This is a list of all the dealers and auction houses that the Museum dealt with between 1884 and 1945 that we can identify (or identify as a possibility). We compiled the first draft of the list by transferring over all entries on the field collector and PRM source tables which suggested that the individual or organisation was a dealer / auction house etc. This list was added to by generating indices of the other owners and prm source fields for all the entries between 1884 and 1945 which were purchased and then eliminating the names of individuals who were not dealers who happened to sell their collections to the Museum, leaving a list of auction houses, dealers, shops etc. Some of these names are already included in the field collectors, other owners or PRM source information. We have probably missed a few possible dealers by this method (because some have not been properly identified as dealers or because they came via someone else (as PRM source) and the fact they were dealers was not spelt out but we think it is likely to be the most comprehensive method short of examining each entry separately.
We have recalculated all the total number of objects based on the up to 1945 database. If at all possible the number in the number of objects column is based on the count when searching for the name of the dealer in the PRM source [of course for many of them there will be different counts depending on whether you count using the field collector, other owner or PRM source field]. Please note that for those people which were identified as other owners only and whose objects were donated by another source the total number of objects was calculated using the on-line database (it is not likely that it varies from the up to 1945 for these people but we have not checked).
| Name of collector |
Biog-raphy? Field coll FC or PRM Source PRMS |
Number of objects |
Country[ies] |
Last date by which objects access-ioned |
Dealer or auction house? |
Connections |
| Abrams [?H.E. Abrams] |
?PRMS/ Yes |
15 |
France UK |
1903 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| Sidney (?Sydney) Acott and Company Ltd. |
PRMS / Yes |
27 |
Global |
1941 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
| Reg Andrade |
PRMS / No |
1 |
UK |
1940 |
Dealer |
Devon based |
| Antique and Modern Furnishing Company |
1 |
UK |
1939 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
|
| Alfred Axtell |
PRMS / No |
2 |
Fiji W Africa |
1936 |
Dealer |
Link to Fagg |
| Mr Ayer probably Harry Darius Ayer |
OO / Yes |
1 |
USA |
1939 |
Trader / Probably field collector |
of Indian Trading Post Onamia Minnesota |
| Albert Henry Baldwin of A.H. Baldwin & Sons |
PRMS / Yes |
31 |
Mixed |
1912 |
Coin dealer |
London based |
| Messrs Banks Brothers |
OO / No |
7 |
UK |
1913 |
Manufacture |
via Mrs Warrington |
| J. Barnet |
PRMS / No |
5 |
?Europe |
1912 |
Probably dealer |
London based |
| J. Bateman / Bateman |
FC / PRMS /No |
63 |
Mixed |
1908 |
Oxford based. Nat Hist? |
|
| Beveridge |
PRMS/ Yes |
1 |
Nepal |
1908 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| Mrs M.C. Bickmore |
PRMS /Yes |
11 |
Mixed |
1907 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| Samuel Black |
OO / No |
1 |
USA or Canada |
