AN ANTIQUE RELIC

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1753, 30 January 1888, Page 2

AN ANTIQUE RELIC

Thorp vinltora to tip British Muaenm who have any Icri of avt'quiiy (<nyj the ' Daily Chronicle " of liecambor 2) will be able further now to gratify it by inspecting tho throne ch«ir of Qiieen Hataen, whfoh Mr Jtaae iJarwortn, of Oheehlre, with a liberality which few people would have shown nnd<r the olrcnmstauo b, has just presented to the nation. Tno regal chair la qaestlon is of the Eighteenth DynaMy of Ejypt, whloh take? as back to 1600 beforo tho birth of Christ. In Westminster Abbey there are two coronation chairs whioh have long been used on tho formal aßanmption of the Oiown by the Brltith eovorcigns. Ono of tho ui aatea no further back than the reign of Edward 1., but it contains, at indeed It wai eapooially dosigntd to do, that small block of reddiah-gruy sandstone with its angles smoothed by tho action of time, brought centuries ago from the Abbey of Sooue. For how many generations tho hii torlo stone had been used as the seat of Scottish kings at their coronation has neve; been determined, oat there is reason to believe that it is of imaianae antlquly. It cannot compare m that respect, hovevor, with a seat whloh we are told, was m use 8.0, 1G90 In other words, Qacen Batasa'c oh&lr, which will add to tfie treasures of tho famous institution m Great Raoaell-Stteet, was m use little mo^e' than a century aird a quarter after "Joseph wai 'sold Mnto Eaypt by his brethren, au4, therefore, 2ii years before the birth ot Moics. -