International records / UK National Archives

Letter from Henry J. Mylius, Villa Olivetta, Menaggio, Lago di Como, Italy to John H. Oglander

OG/CC/2023A | The Oglander Collection.PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS. | "Your letter and the drawings duly arrived today and I have already seen Vitali. Your idea of the cast iron scutcheons is capital. Vitali will see to having them properly executed if you will send him proper full size drawings of the scuteons. Vitali would have them cast in bronze instead of iron, so as to get a good clear design. Of course the bronze would be painted, so that it would not be distinguished from iron. Please send the drawings of the arms direct to Vitalis, as we are leaving on Friday for Milan and Egypt.…