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Antiquities collection

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The Powerhouse antiquities have been collected since the very earliest days of the Museum's history. They are composed of ceramics, glass and other media spanning the world but with a focus on Britain, Western Asia, and some from China. In the context of a technological museum antiquities were able to show the longevity of techniques as well as stylistic development of decoration and form. Collecting has been mainly opportunistic through gifts and some purchases. Highlight collections include the Colchester Roman-British pottery gift of 1907, the 1938 Guildhall gift of Roman-British antiquities showing daily life in London, a range of pottery from Sir Leonard Woolley's excavations of the 1920s from Ur in Iraq, and eighty glazed Byzantine-style bowls from Mediaeval Cyprus. Individual items include some fine Greek red and black-figure vessels, as well as Italian Etruscan and Gnathian vessels.

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Parts of this collection are digitised and available on the Powerhouse Museum website.

Data time period: -1200 to

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text: Great Britain; China; Western Asia; Europe

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Antiquities, Roman Britain, Egypt, China, Byzantine, Etruscan | Containers | Figures | Oil lamps | Personal adornments | archaeology |

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  • Local : 2087