Drawings Pusey Horn
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.43
Artist/Designer/Maker
Walker, N F - Artist
Material
paper
pen
ink
watercolour
pen
ink
watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 356mm
Width: 491mm
Width: 491mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
a scale of 15 Inches ½ which is the exact measure of the ground the horn covers
The Pusey Horn,
Vide Archæol. Vol. III. p. 13.
The Pusey Horn,
Vide Archæol. Vol. III. p. 13.
Inscription content
A The Belt would have that appearance if cut at the letter I and spread open
B C The length from B to C is 2 feet ½ Inch.
The height from ye feet to C is 9 Inch ½.
The circumference in the largest place is 1 foot in the middle 9 Inch ¼ at ye small end 2 Inches ¼.
All the [illegible] parts are silver gilt.
N.F.Walker Oxon
B C The length from B to C is 2 feet ½ Inch.
The height from ye feet to C is 9 Inch ½.
The circumference in the largest place is 1 foot in the middle 9 Inch ¼ at ye small end 2 Inches ¼.
All the [illegible] parts are silver gilt.
N.F.Walker Oxon
References
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. II, opp. p. 13.
Reference (free text)
John Cherry, 'Symbolism and Survival: Medieval Horns of Tenure', Antiquaries Journal 69 (1989): 111-18.
Illustrations, figs. a and b, pl. XX, between pp. 112 and 113.
