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Bill Brown Collection of historic cutlery

Various, 3000 BC– c. 1950 AD

The collection includes 469 groups of objects; these are sets, pairs or individual pieces, and consist of approximately 1000 pieces. There are 3 distinct strands: 1) British-made cutlery and flatware, 2) Cutlery and flatware found in Britain, 3) Foreign cutlery and flatware that influenced the form, fashions or decoration of British cutlery.

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Title of artwork, date

Bill Brown Collection of historic cutlery, 3000 BC– c. 1950 AD

Date supported

2003

Medium and material

Various

Dimensions

Various

Grant

60000

Total cost

280000

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