Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                GENERAL AND LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS

                            #11019-z
                      R. C. NOCKOLD PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      R. C. Nockold was a jeweller of Frith Street,
           London.
               Ten letters, 1885-1886 and undated, to R. C.
           Nockold from John Ruskin (1819-1900), Brantwood,
           Coniston, Lancashire, England, about the purchase of
           precious stones, including the Colenso diamond, which
           Ruskin bought and later gave to the Natural History
           Museum; and two letters to Nockold from Ruskin's
           secretary on the same subject.  Also included are an
           article, April 1896, from "The Strand Magazine" about
           the Colenso diamond, which includes the text of two
           additional letters from Ruskin to Nockold and a
           newspaper clippings, 1965, about the theft of the
           Colenso diamond from the Natural History Museum.

Online Catalog Terms:
   British Museum (Natural History).
   Diamonds--Collectors and collecting.
   Nockold, R. C.
   Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
   Strand magazine.

Size:  14 items (1 folder).

Provenance:    Purchased from Anthony Garnett Fine Books of St.
               Louis, Mo., in May 1976.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.  

Copyright:     Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
               or their descendants, as stipulated by United
               States copyright law.