Antiquarian Gleanings in
the North of England,
BEING EXAMPLES OF
ANTIQUE FURNITURE, PLATE, CHURCH DECORATIONS,
OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST, ETC.
DRAWN AND ETCHED BY WILLIAM B. SCOTT,
GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NEWCASTLE.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL, FLEET STREET.
Newcastle: R. Currie. York: R. Sunter. Carlisle: C. Thurnam.
Some of the sketches constituting these AntiquarianGleanings were done before the idea of publicationpresented itself: very soon, however, the author foundthat objects of antiquarian interest were sufficiently numerousin this Nor-Humbrian province to suggest the advantage ofgoing over the field, pencil in hand, and dedicating a small work to itsOrnamental Antiquities.
In following out this intention, the author has not confined himselfto any particular class of objects. In some cases Historical associationhas determined the choice, in others the rarity of examples of the particularkind of ornament illustrated, but in all cases it is hoped boththe connoisseur and the artist will find something worthy attention.In one or two instances the objects may have been represented to thepublic before with more or less fidelity, but when such are here repeated,as in some measure necessary to enable the book when finishedthe better to comprehend the moveable antiquities of the province,—othermatters of interest from the same locality, hitherto inedited, willbe found on the same plate.
William B. Scott.
Government School of Design, Newcastle.
I. Nautilus Cup, set in Gold with Cover.
This is a beautiful specimen of cinque-cento goldsmith work, preserved atCorby Castle, the seat of H. P. Howard, Esq. M. P. Many specimens of theShell of the Nautilus, mounted in this manner, and all produced about thesame date are to be found; none of them, however, that we have seen,exceed, or even equal the present in excellence of design.
II. Ivory Cup, set in Gold.
The ornamentation of this cup is of the same date as the preceding. It is like theNautilus cup enriched with pearls and other precious stones, and its lofty cover issurmounted by the figure of St