A description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington museum (1872)
South Kensington Museum, Maskell, William, 1814?-1890 · London, Chapman & Hall · leaf 84
Ixxii Preface. remaining was found in the isle of Lewis, in Scotland, about the year 1831, and they are now in the British Museum. They are all of one character, similar to the ac- companying woodcut, which … (so-called) warders, which took the place of the modern rook or castle. This large collection was discovered by a labourer digging a sand- bank, and every piece is accurately described in detail by Sir F. Madden, in the paper already referred to.®® They are all carved out of walrus-ivory.®^ Remarks…
South Kensington Museum · Ivories · Art objects
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