Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 11 (XI)/8/13.2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 11 (XI)/8/13.2
Title
Three coins, a stamp and a fragment of wood
Date(s)
- 1902 (Circa) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
4 items artefact
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Three coins, a stamp and a fragment of wood, wrapped in paper, stored inside the tortoiseshell snuffbox [XI/8/13.1]. The coins were removed from Samuel Butler's pockets on the day of his death. The fragment of wood was cut by Henry Festing Jones from the pilgrim's cross at Varallo Sesia (which Butler mentions in 'Ex Voto'). [See notes in Henry Festing Jones's 1921 catalogue, p.58.]