2Nd Collection Individuals and Institutions
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People and institutions that contributed to Pitt-Rivers' private collection after 1880 Surnames N-Z Note that this list is much longer than that that pertains to the founding collection although it was amasses over a slightly shorter amount of time (around 20 years). This is entirely due to the improved record-keeping that Pitt-Rivers instituted for this collection, that which is contained in his catalogue now held by the Cambridge University Library. Note that any individual or instituion that also contributed to the founding collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum is listed in a separate file. [See other files for surnames A-M] NAME SHORT BIOGRAPHY DATES Pottery in Staffordshire, famous for its porcelain. Worked by several New Hall pottery c.1781-1835 partners at Shelton from c.1781-1835 de Nadaillac, Jean François Albert Marquis de Nadaillac, French archaeologist 1818-1904 Du Pouget Noble and Dealers of 4 Cullum Street, London, nothing further is known Unknown company Dealer, based in Oxford. Born in Bettow, Rutland and aged 70 in Ogden, William ?1831-? 1901. He is described in the 1901 census as 'dealer in works of art'. Nothing is known of this Japanese carver whose name might not be Oka accurately given. According to the catalogue his dates were 1760- 1760-1830 1830 Enamel manufacturer and creator, based in Moscow. His firm was founded in Moscow in 1853. '. He was the first Russian silver maker Ovchinnikov, to embrace the pan-Slavic revival style, and in 1868 nearly two Firm 1853-1916 Pavel Akimovich decades before Fabergé, the firm received the title of court supplier, allowing it to incorporate the imperial double eagle in its trademark.' Ovonramwen Ovonramwen Nogbaisi was the Oba of the Kingdom of Benin before 1888-1914 Nogbaisi the British Punitive Expedition, which sent him into exile Dealer of 11 Elizabeth Street, Eaton Square, London; nothing known Owen, W. Unknown of them W.P. Nothing is known of this previous owner of a spoon Unknown Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and part of Ethnographic Payne, George Survey of the UK by the Society with Pitt-Rivers. Little else is Unknown known Nothing is known of this collector, except he is associated with a Pearce Unknown Cypriot archaeological item obtained via G.F. Lawrence Nothing known, described as Pearson's so most likely to be a shop or Pearson dealership, it is the source of 6 bronze archaeological objects from Unknown Cyprus Resident of Bowerchalke, Wiltshire; listed in the 1901 census as Penny, William William Penny, aged 42 born and living in Bower Chalk a 'dealer in 1859?-? boots & grocery' Pfeffer collection, nothing is known; again it came to Pitt-Rivers via Pfeffer Unknown Egger [qv] There appear to be two companies with the name mentioned, this one is based in King William Street, both in London. Phillips and http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/texts/cooks/transcript1446.html Unknown Company includes an advert for Phillips and Company, tea merchants of 8 King William Street which is presumably one of the companies and suggests two companies are included There are two companies named Phillips mentioned in the catalogue, Phillips, Son & this one is based in Bond Street and is definitely an auctioneer and is 1796- present day Neale therefore probably Phillips, Son & Neale (known as Phillips and now known as Phillips de Pury. Dealers from Albrecht Durer Platz, Nuremberg, Germany. Well- known dealer who also sold to the South Kensington Museum / Pickert Victoria & Albert ('A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Unknown Antique and Curiosity Dealers' M. Westgarth: 2009 special issue Journal of Regional Furniture) He appears to have been an assistant surgeon of the Household Brigade, British Army in 1850s and 1860s. 'GRENADIER Pickford, William GUARDS. ... Officers serving in the Regiment who attended the Unknown Henry Dinner at the Albion Tavern, 6th June, 1866. Pickford, Assist-Surg. W. H., M.B.', see website Dr Pinkerton of Glasgow, nothing further is known of this field Pinkerton, Dr ?- by 1882 collector who obtained a boomerang in Egypt. Described as J.B.H. Pinto in the catalogue I think it must be Yusuf Pinto, Yusuf Ben Ben Haim Pinto listed in the British Museum biographical database Unknown Haim as the source of a scarab in 1853. Derbyshire pottery. The factory was established by John Coke and Pinxton Pottery 1796-1813 William Billingsley Alessandro Pisa was a saddlemaker who lived in Naples, Italy; Pisa, Alessandro Unknown nothing further is known of him It seems unlikely that this is the wife of Douglas Henry Lane Fox- Pitt, Mrs Douglas Unknown Pitt as he does not appear to have married Fox-Pitt, St George William St George William Lane Fox-Pitt was Pitt-Rivers' second son 1856-1932 Lane Fox-Pitt, Lily Nee Payne, married William Augustus Lane Fox-Pitt, son of Pitt- ?