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Collector

A. Morrison Collection

fl. 1876–1909

Collector, active 1876–1909. Sold to James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk; consigned to Christie, Manson & Woods.

Life and work

  1. 1909
    His collection of engraved gems, including a scarab found at Golgoi in Cyprus, was offered at Christie's, London, in June 1909.

    Valuable and Important Collection of Engraved Gems Camei and Intagli. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, June 22, 1909. (1909-06-22), p. 8

  2. Undated
    Collector of engraved gems, scarabs and cylinder seals, among them a sardonyx scarab probably from Cyprus; pieces from the Morrison collection and sale passed to Boston, the Southesk collection and others.

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Annual report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (1876)

  3. Undated
    Owned cornelian scarab, Egyptian king attacking humanoid with mace

    John Boardman, Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study (2003), p. 67

  4. Undated
  5. Undated
    Owned Akkadian cylinder seal, Gilgames and animals, green jasper

    Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908)

  6. Undated
    Owned sardonyx scarab in antique silver ring (lion, lotus flowers)

    Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887)

  7. Undated
    Owned red cornelian scarab with a nude charioteer and an early Greek cameo of a sow; both items were from his collection.

    Christie, Manson & Woods, Catalogue of the valuable and important collection of engraved gems, Camei and Intagli

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Mentioned in

3 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Annual report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (1876).
  2. 2.John Boardman, Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study (2003).
  3. 3.Cortijo de San Isidro (La Rebanadilla) in the bay of Málaga, Spain: Observations on small finds from the burials. The seal-amulets (2018).
  4. 4.Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908).
  5. 5.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887).
  6. 6.Valuable and Important Collection of Engraved Gems Camei and Intagli. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, June 22, 1909. (1909-06-22). Online
  7. 7.Christie, Manson & Woods.
  8. 8.J. Carnegie, Earl of Southesk; H. M. Carnegie, 1908.
  9. 9.Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of, 1827-1905; Carnegie, Lady Helena Mariota, 1865-, Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908).

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