Drawings Savernake Horn
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.36
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Artist
Production date
1786
Material
paper
pen
ink
Wash
Brush
pen
ink
Wash
Brush
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 250mm
Width: 407mm
Width: 407mm
Associated place
Savernake Forest
Wiltshire
British Museum
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Wiltshire
British Museum
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Ancient horn in the possession of Lord Bruce. Archæologia Vol. III. p. 24.
Inscription content
Once in V & A on long loan. up for sale 1975. purchased & in the B.M. Savernake
References
Reference (free text)
John Cherry, 'Symbolism and Survival: Medieval Horns of Tenure', Antiquaries Journal 69 (1989): 111-18.
Illustrations, fig. a, pl. XVIII, between pp. 112 and 113; fig. b, pl. XXIV, opp. p. 113.
Reference (free text)
John Cherry, 'The Savernake Horn: An Oliphant Adorned with Metal', in Robert Bork, ed., De Re Metallica: The Uses of Metal in the Middle Ages (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005), pp. 113-21.
Illustration, fig. 71, p. 118.
Reference (free text)
Pegge, 'Of the Horn, as a Charter or Instrument of Conveyance. Some Observations on Mr Samuel Foxlowe's Horn; as Likewise on the Nature and Kinds of these Horns in General', Archaeologia 3 (1786): 1-29.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. VI, opp. p. 24.
The item is a preperatory drawing for the engraving in Archaeologia (see Bibliography) by Basire.
A small piece of paper, with the bibliographic reference and a drawing of part of the baldrick fittings, is attached to the drawing.
