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Sheep-brand

  • Butler/Section 11 (XI)/XI.21
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  • 26 Nov. 1860 (Date of registration in the 'Brand Book for Canterbury'.)

    • Part of Samuel Butler Collection

Cast iron sheep-brand, 50 cm long, with a candlestick brand motif. A paper label attached to the handle reads: 'One of Butler's Sheep brands from Mesopotamia N.Z. Sent by Mr. L.G.D. Acland See his letters herewith 6 Dec. 1925 & 23 Sept. 1926 See also my Introduction to the Shrewsbury Edition of Erewhon Revisited Vol XVI Henry Festing Jones 25 Jan 1927'. The brand is stored in the wooden crate (approx. 52 x 12 x 15 cms) in which Henry Festing Jones sent it to St John's College from London; the crate bears a postmark and a nine pence stamp. Transcipts of the letters referred to on the label are in the collection at VIII/16/3/6.

Chamois horns

Pair of chamois horns on an oval wood mount, 16 cm high, given to Samuel Butler by Dionigi Negri. Inscription on mount reads: 'Samuel Butler dall'amico suo Dionigi Negri Varallo Sesia 1889.' Stored in a conservation box.

Crockery

One plate, 22 cm diameter, depicting a cow stood beneath a tree ["Three Acres and a Cow"; see note in Henry Festing Jones's 1921 catalogue, p.56]. Two brown glazed dishes, from Germany or Switzerland: one, 27.5 cm diameter, with a light pattern of lines and dots; one, 29.5 cm diameter, with a heavy floral-pattern border. Stored in a conservation box.

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