Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 11 (XI)/XI.21
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 11 (XI)/XI.21
Title
Sheep-brand
Date(s)
- 26 Nov. 1860 (Date of registration in the 'Brand Book for Canterbury'.) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 items artefact
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Cast iron sheep-brand, 50 cm long, with a candlestick brand motif. A paper label attached to the handle reads: 'One of Butler's Sheep brands from Mesopotamia N.Z. Sent by Mr. L.G.D. Acland See his letters herewith 6 Dec. 1925 & 23 Sept. 1926 See also my Introduction to the Shrewsbury Edition of Erewhon Revisited Vol XVI Henry Festing Jones 25 Jan 1927'. The brand is stored in the wooden crate (approx. 52 x 12 x 15 cms) in which Henry Festing Jones sent it to St John's College from London; the crate bears a postmark and a nine pence stamp. Transcipts of the letters referred to on the label are in the collection at VIII/16/3/6.