-1924 Ethel Rivers, in April 1893. Son of Pitt-Rivers. Spent several years in Canada and returned in ill- Fox-Pitt, Lionel health. Took part in archaeological digs in Cyprus and considered 1860-1937 Charles Lane working for Pitt Rivers as unpaid assistant [Bowden, 1991: 33, 35] Fox-Pitt, Mary nee Mary Netta Blackett, Wife of Lionel Charles Lane Fox-Pitt [son Unknown Netta of Pitt-Rivers], qv. She married him in December 1898 and was divorced in 1920 Fox-Pitt, William William Augustus Lane Fox-Pitt was Pitt-Rivers third son. 1858-? Augustus Lane Dealer based in Pall Mall, London. He might have been a sword- Pool, W. Unknown maker or a dealer as the object he is associated with is a sword Gravedigger at Chalbury Church; he is probably the man recorded in the transcription of Chalbury 1901 census by the OPC as 'Aaron Poole (?) head of household, aged 40, agricultural labourer born in Poore, Aaron ?1861-? Tarrant Gunville Dorset. He had a wife, Sarah, and 7 children. He seems to have been listed in the 1881 census at Wimborne, Witchampton aged 20. Obviously a collector and dealer in Egyptian antiquities, little known 'Gustave Posno, joaillier d'origine néerlandaise, établi au Caire durant la deuxième moitié ...'and 'un collectionneur hollandais Posno, Gustave célèbre, Gustave Posno' was all I was able to find. 'Collection de Unknown Gustave Posno: Antiquites Egyptiennes Greco-Romaines Et Romaines' (1883) was written for the sale of his collection by Rollin & Feuardent on 22 May 1883 at the Hotel Drouot. Based in Dorchester, Dorset. An examination of the Kelly's Directory for 1889 for Dorchester gives three Pouncys [sic, note spelling]. These are: W.J. Pouncy, Whittington Life Insurance Agent; Thomas Crook Pouncy, Collector of Taxes; and (perhaps the most likely candidate) John Pouncy, commercial photographer. There is quite a Pouncey or lot of information about John Pouncy on the web, he was an early If John then 1818- Pouncy possibly photographer who specialised in photographs of Dorset (see website 1894 John Pouncy for further information). To date I have no information that he sold objects though the Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography, Volume 1 By John Hannavy in its entry for John says he was also a dealer in oil paintings (page 1168) Poupon Freres of La Bourboule, Puy de Dome, France; nothing is known Unknown Artist, nothing known. One of his paintings is called 'Highland Loch', Powell, F. Unknown a previous owner was James Anning [qv] Nothing is known of this donor except he gave items from Hunsbury Pressland, H. Unknown Hill, Northampton so he may have been a local archaeologist James Prince according to the catalogue lived or worked at Farnham Farm. He may be the same person as the one listed in the 1861 Prince, James 1835?-? census for Tarrant Gunville as 'James; Prince; Head; Mar; 26; Thatcher; Dorset Gunville; F65/p12 ' A William Prince is listed in the 1901 census as being aged 69, born in Dorset, and living in Sutton Waldron (near Blandford, between Prince, William ? 1832-? Farnham and Hinton St Mary) who was shepherd on a farm. This is likely to be the right person Pringle, Elizabeth Daughter of John Campbell, first Marquess of Breadalbane. [source: Maitland ?-1878 The peerage] Campbell Pringle, Elizabeth Nothing is known of this previous owner of a collection sold by John Unknown Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane [qv] at Christie's daughter of Elizabeth Nothing known of this previous owner of a collection sold by John Unknown Maitland Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane [qv] at Christie's Campbell Pringle James Ralls was an ironmonger in Bridport, and an amateur archaologist. He lived at Chards Mead according to the 1880 and 1895 Kelly's Directories and worked at 18 and 20 West Street, Unknown active Ralls, James Bridport. According to 1876-1895 http://www.bridportmuseum.co.uk/archeology.htm he excavated in Bridport between 1876 and 1886. Nothing is known of this dealer based at 74 Piccadilly, London. He Ramus, J. Unknown may have specialised in Asian artefacts Archaeologist. Tell Abu Habba was first excavated by Hormuzd Rassam, Hormuzd Unknown Rassam between 1880 and 1881 in a dig that lasted 18 months Fredrick Rathbone was a ceramics dealer listed in the CUL catalogue as working from 20 Alfred Place West in South Kensington. This is the person referred to in 'The ABC of Collecting' by J.H. Yoxall as I have spent some pleasant and instructive hours at Alfred Place West, South Kensington, with Mr. Frederick Rathbone, ... the principal dealer in ' Old Wedgwood," who has handled more specimens and Rathbone, made and catalogued more collections of the kind than any other 1841-1919? Frederick man'Mr. Rathbone has spent many years (taken all together) in travelling on the Continent, finding bits of "Old Wedgwood," and bringing them back to England.