1842 |
Trader |
Chief Factor of Hudson Bay Company via EM Hopkins |
| Eugene Boban |
OO / Yes |
23 |
Mixed |
1884 |
Dealer |
Paris based, Via founding collection |
| T.P. Boyes |
PRMS /No |
1 |
Denmark |
1889 |
Possibly dealer |
?Museum Professional Dresden based |
| Mr Bray |
FC / No |
13 |
Australia PNG Malaysia |
1901 |
Possibly dealer |
via John Abercromby . Sydney based |
| Richard Bright |
OO / Yes |
7 |
NZ |
1915 |
Trader |
Bristol based, grandfather of donor |
| Brown and Brown |
PRMS /No |
6 |
Paraguay Chile Peru |
1912 |
Dealers or Auction House |
Liverpool based |
| C.H. Brown |
PRMS /No |
1 |
UK |
1913 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
| Mrs J. Crosby Brown |
FC/ PRMS No |
10 |
N & S America China |
1901 |
Possibly dealer |
Link to Balfour . New York based |
| Camerer, Kuss and Company |
OO / No |
1 |
Europe or N America |
1940 |
Trade |
London based via Jones and son. Clock makers |
| Capleton & Co. |
PRMS /No |
19 |
Solomons or Fiji |
1891 |
Trader |
Agents [?photographers] London based |
| Carlisle |
FC / PRMS /No |
13 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of, Zambia |
1907 |
Possible dealer |
?Poss link to Balfour SA visits |
| Roadnight Carter |
PRMS /No |
39 |
Mostly UK China |
1940 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford [Woodstock] based |
| T. Carter [could be T.J. Carter] |
FC / No |
143 |
UK USA Canada |
1906 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based. |
| Carter / T.J. Carter |
FC / PRMS No |
223 |
UK |
see above |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based. Probabbly same person as before |
| H.L. Chittenden |
FC / PRMS No |
122 |
Borneo China Romania Sudan |
1907 |
Possibly dealer |
Probably just field collector or secondary collector |
| Charles Christie |
PRMS/ No |
8 |
NZ |
1913 |
Possible dealer |
London based |
| Cirio House |
OO / No |
16 |
Brazil |
1927 |
Trader / Dealer |
via Henry Balfour Brazil based |
| George Cole |
FC / PRMS / No |
2 |
Australia |
1914 |
Dealer / Trader |
Worked at shop owned by friend of Balfour - T. [Herbert] Brown and Sons, Brisbane |
| Cookson |
PRMS /No |
7 |
China Fiji |
1921 |
Dealer |
London based |
| Corder |
FC / No |
7 |
Canada USA NZ Solomons |
By 1966 |
Possibly dealer |
via Ipswich. |
| Messrs Cox and Co |
PRMS /No |
1 |
Unprovenanced |
1913 |
Trader or dealer |
London based |
| Cubitt & Sons |
PRMS /No |
2 |
Samoa Australia |
1902 |
?Possibly dealers or auction house |
Norfolk based |
| Curio Depot |
4 |
S Africa |
1910 |
Trader / Dealer |
Port Elizabeth based |
|
| Eva Cutter |
PRMS /Yes |
104 |
Mixed |
1901 |
Dealer |
London based Also known as Mrs WD Webster |
| Davis |
PRMS /No |
2 |
Egypt |
1918 |
Possible dealer |
Oxford based |
| Davis & Davis |
OO / No |
1 |
Cook Ids |
1912 |
Possibly dealer or trader |
Weston-super-Mare based via Beasley |
| Davitt’s [?Daritts] |
No |
36 |
Oceania |
1884 |
Probably Auction house possibly dealer |
via founding collection |
| Davy |
PRMS / No |
1 |
Australia |
1936 |
?Dealer |
Worked at Stevens Auction rooms |
| Robert Day |
FC / Yes |
191 |
Ireland or UK USA Mexico NZ |
1913 |
Antiq / Amateur Archaeol / Dealer |
Collection sold via Sotheby & Pitt Rivers / Could just be 2nd collector |
