Laminated Horse-Shoe Magnet, English, Late 18th Century | |||||||||||
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Inventory Number: | 40229 | ||||||||||
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Place Created: | England United Kingdom Europe |
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Accession Number: | 1924-0/part | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Two flat horse-shoe magnets with poles slightly curved outwards are held together in a mahogany and brass mounting. Large brass suspension ring and keeper with central hole for a hook (missing). | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | Unsigned. | ||||||||||
Provenance: | Presented by Lewis Evans
This magnet formerly belonged to Sir John Evans, K.C.B. (1823-1908), the archaeologist and numismatist and fathyer of Lewis Evans. From the collection of Lewis Evans. | ||||||||||
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Material(s): |
Fe alloy Copper alloy wood | ||||||||||
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