Digital Benin Research
British Museum
institution
J. C. Stevens Auction Catalogues
archival unit
Auction Catalogue
document type
1898-03-07
date
specific objects
Ama open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ẹgba open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ open in Ẹyo Otọ
Aken'ni Elao open in Ẹyo Otọ
Azuwa open in Ẹyo Otọ
edo designations
Stevens Auction Rooms
source
target
mention
Institutional metadata
Reg No.
Af,B115.3
PRN
EPF11315
Add ID/s
MISC.B. 21/5~*H6 [Stevens Sales Catalogues. 9792] (AOA library shelf mark)
Title/s
Curiosities. A Catalogue of a valuable Collection of Arms & Armour. Native weapons, Bronzes and curios, from Benin.....‘ (Object)
Object Name/s
catalogue
Material/s
paper
Technique/s
printed
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: 20.50 cm~Width: 16.40 cm (closed)
Producer/s
Printed by: Pettitt & Cox
Date/s
1898
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. Some names of vendors or vendor intiials and purchase prices.
Curator s Comment/s
J.C. Stevens auction catalogue, Monday 3 March 1898. Sale No. 9792. Objects associated with the Kingdom of Benin as follows: Lots 181-222, pp.13-14. ‘Curios, etc. From City of Benin, West Coast of Africa‘. Lots 223-233, pp.14-15. ‘The following lots of very fine specimens of NATIVE CASTINGS were recently taken from the King‘s Palace, Benin City, West Coast of Africa; they represent very excellent Works of Art, and are superior to any curios brought from the West Coast. TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.‘ By jhudson 11 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B115-3