Paper by B Nightingale
Reference code
SAL/01/02/50/05
Title
Paper by B Nightingale
Date
March 1857
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 item
Scope and content
Nightingale exhibits a string of 152 beads found near Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland by a farmer, first believed to be Roman or Saxon but later believed to be of Frankish origin. They were discovered along with a number of finds including tweezers, a large brass coin and a needle.
Mentioned in the minutes for 5 March 1857: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.042.020
A paper describes a set of ancient beads from this area now being in the British Museum:
Hassé, Leonard,‘Statistics of Ornamented Glass Beads in Irish Collections’, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1st Quarter, 1891) pp.359-366: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25507772
And the beads are still in the collection, listed as having been previously owned by B. Nightingale (however, 2 beads appear to have been lost): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1862-0701-9
Mentioned in the minutes for 5 March 1857: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.042.020
A paper describes a set of ancient beads from this area now being in the British Museum:
Hassé, Leonard,‘Statistics of Ornamented Glass Beads in Irish Collections’, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1st Quarter, 1891) pp.359-366: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25507772
And the beads are still in the collection, listed as having been previously owned by B. Nightingale (however, 2 beads appear to have been lost): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1862-0701-9
Creator
Nightingale, Benjamin (fl. 1840s-1850s)