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Drinking Horn
GB 891 RAS ICO-RAS ICO/16-RAS ICO/16/2 · Subseries · 1967
Part of International Congress of Orientalists

Correspondence regarding the attendance of the drinking horn presented by the King of Sweden in 1899 at the Stockholm Congress. These are:

  • Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Keeper, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to ask his advice regarding repairs to the drinking horn. Typed, dated 13 March 1967.
  • Letter from N.S. Brommelle, Keeper, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask to see the drinking horn in order to advise regarding repairs. Typed with handwritten annotations, dated 17 March 1967.
  • Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Beecher, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to ask for the repairs to be undertaken. Typed, dated 18 May 1967.
  • Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Beecher, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to send the receipt for the repairs undertaken. Typed, dated 6 June 1967.
  • Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Phoenix Assurance Co. Ltd. to ask for cover for the drinking horn during its time in Ann Arbor in the custody of Mr. H.L. Shorto. Typed, dated 18 July 1967.
  • Letter from Phoenix Assurance Co. Ltd. to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the Policy for cover of the drinking horn. Typed, dated 27 July 1967. The policy is with this letter.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland