Gunpowder holder
Published March 06, 2023 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Gunpowder holder, one of a collection of three
Where: Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3PP
Gunpowder holder
Published March 06, 2023 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Gunpowder holder, one of a collection of three
Where: Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3PP
A silver-mounted Abyssinian kaskara and a machete
Published March 05, 2023 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: A kaskara sword marked “Magdala 13th April 1868”, etched on one side with the Abyssinian crowned lion and on the other with maker’s initials ‘G.G’, and a machete
Where: Auctioned to unnamed buyer at Christie’s, London on 16 July 2003 for £502.
The Bonhams sewing box
Published March 05, 2023 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: A sewing box inscribed ‘Abyssinia 1867’, possibly a diplomatic gift, sold for £305 by Bonhams on 14 Dec 2005.
Where: Last in the hands of an unnamed buyer
The Bonhams drinking horn ‘taken from Magdala’
Published March 04, 2023 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Horn, said to belong to Tewodros, later mounted in silver, engraved and turned into a pitcher
Where: Last in the hands of an unnamed buyer who paid £2,125 for it at Bonhams,in London in January 2017
The Christies horn cup ‘taken at the storming of Magdala’
Published March 03, 2023 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Horn cup, said to belong to Emperor Tewodros, taken by Captain Thomson during the storming of Magdala, sold via Christies in April 2014
Where: Last in the hands of an unnamed buyer