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
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.
