What: A brass processional cross, without socket, bought for £3 from General Holland
Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL
What: A silver and gilded silver gauntlet, said to have belonged to Emperor Tewodros
Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL
What: A silver gilt cup engraved “King of Kings, Theodore” Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL The catalog entry describes: “Silver gilt cup with a beaded and fluted foot with filigree ornament, with a knop and similar ornament around the bowl, Abyssinia … Engraved “King of Kings, Theodore” Museum number:63-1870
What: A ring taken off a dead Ethiopian soldier’s finger after the Battle of Aroge, April 10 1868
Where: King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum, Market Square, Lancaster, LA1 1HT
What: A horn cup, mounted in silver engraved “Theodore’s Cup”
Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL
What: A silver gilt paten, inscribed with the emperor’s name, taken by the British Museum’s expert on the expedition, Richard Rivington Holmes
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG