AR68: Inventory of silver, 1874
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| Museum number | AR68 |
| Title | Inventory of silver, 1874 |
| Additional title | Inventory and valuation of Silver Plate, Silver gilt do, Plated Goods, Jewellery, and articles of Vèrtu, the property of the late Sir Thomas William Holburne Bart No 10 Cavendish Crescent Bath decd |
| Object type | In category: Library and Archive » Document |
| Date | 1874 |
| People |
Unknown - Author(s) |
| Place of origin | Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » Bath |
| Condition |
Fair |
| Dimensions |
32.5 cm height whole 21.0 cm width whole |
| Materials & techniques |
In categories: Book/Document » Leaves » Paper Pictures: Medium » Ink |
| Description | Hand written inventory and valuation Sir William Holburne's silver, silver-gilt and silver-plated articles. Dated 24 April 1874. | ||||||
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| Notes | This is a copy of an inventory of Sir William Holburne's plate (silver and silver-gilt) at 10 Cavendish Crescent, taken 24 April 1874. Sir William had died two months earlier on 17 February. The plate weighed a total of 5086 oz 11dwt and was valued at £3039 4s. 9d. The majority was kept in five plate chests. Inventories of Sir William's plate were taken in 1864, 1867, 1869, 1874 and 1886. Although the 1867 Inventory is annotated in Sir William's hand 'Prepared for Printing', no printed versions appear to exist.
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| Literature |
Lisa White 'A Collector of Distinction: Sir William Holburne (1793-1874)', Apollo, September 2003, p. 51 and n. |
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| Muse theme | The Art of Collecting |
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| Muse chapter |
The History of the Holburne Collection » Sir William Holburne and his Collection » Arranging the Collection: Sir William at Home
The History of the Holburne Collection » The Collection » Library and Archive |
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| Method of acquisition | Bequest | ||||||
| Provenance | Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882); by whom bequeathed to the Museum |