| FC / PRMS No |
7 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of |
1935 |
Possibly dealer |
Brussels based |
|
| John Dickson [& Son Ltd] |
FC / No |
3 |
USA Vanuatu |
1929 |
Trader / Probably dealer |
via Beasley. Edinburgh based Gunsmiths |
| The Dorchester Weavers |
PRMS/ No |
8 |
UK |
1939 |
?Trader |
Oxford based |
| Dowell's Auction Rooms |
203 |
UK and mixed |
1892 |
Auctioneers |
Edinburgh based. Now operate under Phillips and Dowells, George Street Edinburgh |
|
| S. Duke or S. Dukes |
PRMS /No |
16 |
Mixed |
1907 |
Probably dealer |
London based |
| Dvorak |
OO / No |
1 |
Czech Republic |
1906 |
Dealer |
Prague based via Kammerer via Balfour |
| Earl's Court Exhibition ["Balkan Exhibition"] |
OO / No |
12 |
Balkans |
1907 |
Exhibition |
via Mary Edith Durham |
| Spencer Edge |
FC / PRMS No |
1 |
Fiji |
1916 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| V.R. Edwards |
FC / PRMS / No |
4 |
UK |
1939 |
Possible dealer |
some via FHS Knowles. Gunflint maker |
| The Kenya Section, Empire Exhibition 1925 |
OO / No |
88 |
Kenya |
1925 |
Exhibition |
Purchased direct from exhibition |
| L. Exsteens |
FC / PRMS / No |
1 |
Congo, Democratic Republic |
1911 |
Possibly dealer |
Brussels based |
| Fabre [sometimes spelt Faber] |
OO / Yes |
4 |
France |
1884 |
Dealer |
Royal [France] based. Via founding collection |
| Vincent Fanghini or Franghini |
OO/ Yes |
31 |
Italy |
1884 |
?Dealer |
Italy based. Via founding collection |
| Fenton and Sons / S.G. Fenton and Company |
PRMS / Yes |
162 |
Mixed |
1925 |
Dealer |
London based |
| Mr Foort |
1 |
UK |
1906 |
Possibly trader |
Oxford based |
|
| Miss D. Fresco |
FC / No |
1 |
The Netherlands |
1891 |
Possibly dealer |
via Balfour London based |
| Edward Gerrard and Sons |
108 |
Mixed |
1941 |
Trader / Dealers |
London taxidermists |
|
| C. Kenrick Gibbons |
19 |
Caribbean |
1890 |
Possible dealer |
Weybridge based |
|
| Gillman and Soame |
PRMS / Yes |
1 |
UK NZ |
1941 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
| D. and B. Gladding |
PRMS / No |
25 |
UK |
1941 |
Manufacturer |
London based |
| Glendining's Auction Rooms |
PRMS / Yes |
80 |
Mixed |
1936 |
Auctioneers |
London based. Specialised in coins and medals |
| A.E. Godfrey |
PRMS / No |
33 |
Mixed |
1928 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| H.W. Goode and Co. |
PRMS / No |
10 |
Japan |
1901 |
London based |
|
| Miss Gouzée |
FC / PRMS No |
1 |
S Africa |
1911 |
Possibly dealer |
Antwerp based |
| Archibald Graham |
PRMS / Yes |
27 |
Mixed |
1925 |
Dealer |
Oxford based . Antiquary / bookshop |
| J.R. Gregory |
No |
1 |
UK |
1892 |
Possible dealer |
London based |
| Cecil A. Halliday |
PRMS / Yes |
1 |
Tubuai |
1936 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| F.C. Halliday |
OO / No |
117 |
UK |
1943 |
Trader |
Taunton based via Beatrice Blackwood |
| Hamlet and Dulake |
PRMS / No |
61 |
India etc |
1909 |
Auctioneers |
Oxford based |
| Marius Hammer |
FC / PRMS / Yes |
5 |
Denmark |
1912 |
Trader / Possibly dealer |
Bergen Norway based Metalsmith |
| George R. Harding |
PRMS / No |
56 |
Mixed |
1893 |
Possibly dealer |
London based |
| Benjamin Harrison |
FC / PRMS Prob |
23 |
UK |
1895 |
Possibly Dealer |
