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Story-Maskelyne collection

fl. 1908–1929 · United Kingdom

British collector, active 1908–1929.

Life and work

  1. 1924–1929
    Collector of engraved gems and seals, among them gems of Cypriot provenance and Babylonian seals found at Salamis, sold at Sotheby's in 1924 and 1929; a gem with Hecate and her dogs and a Phoenician scarab are recorded as once his.

    Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of, 1827-1905, Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908)

  2. 1924
    Owned a collection of gems and seals, several of which were sold at this Sotheby's sale in 1924; the Salamis Babylonian seals are also linked to Cyprus.

    Sales catalogue: Sotheby's (1924)

  3. 1924
    Former owner of Cypriot-provenance gems (lots 217–221, 223, 229) sold in this 1924 Sotheby's sale, including Babylonian seals found at Salamis.

    Catalogue of valuable antiquities, mediaeval & later works of art, &c. including Egyptian, Greek & Roman antiquities, from various sources, comprising the prope (1924-07-07), p. 15

  4. 1929
    Former owner of Roman and Greek intaglio and ring lots (lots 316-318) sold at Sotheby's in November 1929; named only as provenance.

    Catalogue of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, etc. … fine Roman glass. London: Sotheby and Co., November 20–21, 1929. (1929-11-20), p. 20

  5. Undated
    Owned scarab, dressed figure with atef crown leaping at prisoner

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

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Sources

  1. 1.Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of, 1827-1905, Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, ninth earl of Southesk, K.T. (1908).
  2. 2.Sales catalogue: Sotheby's (1924).
  3. 3.Catalogue of valuable antiquities, mediaeval & later works of art, &c. including Egyptian, Greek & Roman antiquities, from various sources, comprising the prope (1924-07-07). Online
  4. 4.Catalogue of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, etc. … fine Roman glass. London: Sotheby and Co., November 20–21, 1929. (1929-11-20). Online
  5. 5.John Boardman, Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study (2003).

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