Letter
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
6 Dec 1909
Materials
Paper
Measurements
179 x 114 mm
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11187.18
Summary
Document - Handwritten letter located in bottom long drawer (NT11187.3) of an ivory, engraved ivory and penwork miniature bureau cabinet, Visakhapatnam, circa 1785, (NT11187.1) Wording reads: This is to certify that the Ivory / Cabinet was sold by me to / Mr. T. Ratnasamy Nadar. / It was given to my mother by / Miss von Gotting (daughter of / Carl Christiano von Gotting, / Lieutenant Colonel in the Danish army) who said that it belonged / to her grandmother. Her own / mother Mrs Eugenie von Gotting died / in the year 1851 November 4th / aged 71 years. / I. [ or T.?] van Teylingen. / Tranquebar 6-12-09.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.