3-011-605 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, [London], 1862. Display in what became the Victoria and Albert Museum, of pieces '...of the mediaeval renaissance, and more recent periods...in a miniature Crystal Palace, the rooms being lofty, spacious, well proportioned, and capitally lighted from the glass roof above...[There were] sculptures in marble and terra-cotta, carvings in ivory, art bronzes, furniture, objects of ancient Irish and Anglo-Saxon art, various works of mediaeval art; ecclesiastical utensils, &c.; "Henri Deux" ware...decorative plate...vases and other objects in rock crystal, sardonyx, &c.; snuffboxes and other articles of bijouterie, jewellery and personal ornaments, cameos, and engraved gems, decorative arms and armour, enamel of Limoges, Venetian and other glass ware, Palissy and Italian majolica ware, Parian "faience," Sevres porcelain; Chelsea, Worcester, and other old English porcelain; old Wedgwood ware, porcelain of various European manufactories; portrait miniatures - a most interesting collection; illuminations and illuminated manuscripts, decorative bookbindings, textile fabrics, ecclesiastical vestments, and a number of miscellaneous articles of rare beauty and value...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.