Letter from Henry Ellis
Reference code
SAL/01/02/40/19
Title
Letter from Henry Ellis
Date
1848
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Exhibiting, via Richard Greene of Lichfield, the signet ring of Mary Queen of Scots.
Mentioned in the minutes for 7th December 1848: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.039.104
The object is now in the collection of the British Museum, having been purchased from Richard Greene: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1856-1015-1
A description of the object, along with some others, and their provenance prior to Richard Greene’s acquisition of them was written by Albert Way and published in the Archaeological Journal: ‘The signet Ring and Silver Bell of Mary Queen of Scots’, 1858 Vol. 15 Issue 1, pp.253-266: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00665983.1858.10851079
Mentioned in the minutes for 7th December 1848: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.039.104
The object is now in the collection of the British Museum, having been purchased from Richard Greene: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1856-1015-1
A description of the object, along with some others, and their provenance prior to Richard Greene’s acquisition of them was written by Albert Way and published in the Archaeological Journal: ‘The signet Ring and Silver Bell of Mary Queen of Scots’, 1858 Vol. 15 Issue 1, pp.253-266: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00665983.1858.10851079
Creator
Ellis, Henry (1777-1869) Knight, Principal Librarian of the British Museum and antiquary