Drawings Roman shale object in Dorset County Museum
Object number
LDSAL2020.15.67
Artist/Designer/Maker
J H A - Artist
Utting, Robert Brooke - Engraver
Utting, Robert Brooke - Engraver
Production date
1859
1859
1859
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Dimensions
Height: 228mm
Width: 140mm
Width: 140mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Kimmeridge 'Coal Money:' specimen in the Dorchester Museum, with part of an armlet attached, fractured in the lathe. (Original size.)
Inscription content
J. H. A. Del
Inscription content
UTTING. Sc.
Inscription content
Arch. Inst. XVI. p. 300
References
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 16 (1859): 299-302.
Illustration (Engraving), p. 300.
Report by Rev John Austen on 'Kimmeridge coal money' found on the isle of Purbeck. Povington, excavated by Austen, was found to be one of the manufacturing sites for lathe-turned shale rings, bracelets, etc.