S&SWM PR papers L1350
L1350
Wardour Castle | Tisbury | Wilts
July ? 1895
Dear General Pitt Rivers
I do not know of anything here - small in size - which would be of special interest to you - for your exhibition - except a cutlass said to used by the poachers in Cranborne Chase - If you wish for it I could send it to the Tisbury Station to be called for
I remain
Yours very truly
Arundell of Wardour
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L1359
Wardour Castle | Tisbury | Wilts
Aug 14 1895
Dear General Pitt Rivers
I send today by parcel post registered [insert] registered [end insert] the crystal fac-simile of the Pitt Diamond. Please acknowledge receipt The cutlass will be sent to the Tisbury Station to be called for [4 words illegible]
Arundell of Wardour
The cutlass is described in the catalogue of the exhibition as '87. Large Knife for Cutting up Deer in Cranborne Chase. Exhibited by Lord Arundell of Wardour.' He also loaned the crystal described as , '201. Facsimile in Crystal of the Celebrated Pitt Diamond. Thomas Pitt, born A.D. 1653, died A.D 1726, was grandson of Thomas Pitt, younger brother of Sir William Pitt, ancestor of the Rivers Branch of the Pitt Family. He was grandfather of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham. He was Governor of Fort St. George in Madras, and there purchased for 48,000 pagodas, or £20,400, this celebrated Diamond, weighing 127 carats, which he afterwards sold to the King of France for £135,000. Exhibited by Lord Arundell of Wardour'.
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L1357
Ansd Aug 12/95
Will General Pitt Rivers kindly let Miss Clara Green know the date for the delivery of exhibits for the Exhibition opening Sept 2nd also to whom they should be addressed whether to Rushmore House or the Larmer Grounds.
The intended exhibits are Guipure lace & two oil paintings.
These are 5. On the Stour, Blandford. By Miss Clara Green, Blandford.
6. Fittleford Mill, near Sturminster Newton. By Miss Clara Green, Blandford.
60. D'Oyleys. Made and exhibited by Miss L. Green, Blandford. [sic]
61. Guipure Lace Tablecloth. Made and exhibited by Miss L. Green.[sic]
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L1370
Ansd Aug 24/95
Aug. 23.95 | Chalbury Rectory | Wimborne
My dear Sir,
We shall beg your acceptance of the bottle found in digging a grave here this day week.
Will any of the objects named on the opposite page be suitable for the exhibition on Sept 2nd or later days? If so, we will gladly send them as soon as we can ascertain if there is a carrier to Handley the days has gone from Wimborne
We hope it will be a successful show in all respects.
Believe me
Very faithfully yours
G.H. Billington
[All crossed out in pencil]
Wood cut "Chalbury Hill" published by Ackermans (Strand) in 1815 12 ins x 9 framed
Engraving of a Railway train, with an Engine like "Puffing Billy" in [insert] South [end insert] Kensington Museum published Fullers, London [insert] Dated [end insert] 1825 framed 28 x 12 inches
"Sampler: framed 19 x 15 ins worked by Sarah Brown (of Chalbury) in 1832
Tangore Bowl, 12 ins. diameter [insert] Miss Billington [end insert] 9 ins depth
3 or 4 Bags or Pockets, made by the women of Old Calabar, worked with beads
The items displayed in the exhibition from Billington:
42. Woodcut, Chalbury Hill. Published by Ackermans in 1815. Exhibited by Rev. G. Billington, Chalbury.
43. Engraving of a Railway Train, with an engine like Puffing Billy in South Kensington Museum. Dated 1825. Exhibited by Rev. G. Billington, Chalbury.
47. Two Bags, ornamented with beads, by the Natives of Old Calabar. Exhibited by Rev. G. Billington, Chalbury.
48. Bag made by the Natives of Old Calabar. Exhibited by Rev. G. Billington, Chalbury.
49. Sampler, worked by Sarah Brown of Chalbury in 1832. Exhibited by Rev. G. Billington, Chalbury.
93. Tanjore Bowl. India. Exhibited by Miss Billington, Chalbury.
132. Glass Bottle, found in digging a grave in Chalbury Graveyard, by Aaron Poore, at a depth of four feet, August, 1895. Exhibited by Rev. G. Billington, Chalbury.
The final item eventually ended up in the second collection, see Add.9455vol3_p1203 /1
See here: 1895 Exhibition Catalogue
Transcribed by AP June 2011