Link to Tylor Amateur Archaeol |
| Hart |
OO / No |
4 |
UK and unknown |
1878 |
Possibly dealer |
Reigate based via founding collection. Could just be secondary collector |
| G.A. Herbert |
FC / PRMS / No |
9 |
UK |
1912 |
Dealer |
Blockley [Worcs] based |
| E.A.B. Hill |
OO / No |
17 |
UK |
1924 |
?Trader or manufactur-er |
of Messrs Hill & Son |
| James T. Hooper |
PRMS / Yes |
680 |
Mixed |
1937 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| Elliot Howard |
FC / No |
6 |
Cook Ids UK Nigeria |
1898 |
Possibly dealer |
Falmouth based |
| Hudson's Bay Company / per Clifford P. Wilson |
PRMS / No |
10 |
Canada |
1943 |
Trade |
Canada based |
| G.O. Hughes |
PRMS / No |
1 |
Sudan or Congo |
1915 |
Dealer |
Tunbridge Wells based |
| Hurry (Ipswich) |
FC / No |
2 |
Canada |
1934 |
Possibly dealer or auctioneers |
via Ipswich Museum. Ipswich based |
| Hutton’s trading store |
OO / No |
1 |
Vanuatu |
1900 |
Trader |
Vanuatu based via NH Hardy and RF Wilkins |
| Indian Bazaar Victoria |
OO / No |
4 |
Canada |
1890 |
Trader / Dealer |
via Franz Boas |
| [Alfred] or B. Inman |
OO/ Yes |
3 |
Japan |
1884 |
Possibly dealer |
London based Via founding collection |
| William Jamrach |
PRMS / Yes |
4 |
PNG |
1895 |
Animal dealer |
London based |
| Peder Jensen |
FC/ Yes |
1 |
Denmark |
1857 |
Possibly dealer |
via Pitt Rivers. ?Archaeol . Denmark based? |
| Tyler Jew |
No |
1 |
NZ |
1920 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based via AM and AC Bell |
| Mr Jones |
PRMS / No |
8 |
UK |
1907 |
Possible dealer |
Oxford based |
| H.W. Jones and Son |
PRMS / No |
1 |
UK |
1941 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
| F.L. Jones |
FC / PRMS / Yes |
1 |
Solomons |
1936 |
Trader |
also via Beasley. Based in Vanikoro in Solomons |
| G. Kammerer |
OO / NO |
2 |
Czech Republic |
1906 |
Possibly dealer |
via Balfour. Manager of Austrian exhibition London |
| A. Kennedy [might be A.A. Kennedy] |
PRMS/ No |
1 |
Iraq |
1936 |
Possibly dealer |
|
| A.A. Kennedy |
PRMS/ No |
7 |
UK |
1945 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| The Kensington Weavers |
PRMS/ No |
2 |
UK |
1939 |
?Trader |
London based |
| Kent (Ironmongers) |
PRMS/ No |
4 |
UK |
1897 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
| Kirk |
OO / No |
1 |
Canada |
1916 |
Possibly dealer |
via Lucas White King via Sotheby via LCG Clarke |
| D.M. Kisch possibly Daniel Montague Kisch |
OO / Poss |
1 |
Namibia |
1884 |
?Trader |
Namibia based via founding collection |
| M. Kontsantonos |
FC / PRMS No |
1 |
Cyprus |
1937 |
Possibly dealer |
?Amateur Archaeol or Archaeol |
| Kronstad |
OO / No |
1 |
Vanuatu |
1900 |
Trader |
via NH Hardy via RF Wilkins |
| Kumegawa of Osaka |
OO / No |
41 |
Japan |
1921 |
Probably dealer |
via Lucas White King via Sotheby |
| Lafayette Ltd |
PRMS/ No |
1 |
Europe |
1939 |
Trader / Photo-grapher |
Photograph of Henry Balfour - presumably for display purposes |
| R.H. Lambourne |
FC / PRMS No |
1 |
Indonesia |
1935 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| R. Lambourne and Son |
PRMS/ No |
1 |
France |
1901 |
Trader / Possibly dealer |
Oxford based. ?Same as above |
| Charles Lancaster |
PRMS/ Yes |
1 |
UK |
1890 |
Possibly dealer |
Firearms manufacturer |
