The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection
The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection of gold, silver, mosaics, gold boxes and enamel portrait miniatures was given to the nation by Sir Arthur Gilbert (1913–2001) in 1…
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The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection: Silver
The silver in the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection is diverse, both in terms of the periods and geography covered, and also the styles represented. Silver and gold fro…
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The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection: Portrait miniatures
Portrait miniatures in enamel form the smallest part of the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection, but though they are relatively few in number, they represent most leading…
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The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection: Gold boxes
There are over 200 gold boxes in the Gilbert Collection, most of which were made as containers for snuff. Included are boxes made in Paris, Berlin, London, Dresden and Vien…
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Development of the gold, silver and mosaics galleries, 2009
In 2009 a generous donation and endowment from the Heather Trust allowed the V&A to re-display the Gilbert Collection of breath-taking objects in the fields of English and …
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The Gilbert Collection at the V&A
Arthur and Rosalind Gilbert began collecting in the 1960s and over a period of about 40 years formed one of the world's most magnificent private colle…
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