Friday, 8 February 2013

On the Fascination of Objects

In April the Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne will be hosting a conference to honour the late Professor Brian Shefton. The emphasis will be on objects acquired by the (former) Greek Museum. One of the themes will be the creation of a classical collection from the late 1950s.

I will be looking at Athenian black-glossed pottery derived from an English country-house collection.

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Paul Barford said...

One finder revealed his name, the other does not? We know where the one object is, and the other has disappeared?

9 February 2013 at 06:49

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