Drawings Medieval comb from Ickleton, Cambridgeshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.28.65
Production date
1806
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 160mm
Width: 315mm
Height (of Mount): 214mm
Width (of Mount): 368mm
Width: 315mm
Height (of Mount): 214mm
Width (of Mount): 368mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Curious Comb found in the Ruins of Icklington [sic] Nunnery Cambridgeshire, in the possession of Joseph Shepherd Esq. of Saffron Walden 1800.
Archæologia XV. p.405.
Archæologia XV. p.405.
References
Reference (free text)
Archaeologia 15 (1806): 405.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. XLI, between pp. 405 and 406.
Craven Ord received the drawing from Thomas Walford, and exhibited it at the Society of Antiquaries meeting of 3 February 1803.