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Drawings Bronze torque from Rochdale, Greater Manchester

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.283

Artist/Designer/Maker

Hullmandel, C - Lithographer

Production date

1831

Material

Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink

Technique

Drawing
Lithography

Dimensions

Height: 236mm
Width: 270mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

FULL SIZE.

Ancient British Collar.
Found in Lancashire 1831.
Weight 1 lb: 4¾ oz.

C. Hullmandel's Lithography.

Inscription content

Bronze Beaded Torque found at Mowroad near Rochdale.
see H. Fishwick's 'History of the Parish of Rochdale' p. 5 and 'Archaeologia' Vol 25 p 595

Inscription content

Now in the possession of the Lord of the Manor

References

Reference (free text)

W R Whatton, 'An Account of the Discovery of an Ancient Instrument of Brass, at Rochdale in Lancashire', Archaeologia 25 (1834): 595-7.

Reference (free text)

Henry Fishwick, The History of the Parish of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster (London: Elliot Stock, 1889), p. 5. Illustration (Engraving), p. 5.