| Last |
OO / No |
2 |
UK |
1870 |
Probably dealer |
via Pitt Rivers |
| G.F. Lawrence |
FC / PRMS No |
551 |
USA UK etc |
1932 |
Possibly dealer |
some via Stevens Auction rooms and Balfour . London based ?Amateur Archaeol |
| Lefevre |
OO/ Yes |
97 |
France |
1884 |
Dealer |
Macon France. Via founding collection |
| M.L. Levin |
PRMS/ No |
504 |
Africa India |
1893 |
Dealer |
London based |
| Leyssalles |
FC / PRMS/ No |
73 |
France |
1931 |
Possible dealer |
?Archaeol / Amateur Archaeol ?Could be hotel owner, could be link to Balfour who stayed in area? |
| Lhaumond |
FC / PRMS/ No |
21 |
France |
1931 |
Possible dealer |
?Archaeol / Amateur Archaeol |
| Liberty & Co. |
PRMS/ No |
24 |
Japan |
1896 |
Trader |
London based |
| W.S. Lincoln and Son |
9 |
China Thailand |
1903 |
Trader or Dealer |
London based |
|
| G. Ling |
PRMS/ No |
1 |
Canada |
1943 or 1944 |
Possible dealer |
|
| James Edward Little |
PRMS/ Yes |
9 |
Mixed |
1930 |
Dealer |
Forger of Maori artefacts. Bath based |
| Lomax Palaeo-Botanical Laboratories |
62 |
Africa and unknown |
1942 |
Lab |
Lab which cut specimens of ivory for PRM curator. Bolton based |
|
| Charles Lund |
FC / No |
19 |
Mixed |
1939 |
Possibly dealer |
via Beasley via Gunther via Stevens etc |
| Lutheran Mission Store, Finschhhafen |
OO / No |
4 |
PNG |
1937 |
Trader |
via BB |
| John Maclean |
No |
1 |
USA or Canada |
1895 |
?Trader or dealer |
Plains USA based via CE Peek |
| S. Margerison |
PRMS/ No |
14 |
Europe |
1910 |
Possible dealer |
Leeds based |
| V.C. Martin |
OO / No |
5 |
Mixed |
1937 |
Possible dealer |
London based via Wellcome and Beasley |
| Alfred Leonard Matsson |
PRMS/ Yes |
12 |
Mixed |
1900 |
Dealer |
Stockholm based |
| George Miller & Son |
PRMS/ No |
1 |
UK |
1945 |
Trader |
Glastonbury based. Still trade, hardware now called G. Miller |
| Milligan |
OO / No |
3 |
USA or Canada |
1915 |
Possibly dealer |
via Lucas White King via Sotheby |
| H. Minod |
58 |
Switzerland |
1900 |
Possibly dealer |
Geneva based |
|
| Missionary Bazaar held in Oxford |
PRMS/ No |
24 |
Mixed |
1899 |
Bazaar |
Oxford based |
| Mr Molin |
OO/ No |
1 |
Russia |
1879 |
Probably dealer |
via founding collection Paris based |
| Frank Morey |
FC / PRMS No |
14 |
China India Tonga Africa Burma |
1912 |
Possibly dealer |
via Newport Museum via OGS Crawford. |
| John George Morley |
PRMS / Yes |
1 |
UK |
1921 |
Harp maker |
London based |
| Muirhead, Moffat & Co. |
No |
1 |
NZ |
1924 |
Trader or dealer |
via Beasley Glasgow based |
| [?Toyo] Murakami |
OO/ Yes |
62 |
China Japan |
1940 |
Dealer |
?China based, Via Gunther collection |
| Nash |
PRMS/ No |
3 |
UK |
1935 |
Trader / Dealer |
Oxford based |
| Newman |
PRMS/ No |
2 |
Denmark Egypt |
1912 |
Dealer |
Chichester based |
| Norman |
OO / No |
15 |
France |
1871 |
Trader / Dealer |
Amiens based? via founding collection |
| Miss F.E. Ogden |
FC / PRMS No |
12 |
UK |
1902 |
? Trade / Possibly dealer |
Curio Shop Clubs & Socs: Ash. Nat. Hist. |
| Ogden's Curio shop |
4 |
PNG |
1903 |
Trade / Dealer |
see above |
|
| Old Market, Place du jeu de balle, Brussels, Belgium |
PRMS / No |
3 |
Congo, Democratic Republic |
1911 |
Trader / Market |
Brussels based |
| William Ockelford Oldman |
