acanthus and carnations, and an exquisito little Madonna standing on a crescent moon. It is believed the treasure must have belonged to some nobleman. As the ornaments are' among* the finest of their kincl now •existing, they have been purchased by the State Historical Museum, ■and- the farm-hand is now a rich man.. Some of the ornaments are about 450 i years 'old -and must have beeu family heirlooms. Their proud owners can ■little have guessed that they would ono day bring a ploughman a fortune.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 4
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197FOUND A FORTUNE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 4
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