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MISC.B. 21/7~*H6 [Stevens Sales Catalogies 9842-3] (AOA library shelf mark)
Title/s
Curiosities. A Catalogue of a Choice and Valuable Collection of Curios (Object)
Description (full)
Auction catalogue: J. C. Stevens. Quarto; bound in boards, buckram spine with gold lettering. Text printed in black and white, with handwritten annotations.
Dimension/s
Height: 20.40 cm~Width: 16.30 cm (closed)
Producer/s
Printed by: Pettitt & Cox
Prod. Place/s
Printed in: London
Assoc. Name/s
Made for: Stevens‘ Auction Rooms Ltd
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Associated with: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City (Lots 149-157; 158-171)
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation (inside catalogue, margins) in English~ Inscription quoted: ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in pencil. Names of vendors and purchase prices.
Curator s Comment/s
J.C. Stevens auction catalogue, Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 July 1898. Sale Nos. 9842-3. Objects associated with the Kingdom of Benin as follows:
Lots 149-157, pp.9-10. ‘A choice and intersting Collection of Curios from Benin. From the Palace and Ju-Ju House of Obbour, late King of Benin‘.
Lots 158-171, p.10. ‘Another Collection from Benin‘.
By jhudson
11 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B115-2