PRMS / Yes |
90 |
Mixed |
1920 |
Dealer |
London based |
| James Parker / J. Parker probably James Parker |
FC / Yes |
5 |
Canada UK |
1869 |
Possibly dealer |
via Ashmolean & via Rolleston via University Museum Oxford based. Clubs & Socs: Oxfordshire Architectural & Historical Society. Link to Tylor . Antiq / Amateur Archaeol / Bookseller |
| W.H. Parker |
PRMS / No |
101 |
Mixed |
1911 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| J.W. Partridge |
PRMS / No |
2 |
Congo |
1921 |
Dealer |
Worcester based |
| Frank Patania |
FC / PRMS / Yes |
1 |
USA |
1939 |
Trader |
via BB. May also have been maker |
| H.H. Peach and H. Peach maybe Harry Hardy Peach |
FC / PRMS / Yes |
10 |
UK |
1923 |
Possibly dealer |
Possibly publisher |
| P.W. Powell |
FC / PRMS / No |
2 |
Fiji NZ |
1924 |
Possible dealer |
Oxford based |
| John E. Pritchard |
PRMS / No |
2 |
UK |
1914 |
Possibly dealer |
Bristol based |
| Messrs Procter and Co |
OO / No |
33 |
India |
1880 |
?Trader or dealer |
via founding collection |
| Puttick and Simpson |
PRMS / Yes |
285 |
Peru |
1935 |
Dealer / Auctioneers |
|
| Charles Roberts |
15 |
UK |
1897 |
Possibly trader |
?Amateur Archaeol or flint worker |
|
| James Frank Robieson |
PRMS / Yes |
31 |
NZ UK |
1930 |
Dealer |
Forger |
| Rollin and Feuardent |
OO / Yes |
24 |
Europe |
1884 |
Dealer |
London based Via founding collection |
| Ernest Roulin |
FC / PRMS / No |
105 |
Switzerland |
1913 |
Possible dealer |
?Archaeol or Amateur Archaeol ? link to Balfour Geneva based |
| Sale at "The Red House" |
PRMS / No |
9 |
Oceania |
1903 |
Auctioneers |
Tunbridge Wells based |
| J. Salmon |
FC / PRMS No |
2 |
NZ |
1902 |
Possibly dealer |
Belfast based |
| Sanfanio |
OO / No |
1 |
Italy |
1935 |
Manufacterer |
ecclesiastical furnishers of Piazza Minerva, Milan via GM Crowfoot via DB Harden |
| Samuel Sheppard |
FC / PRMS No |
23 |
Australia Solomons PNG |
1914 |
Trade / Possibly dealer |
via Balfour. Brisbane based |
| George Simm or George Sim or ?Simpson |
PRMS / No |
12 |
UK S Africa |
1890 |
Dealer |
Aberdeen based |
| Peter Lund Simmons |
OO/ Yes |
8 |
Mixed |
1884 |
Possibly dealer |
London based. Via founding collection |
| R. Simmonds |
FC / No |
2 |
Australia |
1875 |
Possibly dealer |
via Pitt Rivers |
| FC / PRMS No |
9 |
N America Turkey Japan |
1936 |
Possibly dealer |
or 2nd collector [interest in archery] London based |
|
| J. Snow |
PRMS / No |
8 |
Mixed |
1940 |
Dealer |
Wallingford Oxford based |
| Solloway |
FC / PRMS No |
2 |
India |
1908 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge [Sotheby's] / Sotheby [Sotheby's] |
262 |
Mixed |
1932? |
Auctioneers |
London based |
|
| Stafford collection sale, Godalming |
PRMS / No |
2 |
Mixed |
1890 |
Auctioneers |
Godalming based |
| Stevens Auction Rooms / J.C. Stevens / Stevens Auction Rooms |
PRMS / Yes |
3178 |
Mixed |
1935 |
Auctioneers |
London based |
| F. Stow |
PRMS / No |
1 |
Ireland |
1906 |
Possibly dealer |
|
| E.J. Taylor |
PRMS / No |
4 |
Scandinavia |
1940 |
Antique dealer |
Oxford based |
| Mohareb Todrous |
PRMS / No |
20 |
Egypt |
1926 |
Dealer |
Luxor based |
| Messrs Tost and Rohu / Jane Tost and Ada Rohu |
PRMS Yes |
1 |
Solomons |
1914 |
Dealer |
Sydney based |
| J. Tregaskis |
