Drawings Bronze Age moulds for casting rapiers, from Devon
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.335
Artist/Designer/Maker
Utting, Robert Brooke - Engraver
Production date
1852
1861
1867
1861
1867
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Woodcut
Engraving (Printing Process)
Woodcut
Dimensions
Height: 205mm
Width: 134mm
Width: 134mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
STONE MOULDS FOR CASTING WEAPONS OF BRONZE.
Inscription content
Found at Hennock, near Chudleigh, Devon.
In the possession of Mr. J. G. Croker.
(Dimensions, A - length 24½ in. greatest width 3 in. B - length 21½ in. width 3 in.)
In the possession of Mr. J. G. Croker.
(Dimensions, A - length 24½ in. greatest width 3 in. B - length 21½ in. width 3 in.)
Inscription content
RB UTTING
Inscription content
Arch. Inst. IX. 184
References
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 9 (1852): 185-6.
Ilustration (Engraving by Utting), opp. p. 185.
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 18 (1861): 160-1.
Illustration (Engraving), p. 162.
Reference (free text)
Charles Tucker, 'Notices of Antiquities of Bronze Found in Devonshire', Archaeological Journal 24 (1867): 110-22.
Ilustration (Engraving), opp. p. 112.
Reference (free text)
John Evans, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1881), pp. 434-5.
Illustration (Engraving), p. 434.
The item is a plate from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).