What: Spherical cast iron shell
Where: The National Museums of Scotland
Sources:
National Museums of Scotland spreadsheet
Accession number: A.L.367.12
Description: Spherical shell of cast iron: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Magdala, manufactured by King Theodore’s European workmen
Acquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
What: Wooden stand for shell
Where: The National Museums of Scotland
Sources:
National Museums of Scotland spreadsheet
Accession number: A.L.367.12 A
Description: Wooden stand for shell: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Magdala, manufactured by King Theodore’s
European workmen
Acquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
What: A brass cannon ball
Where: Unknown
One of 21 artefacts from the Abyssinian expedition put on show at the National Exhibition of Works of Art in Leeds in 1868
According to the exhibition’s catalogue, it was lent by H.D. (or J.D.) Birchall, Esq. of Leeds. There are no details on what happened to it after the show closed in October that year.
National Exhibition of Works of Art, at Leeds, 1868 : official catalogue
What: “A shell projectile, made of antimony and pewter”
Where: Unknown
One of 21 artefacts from the Abyssinian expedition put on show at the National Exhibition of Works of Art in Leeds in 1868
According to the exhibition’s catalogue, it was lent by H.D. (or J.D.) Birchall, Esq. of Leeds. There are no details on what happened to it after the show closed in October that year.
National Exhibition of Works of Art, at Leeds, 1868 : official catalogue