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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J.R. Gaunt and Son London

Career Manufacturer

Biography Sword makers of Conduit Street, London according to label on object. However, they also seem to have been [livery] button and badge manufacturers and to have been based in Birmingham as well as London. They are still in operation today making insignia and court jewellery [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 19/12/2007]

Biography References http://www.angelfire.com/wa/dianaspage/BritishButtonBackmarks.html / http://www.jrgaunt.com/WHO_WE_ARE.html

County London [Greater]

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Date made around 1943

Dates active Unknown active 1873 to present

Donated around 1943

English collections Sword and two sheaths,

Institution Yes

Oxford Uni Education Not relevant

Oxford based No

English collection size 4

Connections Edward Thurkle / F.R.W. How / H.F. Chapman