The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

Category: Sacred artefacts

Bishop’s crown of gilt brass *

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What: Bishop’s crown on sale with coffee pots in “Catalogue of ethnological specimens : European and Eastern arms & armour, Prehistoric and other curiosities” by Webster, W. 1895 page 34

Where: Unknown

The catalogue describes three items:

69 (8646) Brass coffee pot, 14 inches high £1

70 (8651) Bishop’s crown of gilt brass with various pieces of coloured glass and ornamented with small bells, 14 inches high. This specimen and Nos. 69 and 71 were brought home by the Rev. E. Goodhart, who was chaplain of the forces in the Abyssinian war. £5

71 (8647) Brass coffee pot, 10 3/4 inches high £1

Catalogue of ethnological specimens : European and Eastern arms & armour, Prehistoric and other curiosities by Webster, W. 1895 page 34
Catalogue of ethnological specimens : European and Eastern arms & armour, Prehistoric and other curiosities by Webster, W. 1895 page 41-42