Drawings Pendant ornament set with antique intaglio
Object number
LDSAL2020.34.45
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Wash
Ink
Printer's Ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Dimensions
Height: 205mm
Width: 164mm
Width: 164mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
An Antique Bust in cornelian set in silver, with the following inscription:
+ IGNOTA : NOTO :
From the hole in the top of the rim, it seems to have been a pendant ornament and occasionally used as a seal, the Legend may signify that it was sent as a Present from a Lady unknown to an Abbot of Welbeck. It was found in the year 1793 in widening the Lake at Welbeck near the House.
+ IGNOTA : NOTO :
From the hole in the top of the rim, it seems to have been a pendant ornament and occasionally used as a seal, the Legend may signify that it was sent as a Present from a Lady unknown to an Abbot of Welbeck. It was found in the year 1793 in widening the Lake at Welbeck near the House.
Inscription content
From Mr Milman
Nov. 28. 1889.
Nov. 28. 1889.
References
Reference (free text)
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 2nd series 13 (1889-1891): 7-9.
The drawing is printed on a loose sheet of thin paper, apparently not a page from a book.