Drawings Bronze macehead from Wiltshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.2.50
Artist/Designer/Maker
Way, Albert - Artist
Production date
1849
1861
1881
1861
1881
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Woodcut
Engraving (Printing Process)
Woodcut
Dimensions
Height: 52mm
Width: 72mm
Width: 72mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Bronze Head of a Weapon.
(Half original size.)
(Half original size.)
Inscription content
A.W. del.
C.T.T.
C.T.T.
Inscription content
Arch Inst
VI. 411.
VI. 411.
References
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 6 (1849): 181, 411.
Illustration (Engraving), p. 411.
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 18 (1861): 163.
Illustration (Engraving), p. 163.
Reference (free text)
John Evans, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1881) p. 271.
Illustration, fig. 340, p. 271.
Evans suggests that this type of macehead was Medieval in date.
The item is a cutting from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).