PRMS / No |
13 |
Mixed |
1902 |
Possibly dealer or auctioneers |
London based. Possibly James Tregaskis and Sons |
| Tucker / Mr Tucker |
FC / No |
71 |
PNG Mixed |
1923 |
Possibly dealer |
via Stevens. Possibly 2nd collector |
| Tyrrell |
PRMS / No |
10 |
UK Australia |
1923 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based |
| J. Uertz |
FC / No |
1 |
Belgium |
1889 |
Possibly dealer |
via Balfour. ?Antwerp based |
| J.F.G. Umlauff |
PRMS / Yes |
5 |
Oceania |
1929 |
Possibly dealer |
or Museum Prof Hamburg Poss Anthrop or Nat Hist |
| Unknown shop[s] in Melbourne |
PRMS / No |
2 |
Australia PNG |
1914 |
via Balfour |
|
| Unknown dealer in Tromso Norway |
1 |
USA |
1901 |
Trade or dealer |
via Balfour |
|
| Unknown shop in Antwerp Belgium |
13 |
Congo, Democratic Republic |
1911 |
Trade or dealer |
via Balfour |
|
| Unknown shop in Ipswich |
PRMS / No |
1 |
UK |
1912 |
via Balfour |
|
| Unknown shop in Quai d'Orsay Paris |
PRMS / No |
1 |
France |
1913 |
Trade or dealer |
via Balfour |
| Venables probably John Venables and Son |
PRMS / Yes |
4 |
UK |
1890 |
Trader |
Oxford based Gunsmith |
| Walford and Spokes |
PRMS /Yes |
2 |
UK |
1908 |
Trader |
Oxford based |
| J.W. Ward via H. Gray [?Harold St. George Gray] |
FC / PRMS / No |
3 |
UK |
1899 |
?Trader |
Wilton [Wilts] based |
| Rowland Ward |
FC / PRMS / Yes |
2 |
Borneo |
1903 |
Trader |
[Taxidermist] London based |
| Wareham |
FC / Yes |
2 |
Ireland or UK |
1874 |
Possibly dealer |
via founding collection ?Archaeol or 2nd collector |
| R. Warry |
PRMS / No |
1 |
UK |
1893 |
?Trader |
Made object for museum Armourer from Woolwich |
| Miss B.A. Waterfield |
FC / PRMS / No |
3 |
Peru |
1911 |
Possible dealer |
?Archaeol or Amateur Archaeol |
| Messrs Watson Brothers |
PRMS / Yes |
23 |
Mixed |
1904 |
Dealer |
London based Gunsmith |
| W.D. Webster |
PRMS / Yes |
225 |
Mixed |
1912 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| G.W. Wells |
OO / No |
19 |
UK |
1920 |
Possibly gun dealer |
London based |
| J. Whitaker |
PRMS / No |
4 |
Malaysia |
1928 |
Cambridge based |
|
| W.E. White |
OO/ No |
4 |
W Africa |
1940 |
Antique Dealer |
Oxford based, via BB |
| Adolf Wiedemann via Beatrice Blackwood |
PRMS / No |
83 |
Germany |
1924 |
Possible dealer or trader |
Weimar based |
| W. Wilsdon |
FC / PRMS No |
2 |
PNG Samoa |
1910 |
Possibly dealer |
|
| Wirzing Brothers |
PRMS / No |
1 |
Zimbabwe |
1905 |
Trader |
Zimbabwe based |
| Knut Wolf |
PRMS / No |
1 |
Norway |
1911 |
Possibly dealer |
Norway based |
| C.A. Woollett |
FC / PRMS No |
10 |
Pacific |
1899 |
Possibly dealer |
Rochester based |
| Bryce McMurdo Wright |
OO / Yes |
136 |
Mixed |
1895 |
Dealer |
London based. Via founding collection and others |
| Mr Wyatt |
PRMS / No |
6 |
UK |
1935 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| Xiania |
OO / No |
1 |
Norway |
1898 |
?Dealer or Trader |
via Balfour |
| Yamanata & Co., London. |
OO/ No |
41 |
Japan |
1916 |
Dealer |
London based |
The top 10 dealer or auction house sources for material in the PRM up to 1945 (actually 11 for reasons explained below) were:
| Name of collector |
Biog-raphy? Field coll FC or PRM Source PRMS |
Number of objects |
Country[ies] |
Last date by which objects access-ioned |
