Drawings Medieval charter horn
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.31
Artist/Designer/Maker
Richardson, Charles James - Artist
Production date
Post 1839
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Lithography
Dimensions
Height: 275mm
Width: 377mm
Width: 377mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
AN OLD ENGLISH CHARTER HORN
AT PRIORS BANK, FULHAM
AT PRIORS BANK, FULHAM
Inscription content
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE BANDS.
Presented to Thomas Baylis Esq. F.S.A. and W. Lechmere Whitmore Esq. F.S.A. of the Prior's Bank, Fulham by their friends Egomet, Father Thames, The Great Frost, and Old Father Christmas, in pleasant memory of their revel in St George's Gallery, on Monday, 30th Dec. 1839.
This Ancient Charter Horn, which belonged to a family named Pickard was procured from the representative of that family by John Burrow Junr., Edward Gifford, Theodore E. Hook, and T. Crofton Croker, (the Actors in the Revel.)
It is said to be the horn of the Highland Buffalo, an animal which has been extinct nearly 300 Years.
If we have err'ed, remember Mr Baylis,
That we are less in fault than your good Ale is.
While Thames doth flow or Wine is drank,
Þar-hæl to all at Priors Bank
drinc-hæl.
Presented to Thomas Baylis Esq. F.S.A. and W. Lechmere Whitmore Esq. F.S.A. of the Prior's Bank, Fulham by their friends Egomet, Father Thames, The Great Frost, and Old Father Christmas, in pleasant memory of their revel in St George's Gallery, on Monday, 30th Dec. 1839.
This Ancient Charter Horn, which belonged to a family named Pickard was procured from the representative of that family by John Burrow Junr., Edward Gifford, Theodore E. Hook, and T. Crofton Croker, (the Actors in the Revel.)
It is said to be the horn of the Highland Buffalo, an animal which has been extinct nearly 300 Years.
If we have err'ed, remember Mr Baylis,
That we are less in fault than your good Ale is.
While Thames doth flow or Wine is drank,
Þar-hæl to all at Priors Bank
drinc-hæl.
Inscription content
C. J. Richardson, F.S.A. del.
Inscription content
height of horn, 1 ft 6 in, - length 1 ft 6 in, - width at top 5½ in
Contains nearly eight pints.
Contains nearly eight pints.
Inscription content
The Royal Society of Antiquaries
From ...C. J. Richardson
From ...C. J. Richardson
References
Reference (free text)
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries 1 (1843-1849): 48.
Reference (free text)
John Cherry, 'Symbolism and Survival: Medieval Horns of Tenure', Antiquaries Journal 69 (1989): 111-18.
See especially p. 115, and note 23, p. 117.
