Collection of Oriental porcelain and earthenware

Chinese

Nottingham Castle

618 - 1842

Earthenware figure of horse, dish, four vases and seven bowls. Two bowls destroyed by fire in 1949 according to 2003 Art Fund audit. These works form part of the Simpson bequest. Many objects from the collection of the late Mr WW Simpson were presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum in 1918 through the Art Fund. The remainder of the bequest was stored by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the First World War and then presented to museums in Derby, Nottingham, Bradford and Salford.

• Artists Include:
• Japanese

• Medium: porcelain; earthenware
• ArtFunded in: 1921
• Bequeathed by W W Simpson through The Art Fund

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