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Antiquaries And Antiquities.
Association . The first-named is in a declining condition ; and very much to be regretted it is that this should be the case , for it began well , and has continued to merit attention and support . Nor is numismatology at all on the wane , but rather the contrary ; so that , from the very nature of the case , AVC should expect the Society to be flourishing . Butalas ! heretoothere
, , , have been dissensions . The old members Avere unAvilling to admit dealers to the rights of membership , ancl it must be granted that these Avere not Avithout grounds for this unwillingness ; dealers in coins , save a few of the principal—ancl their numbers have been diminishing for years past—are not likely to be either very useful or very ornamental members of an
arcliEeological body . There , however , they are , and it is the general feeling of the society that it dates its decline from their admission . Yet even in its present state it does good service to the cause , and might perhaps be resuscitated could it be rescued from the influence of clique . The next Society on the list is the Archaeological Association .
It arose out of the feeling that the antiquaries did not do AA'hat they ought and might ; and though it was of course very unpopular AA'ith the elder body at first , it soon became understood and acknoAA'ledged . But it hacl the same germs of mischief , the
same propensity to clique , and before long it split asunder , and made tivo societies , one of which retained the old title of Association , while the other assumed that of Institute . In our OAVU vieAA ' , the chief blame of the separation is to be attributed to the latter ; but Ave have neither space nor inclination to enter into the history of the schism . These two bodies have since that .
period ( 1843 ) ' moA-ecl on more or less pari passu ; sometimes flourishing , sometimes languishing , but ahvays intent on the great object for Avhich they were established- —the elucidation and preservation of antiquities . They have had their festivals , as the British Association has done , and have , by these locomotive proceedingsclone much to spread abroad the taste for
, archaeology . In the journal of their proceedings , they published accounts of many local museums ; and treasures of antiquity , Avhose existence Avas unsuspected by the many , Avere thus brought to light . With Avhat interest must they have regarded the glove and fan once belonging to the unfortunate Mary , Queen of Scots ! ( preserved in the museum of Saffron Walden ) the former
, richly embroidered , ancl only the more deeply interesting from its melancholy associations , in that it Avas presented by the unhappy queen , on the morning of her execution , to a gentleman of the Dayrell family . The fan was used on the occasion of her marriage with the Dauphin of France , aftenvards Francis II . It .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Antiquaries And Antiquities.
Association . The first-named is in a declining condition ; and very much to be regretted it is that this should be the case , for it began well , and has continued to merit attention and support . Nor is numismatology at all on the wane , but rather the contrary ; so that , from the very nature of the case , AVC should expect the Society to be flourishing . Butalas ! heretoothere
, , , have been dissensions . The old members Avere unAvilling to admit dealers to the rights of membership , ancl it must be granted that these Avere not Avithout grounds for this unwillingness ; dealers in coins , save a few of the principal—ancl their numbers have been diminishing for years past—are not likely to be either very useful or very ornamental members of an
arcliEeological body . There , however , they are , and it is the general feeling of the society that it dates its decline from their admission . Yet even in its present state it does good service to the cause , and might perhaps be resuscitated could it be rescued from the influence of clique . The next Society on the list is the Archaeological Association .
It arose out of the feeling that the antiquaries did not do AA'hat they ought and might ; and though it was of course very unpopular AA'ith the elder body at first , it soon became understood and acknoAA'ledged . But it hacl the same germs of mischief , the
same propensity to clique , and before long it split asunder , and made tivo societies , one of which retained the old title of Association , while the other assumed that of Institute . In our OAVU vieAA ' , the chief blame of the separation is to be attributed to the latter ; but Ave have neither space nor inclination to enter into the history of the schism . These two bodies have since that .
period ( 1843 ) ' moA-ecl on more or less pari passu ; sometimes flourishing , sometimes languishing , but ahvays intent on the great object for Avhich they were established- —the elucidation and preservation of antiquities . They have had their festivals , as the British Association has done , and have , by these locomotive proceedingsclone much to spread abroad the taste for
, archaeology . In the journal of their proceedings , they published accounts of many local museums ; and treasures of antiquity , Avhose existence Avas unsuspected by the many , Avere thus brought to light . With Avhat interest must they have regarded the glove and fan once belonging to the unfortunate Mary , Queen of Scots ! ( preserved in the museum of Saffron Walden ) the former
, richly embroidered , ancl only the more deeply interesting from its melancholy associations , in that it Avas presented by the unhappy queen , on the morning of her execution , to a gentleman of the Dayrell family . The fan was used on the occasion of her marriage with the Dauphin of France , aftenvards Francis II . It .