ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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Nicole Freres

Career Manufacturer

Biography Important manufacturer of musical boxes, based in Geneva, Switzerland, were prominent by the 1850s. By 1880s they had a branch in London which by 1897 had taken over the assets of the Swiss branch and was reformed as Nichole Frères Ltd at Ely Place, High Holborn [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 01/05/2007]

Biography References http://www.bajakhana.com.au/Nicole-rec-3B.htm

County No counties listed

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1940

Date made around circa 1880

Dates active 1815-1906

Donated around 1941

English collections Musical boxes, cylinder type.

Institution Yes

Oxford based No

English collection size 3

Connections Alphonse or Albert James Alroy Symons / Mrs Watson / Colonel Biden