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Tessa Murdoch

Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Research Curator, Sculpture Metalwork Ceramics and Glass

Tessa Murdoch is Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Research Curator and enjoys making connections between historic collections and contemporary creativity. Raising the profile of decorative arts internationally is a central to her curatorial vocation.

Gilbert and Gems

Huguenot goldsmiths, silver and wine in war-time Britain

A silver pilgrim bottle with stopper
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Caring for our collections

A silver basin worthy of Charles I

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Gilbert and Gems

Three flew out of the cuckoo’s nest

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Gilbert and Gems

Paul Storr

Paul Storr (1771-1844) was the most technologically sophisticated producer of silver of the Regency period. In the V&A’s Whiteley Silver Galleries, the current temporary...

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An Imperial Playhouse: The Gilbert Collection’s Russian micromosaic jewel casket re-identified

On 4 March 2015 I gave an illustrated lunch-time talk at the V&A on Russian Country Houses which was well received and well attended. Afterwards, Katrina Warne, a regular...

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A Royal Christening Gift comes home

Visitors to Goodwood House this summer will be surprised to see in the Card Room, nestling amongst the 3rd Duke of Richmond’s collection of Sèvres porcelain, a spectacular...

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