Seals, Finger Rings, Engraved Gems and Amulets in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter: From the Collections of Lt.Colonel L.A.D.Montague and Dr.N.L.Corkill

Middleton, Sheila Hoey

ISBN 10: 1855225875 / ISBN 13: 9781855225879

Published by Exeter City Museum & Art Gallery, 1998

About this Item

1998, 10 x 7.5 inches approx, hardback in printed board covers, 147 pages, illus b&w and a single colour plate | sound, clean copy; covers show moderate shelf wear, slightly bumped at lower right corner; spine is tight; contents are clean and bright, with name inside, otherwise free of notes etc | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.

Seller Inventory # seal22031JS

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seals, Finger Rings, Engraved Gems and Amulets in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter: From the Collections of Lt.Colonel L.A.D.Montague and Dr.N.L.Corkill
• Publisher: Exeter City Museum & Art Gallery
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855225875
• ISBN 13: 9781855225879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

This is a catalogue of the rather nice collection of gems in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, consisting almost entirely of the bequests of Lt. Col. L. A. D. Montague in 1946 and of Dr N. L. Corkill in 1966. Together they document the history of seal engraving from 3000 BC to the nineteenth century, from the Near East, Greece and Rome, and the Renaissance, from Akkadian cylinder seals to Sassanian stamp seals and Bactrian ringstones.