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Printing-matrix
Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.261

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 66mm
width: 24mm
depth: 24mm

Location

Burlington House -

References

Reference details

pp. 87-114; Fig. 31

Reference (free text)

V.—Antiquities of the Bronze Age found in the Heathery Burn Cave, county Durham, Archaeologia, Volume 54 (Issue 1), 1894.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on p. 109.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting Late Bronze Age deer horn object from Switzerland, curved in shape, with two small circular perforations at either end and a larger elliptical hole at the centre, with its image scale carved at the bottom left. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached in parts to surface.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Edward Harris MBE FSA.