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Samuel Martin Mayhew

fl. 1872–1899 · United Kingdom

London clergyman and F.S.A. who in 1872 showed the British Archaeological Association a bronze mirror said to have been found by Cesnola in Cyprus; his collection was offered by Tregaskis in 1899.

Biography

In 1872 the Rev. Samuel Martin Mayhew, M.A., F.S.A., was a member of the British Archaeological Association, and among many London finds he exhibited to it a bronze mirror case and mirror, engraved and still largely silvered, six inches across. The Association's Journal records it as "found by General Cesnola in a Greek tomb, Cyprus"1. The text names Luigi Palma di Cesnola as the finder and does not say how the mirror reached Mayhew.

His collection, which was largely of finds from London, was offered for sale in 1899 by J. & M. Tregaskis, whose catalogue 449 lists lots headed "Mayhew Collection"3. His dates of birth and death are not recorded.

Life and work

  1. 1872
    Exhibited to the British Archaeological Association a bronze mirror case and mirror, engraved, silvering largely retained, 6 in. across, 'found by General Cesnola in a Greek tomb, Cyprus'

    London(1872). Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. 28. Journal of the British Archaeological Association 28

  2. 1899
    His 'Mayhew Collection' of London finds and glass offered by J. & M. Tregaskis (catalogues 425 and 449), including a Cypriot glass piece said to come from the Cesnola collection

    LondonJ. & M. Tregaskis (1899). Sales catalogue 449

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Sources

  1. 1. (1872). “Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. 28”. Journal of the British Archaeological Association 28.
  2. 2. (1880). “The Antiquary, vol. 1”.
  3. 3.J. & M. Tregaskis (1899). Sales catalogue 449.
  4. 4.1872, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. 28, leaf 212.

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