Drawings Bronze maceheads from Suffolk and Wiltshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.2.51
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: 48mm
Width: 136mm
Width: 136mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Bronze spiked macehead and spiked ring
found at Lidgate Suffolk
found at Lidgate Suffolk
Inscription content
A.W. del.
C.T.T.
C.T.T.
Inscription content
Arch. Inst.
xviij. p. 163.
xviij. p. 163.
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, figs. 339 and 340, p. 271.
Evans suggests that this type of macehead was Medieval in date.
The item is a cutting from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).
