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Description: | A brightly decorated polychrome scroll-head with flowers and bunches of grapes, which by tradition comes from a vessel stationed as a coal hulk off Nut Rock, south of Tresco. According to the 'Valhalla' collection notes made by Charlotte Dorrien-Smith of Tresco Abbey it was wrecked in 1867, but nothing further is known of its origins.
Finish: oil paint (polychrome); decorated with flowers and bunches of grapes. 'Valhalla' 1984 booklet no. 52 (col. photo) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Eliza fl.1867 scroll heads | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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