Henry Hunter Calvert’s Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders

Henry Hunter Calvert died at his family house at Çannakale in 1880 a few months after escaping from the rioting in Alexandria where he was British consul. The consulate was sacked and his collections destroyed. He had however sent an annotated list of his Greek amphora stamps to the British Museum, presumably to Charles Newton, with whom he and his brother Frank had frequent correspondence. This list was forgotten until the present writer ‘found’ it in a box-file in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (its title at the time). Henry Hunter Calvert’s Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders publicly presents that material. Table of Contents Introduction Catalogue Baetica Brindisi Thasos Chios Kos Knidos Rhodes Pamphylia Egypt Comment Kos and Knidos Rhodes Unprovenanced Index of names Rhodian seconday stamps Symbols (Rhodian unless otherwise stated) Plates Bibliography Henry Hunter Calvert died at his family house at Çannakale in 1880 a few months after escaping from the rioting in Alexandria where he was British consul. The consulate was sacked and his collections destroyed. He had however sent an annotated list of his Greek amphora stamps to the British Museum, presumably to Charles Newton, with whom he and his brother Frank had frequent correspondence. This list was forgotten until the present writer ‘found’ it in a box-file in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (its title at the time). This volume publicly presents that material. Cover 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents Page 7 Introduction 9 Catalogue 11 Baetica 12 Brindisi 13 Thasos 14 Chios 15 Kos 15 Knidos 17 Group III 18 Group IVa (180-167 BC) 18 Group IVb (167-146 BC) 19 Group V (146-108 BC) 20 Group VI (108 – 50 BC) 20 Knidian residue 21 Rhodes 23 Eponyms 23 Rhodian fabricants 54 Fragmentary or lost fabricant names 77 Only secondary stamps preserved 78 Eponym or fabricant stamps 79 Pamphylia 83 Egypt 83 Comment 90 Kos and Knidos 91 Rhodes 92 Chronological spread 93 Unprovenanced 93 Index of names 94 Rhodian seconday stamps 104 Symbols (Rhodian unless otherwise stated) 105 Plates 107 Bibliography 112 Back Cover 115 The late Mr Henry Calvert, Vice-Consul at Alexandria 5 Henry Hunter Calvert,amphora stamps,camphora stam collection,Greek amphora stamps Henry Hunter Calvert died at his family house at Cannakale in 1880 a few months after escaping from the rioting in Alexandria where he was British consul. The consulate was sacked and his collections destroyed. He had however sent an annotated list of his Greek amphora stamps to the British Museum, presumably to Charles Newton, with whom he and his brother Frank had frequent correspondence. This list was forgotten until the present writer 'found' it in a box-file in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (its title at the time). 'Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders' publicly presents that material Henry Hunter Calvert was a British consul in Alexandria from 1857 to 1882, at which date he and many others fled from the riots in the city. The consulate was sacked, destroying Calvert's collections, but an annotated list of the Greek amphora stamps had been sent to the British Museum, published here for the first time.