The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Ashmolean 1131
Collector (major)Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) Collector (major)John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662) VisitorPeter Mundy (c. 1596-c. 1667) Documents in Manuscript: [Drawing and description of a carved cherry-stone collected by Tradescant], 183(Drawing)[Drawing and description of St. George slaying the dragon], 184(Drawing)
Annotation:Richard Temple, in the context of discussing Peter Mundy's description of "80 faces carved on a Cherry stone" which he saw in the Tradescants' collection, reports an item in this manuscript: "under a pencil drawing of the stone in an Ashmole MS at the Bodleian Library (1131-183) is a note in 17th century handwriting (? Ashmole’s) as follows: 'The draught of a cherry-stone whereon St George on ye one side and divers heads on the other by Capt. Burgh and given by him to Mr John Tradescant who preserved it amongst the rarities'" (2, n.1). Bibliographic Source(s): The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe an..., page: 2 n.1