The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert collection
The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection of gold, silver, mosaics, gold boxes and enamel portrait miniatures was g…
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Kitchen clock, by Max Bill, 1956
This kitchen clock, which incorporates a mechanical timer, was designed by Max Bill whilst director of the Hochschu…
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Caring for your metalwork
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Church metalwork
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David Martin Currie
David Martin Currie was a wealthy shipowner who loaned numerous objects (including ceramics, manuscripts, metalwork and woodwork) to the Museum between 1887 and 1920. On his death, the objects exhibited on loan became part of the permanent collection.
Lt-Col George Babington Croft Lyons
George Babington Croft Lyons was an antiquary and collector who loaned, and later bequeathed, 978 objects (ceramics, sculpture, metalwork (particularly silver and pewter), textiles and woodwork) and 391 photographic negatives to the Museum.
Emile Peyre
Emile Peyre was a notable Parisian collector of medieval and renaissance artefacts. In 1895 the South Kensington Museum bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork from him, as well as sculpture and metalwork.
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Japanese Cloisonne Enamels
Highlights of the V&A's extensive collection. Accompanies a V&A exhibition.
Buy nowEvent - Highlights of British Ironwork
Thu 15 March 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Join curator Alicia Robinson, to look face-to-face at highlights of British ironwork spanning 200 years. Hear about the Hereford Cathedral screen and other wrought and cast iron creations, both intricate and imposing.
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