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DESCRIPTION
OF
THE FIRST VASE ROOM.
THE series of Greek and Etruscan Fictile Vases in the First
and Second Vase Rooms has been principally acquired from
the following sources : —
The vases collected by Sir William Hamilton, when British
Envoy at Naples, and purchased with the remainder of his
Antiquities in 1772, may be regarded as the nucleus of the
Collection, to which a few vases were added by the purchase
of the Towneley Antiquities in 1814, that of Lord Elgin's
Antiquities in 1816, and the bequest of Mr. Richard Payne
Knight in 1824.
In 1886, the Trustees purchased a number of fine vases
at the sale of the celebrated Collection of the Chevalier E.
Durand, and again, in 1887, at the sale of part of the Prince
of Caniuo's vases.
In 1843. a hundred select vases, chiefly from Vulci in
Etruria, were purchased from the Princess of Canino. By
these last three purchases, the Collection, hitherto very de-
ficient in fine specimens from Vulci and Nola, was greatly
enriched.
The most remarkable accessions which have since taken
place are the vases from Athens and the Greek islands, pur-
chased from Mr. Thomas Burgon in 1842, those from Camirus,
in Rhodes, purchased from Messrs. Salzmann and Biliotti
in the course of the years 1859-64, those purchased at the
sale of the Pourtales Collection in 1865, the Blacas Collec-
tion in 1866, and the Castellani Collection in 1873. Nearly
all the vases in the Collection have been found in tombs in
Italy, Sicily, Athens, Corinth, the Greek Islands, and the
Cyrenaic.a.
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OF
THE FIRST VASE ROOM.
THE series of Greek and Etruscan Fictile Vases in the First
and Second Vase Rooms has been principally acquired from
the following sources : —
The vases collected by Sir William Hamilton, when British
Envoy at Naples, and purchased with the remainder of his
Antiquities in 1772, may be regarded as the nucleus of the
Collection, to which a few vases were added by the purchase
of the Towneley Antiquities in 1814, that of Lord Elgin's
Antiquities in 1816, and the bequest of Mr. Richard Payne
Knight in 1824.
In 1886, the Trustees purchased a number of fine vases
at the sale of the celebrated Collection of the Chevalier E.
Durand, and again, in 1887, at the sale of part of the Prince
of Caniuo's vases.
In 1843. a hundred select vases, chiefly from Vulci in
Etruria, were purchased from the Princess of Canino. By
these last three purchases, the Collection, hitherto very de-
ficient in fine specimens from Vulci and Nola, was greatly
enriched.
The most remarkable accessions which have since taken
place are the vases from Athens and the Greek islands, pur-
chased from Mr. Thomas Burgon in 1842, those from Camirus,
in Rhodes, purchased from Messrs. Salzmann and Biliotti
in the course of the years 1859-64, those purchased at the
sale of the Pourtales Collection in 1865, the Blacas Collec-
tion in 1866, and the Castellani Collection in 1873. Nearly
all the vases in the Collection have been found in tombs in
Italy, Sicily, Athens, Corinth, the Greek Islands, and the
Cyrenaic.a.
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