Dealer or auction house? |
Connections |
| Stevens Auction Rooms / J.C. Stevens / Stevens Auction Rooms |
PRMS / No |
3178 |
Mixed |
1935 |
Auctioneers |
London based |
| James T. Hooper |
PRMS / Yes |
680 |
Mixed |
1937 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| G.F. Lawrence |
FC / PRMS No |
551 |
USA UK etc |
1932 |
Possibly dealer |
some via Stevens Auction rooms and Balfour . London based ?Amateur Archaeol |
| M.L. Levin |
PRMS/ No |
504 |
Africa India |
1893 |
Dealer |
London based |
| Puttick and Simpson |
PRMS / No |
285 |
Peru |
1935 |
Dealer / Auctioneers |
|
| Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge [Sotheby's] / Sotheby [Sotheby's] |
PRMS / No |
262 |
Mixed |
1932? |
Auctioneers |
London based |
| W.D. Webster |
PRMS / Yes |
225 |
Mixed |
1912 |
Dealer |
Oxford based |
| Carter / T.J. Carter |
FC / PRMS No |
223 |
UK |
1906 |
Possibly dealer |
Oxford based. |
| Dowell's Auction Rooms |
PRMS /No |
203 |
UK and mixed |
1892 |
Auctioneers |
Edinburgh based |
| Robert Day |
FC / Yes |
191 |
Ireland or UK USA Mexico NZ |
1913 |
Antiq / Amateur Archaeol / Possibly dealer |
Collection sold via Sotheby & Pitt Rivers / Could just be 2nd collector |
| Fenton and Sons / S.G. Fenton and Company |
PRMS / Yes |
162 |
Mixed |
1925 |
Dealer |
London based |
Fentons have been added to the end of the table in case Robert Day turns out to be a secondary collector and not a dealer.
We first constructed a database for all the items that were purchased up to 1945, these contain details of a total of 37,929 [1] objects (21 per cent of the total number of objects obtained up to 1945). However many of these items were purchased from individuals so a truer picture of the number of items obtained from sale rooms etc would be to total the table above (though there are some organisations listed there which should probably not be included in such a count (because the museum did not purchase them from the dealer etc but an intermediary owner)). This total is 9,347 (5 per cent of the total collections up to 1945).
How much did Balfour purchase?
You could posit that probably there was far more purchased during Balfour's time in museum than afterwards so we researched into this, searching the 'up to 1945 database' for purchased in acquired field and omitted all entries with 194 in accession number field [because this was post his death] in PRM source field which gives total numer of objects of 36,707.
Total number of purchased items 1884 - 1939 = 36,707
Total number of purchased items 1884 - 1945 = 37,929
percentage obtained 1884 - 1,939 = 96.7%
So during Balfour's 'reign' we obtained 36,707 objects by purchase, after that date we acquired by purchase:
1940s - 1,695
1950s - 780
1960s - 7,863
1970s - 2,458
1980s - 2,680
1990s - 1,112
2000s - 404
Total 1940 - 2003 = 16,992
Which means that over twice as many objects were obtained when Balfour was curator by purchase than they were after his death. However it is impossible to be exact how many of these purchases were instigated by Balfour (though we must assume that a great number were), or how many he actually paid for (as opposed to using Museum or University funds).
ESRC 'Relational Musuem' project
2004
