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Description: | Large collection, about 4200 pieces, of 18th and 19th century ceramics, especally locally made Brameld earthenware and Rockingham porcelain, but also 20th century sculpture, 116 pieces of bronze and plaster casts; 300 items of metalwork across a range; 5000 pieces of glassware including drinking glasses but especially the local Beatson Clark pharmacutical ware from 1800 to present; 120 pieces of 19th and 20th century furniture; 1000 pieces of costume and textile, mainly 19th century samplers, Berlinwork, table linen and lace and women's clothing from 1850 to 1950; 450 pieces of jewellery -mourning and semi-precious stones ? Hall-Grundy?
Locally made Brameld earthenware including plain marked creamware, chalkware, decorative pieces, caneware, transfer printed teawares,nursery plates and painted toiletwares and Rockingham porcelain including dinner and dessert services, teawares, jugs, baskets, vases, garnitures and figures. These are shown in "Made in Swinton" galleries at Clifton Park. The Rockingham factory, a family business, employed hundreds of local people and produced work to rival Derby, Chelsea and Wedgwood.
5000 pieces of glassware including drinking glasses but especially the local Beatson Clark pharmacutical ware from 1800 to presen | Subjects: | Decorative & Applied Arts | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01709 336 628 | Telephone: | 01709 336 633 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1005 | Go to resource |
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