Emma Jane Maddrell realia: 2 Assyrian relics and accompanying manuscript note

R 2126

item

undated

Objects, Textual Records

1055300

1 seal - 2.1 cm high x 1 cm diameter - cylinder, worn, hematite or similar, with gold post and brass links as a pendant
1 seal - 1.5 x 1.25 cm - oval, gem, hematite or similar
1 p. - 20 x 12 cm - ink, paper

2 Assyrian relics and accompanying manuscript note held in a tin wrapped in paper inscribed "Mrs Knapp / Pledged to Mr R. Maddrell" with a broken seal.

The gold ring had been removed from the gem before the gem was presented to the Library

Pioneer Tea tin
"Pioneer Tea is the Queen of teas"

Copyright status:Public domain:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Transferred from Safe 3/27, May 2013

Forms part of Norton Smith & Co. records, being further Clients' Documents. Extracted from Box Chalk No. 146, E. J. Maddrell [Emma Jane Maddrell]

"Assyrian gem found at Nineveh
The Assyrian gem, now set in this gold ring [sic] was found by Surgeon Major Knapp (my uncle) of Her Majesty's 23 Regmt. [Regiment] Native Light Infantry, Bombay, at the time when Mr Layard was making his excavations at Nineveh.
The engraving on the gem when placed under a magnifying glass, will be seen to represent the 'sacred bull' of Nineveh, with the 'crescent' over its hind quarters.
Note also that the whole of the interior of the engraving is perfectly polished, showing th eantiquity and genuineness of the work.
The secret is not known to the modern lapidary.
F.M. Knapp
12th October '98 [1898]"

Reference:
Accompanying manuscript note

Austen Henry Layard

23rd Regiment of Bombay Native Light Infantry