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Description: | The Fitch collection is the largest and most important donation from a private collector. It is an eclectic collection covering local archaeology, mainly prehistoric flints, Roman and Saxon finds; geology; antique jewellery and metal and ivory collectibles; Egyptology; ethnography; Norfolk trade tokens and post-medieval seal matrices; Georgian silver and glass; porcelain; etchings and drawings by Norwich school artists of local scenes, church interiors and antiquities; books on various aspects of local history and architecture. There are also broadsheets detailing the crimes of prisoners held in Norwich Castle in the Victorian period and some family portraits of members of the Fitch family.
Robert Fitch was an eminent antiquarian and local geologist. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was closely involved with the Norfolk and Norwich Museum in a number of ways. He served on the museum committee and was honorary curator of geology from 1841 to 1894. In 1891, in a period when the museum moved to Norwich Castle, he donated his collection to the museum and gave money to build a room complete with beautiful showcases to display objects from across his collection. | Format: | 2000 artefacts, objects, pamphlets, books and drawings | Temporal: | Medieval 1066-1500 Saxon 400-1066 Romano-British 0-500 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)1603 493623 | Telephone: | +44 (0)1603 493625 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7153 | Format: | 2000 artefacts, objects, pamphlets, books and drawings | Go to resource |
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