Context (Other owners)
There is a catalogue card which covers 1980.1093 to 1980.1096. It gives the following acquisition information: 'purchased July 1950 from Mr P. Sanders [address + phone number removed to comply with GDPR]. Mr Sanders, now aged 74, had lived as a child (until about 1915) in E. End of London. When his father was a child they had had a lodger who spent many months at a time in Africa (? a mining geologist). The lodger eventually never returned, and the gold weights, spoons, boxes and weights were found in his room. Purchased for £140.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Alexandra McKeever

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1980.1096 A-K: '11 figurative brass goldweights. a) unusual double sword; b) shield; c) shield; d) ?belt; e) oilpalm; f) drumstick; g) snake; h) 2 birds; i) mudfish (broken); j) beetle; k) shell'.
Event Date 1980
Author: Alexandra McKeever

Description (Physical description)
Goldweight in the shape of a drumstick.
Event Date 9/10/2019
Author: Alexandra McKeever