| Addington, Samuel |
The coin in Pitt-Rivers collection from the 'Addington cabinet' of coins was purchased from Sotheby's sale on 21 May 1883. This was a famous numismatic collection of coins collected by Samuel Addington that was dispersed over a number of occasions, the British Museum has some direct and some from Feuardent etc, others went to a Montagu. Most seem to have been sold in the 1880s. He also seems to have collected autograph letters. I presume he is the same man as described in the following website: Born in Little Gransden, Cambridge. A woollen merchant living in St Martins Lane, a major collector member of the Arts Club and Burlington Fine Arts Club. His art and ceramic collections were sold at Christie's in 1865 and May 1886 and Sothebys 27 May - 5 June 1886. |
Second collection |
circa 1807-1886 |
Website |
| Aimi? |
Supposed name of a Japanese painter who cannot be traced |
Second collection |
No specific dates known |
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| Alcock, Rutherford |
Rutherford Alcock was the first British diplomatic representative in Japan. He served as Consul in China from 1844, and in Japan from 1858. |
Second collection |
1809-1897 |
Wikipedia |
| Alexander |
Probably dealer of Salisbury, Wiltshire: nothing known. Associated with bronze candlesticks. Possible matches from the 1901 census are John Alexander a retired furniture dealer aged 73, and Frank Alexander, art collector aged 49 |
Second collection |
No specific dates known |
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| Alldridge, Thomas Joshua |
Thomas Joshua Alldridge was born in 1847, the son of R.W. Alldridge. He was educated at the City of London School and Blackheath Proprietary School. From 1871 to 1872 he was the acting U.S. Consular Agent, Sierra Leone. For several years Alldridge was Randall and Fisher's agent on York Island. From November 1889 to 1894 he was in the Sherbo hinterland as a Travelling Commissioner, with duties relating to treaty making with Protectorate chiefs on behalf of the colonial government. In 1890 he made an extended trip into the hinterland from Sulima to Pendeme. From 1894 to 1905 he was District Commissioner of Sherbro. He went on a special mission to Sama country in 1894. He accompanied Governor Cardew as topographical and astronomical observer on a trip of 617 miles into the interior. In 1900 he was awarded the Cuthbert Peek grant for geographical work in Sierra Leone. He was the Honorary Correspondent Secretary, Sierra Leone, for the Royal Colonial Institute. Alldridge died on 28th June 1916. |
Second collection |
1847-1916 |
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| Allen, William |
Reverend Allen was a missionary in Ghana who lived in Dorchester, Dorset. The item came to Pitt-Rivers via Edward Cunnington [qv]. Note that John Evans also received collections from this source [Macgregor, 'Sir John Evans...' 2008: 28] |
Second collection |
?-by 1892 |
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| Aller Vale Art Pottery |
Website cited says'John Phillips, owner of the Aller Vale Pottery at Kingskerswell and a supporter of the Arts and Crafts Movement and Morris’s ideals, seized the opportunity to produce art pottery at Aller when the pottery was rebuilt after a fire in 1881. At first the wares produced were rather crude and followed the Arts and Crafts tradition. The wares were made from clay found locally and decorated with slips and glazes made at the pottery. Phillips encouraged his local workers to attend the Cottage Art Schools held in the evenings at the neighbouring villages of Abbotskerswell, Kingskerswell and Coffinswell, to learn the craft of potting and other skills.' http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=53 says: 'In the last decade of the nineteenth century the company gained public approbation when its wares were stocked by Liberty & Co. of Regent Street, London. After the death of Phillips in 1897, the company was acquired by Hexter Humpherson & Co., who amalgamated it with another of their acquisitions, Watcombe Pottery, and the new firm was known as Royal Aller Vale & Watcombe Co. The company continued to produce pottery until 1962.' |
Second collection |
After 1881 |
Website |
| Almack, Richard |
Lawyer in Long Melford, Suffolk, and Clerk of the Council. One of the founding members of the Society of Antiquaries. See also http://www.hmc.gov.uk/accessions/1995/95digests/legal.htm |
Founding collection, PRM |
1799-1875 |
Long Melford village |
| Altes Museum, Berlin |
Museum collection on museum island in Berlin, which currently shows the antiquities collections. |
Second collection |
From 1823 |
Wikipedia |
| Ancion et Cie de Liège |
Gunmakers of Liège, Belgium, also known as Ancion et Fils and later as Fabriques d’armes de Liège (FAL) and registered as Ancion, Hanquet et Cie. |
Founding collection, PRM |
No specific dates known |
Further information |
