2nd February 2007, 06:44 PM
From Colin White, Treasurer, The Twickenham Museum:
Missing artifacts from the Bushy Park Water Gardens archaeological
excavations, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames
The missing artifacts were excavated by Christopher Currie during
excavations in 1997-1999. A full account of the excavations was published in Post-Medieval Archaeology, Volume 37, Part 1 in 2003. The artifacts are listed on pp. 118 - 122 and comprise tin-glazed tiles, pottery and animal bones (not listed).
Unfortunately, Christopher died tragically in May 2005. His colleague, Dr Neil Rushton told us that he has checked Chris's office and garage archive without success.
We have tried the following to no avail:- The Royal Parks, The Crown Estate, Priestmere Properties Ltd, The Museum of London (accession number BHY97), and The British Museum.
The BM's conservator, Maria Barlow, says that she handed the tiles to Christopher at the British Museum after conservation in August 1999. They were contained in a plastic 'tuppaware' type box; the box was about 8" x 12-15" x 6" deep and the tiles were wrapped in acid free paper.
We have been involved in research and restoration work on this project since 1996. The restoration of the Water Gardens is now fast approaching and The Royal Parks has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant to carry out a partial restoration. Part of the award includes funds to mount an exhibition at the Twickenham Museum http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk. This exhibition is now set to open in mid-April 2007, without any artifacts apart from an original painting.
We urgently need to locate these artifacts for use in the exhibition. If anyone has any idea of the location of them, please get in touch.
Colin White,
Treasurer, The Twickenham Museum
Clarence Cottage, Hampton Court Road, Hampton Court, Surrey KT8 9BY
Tel: 020 8977 5198 Tel/Fax: 020 8943 1812
colinhjwhite.g5@tiscali.co.uk
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Missing artifacts from the Bushy Park Water Gardens archaeological
excavations, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames
The missing artifacts were excavated by Christopher Currie during
excavations in 1997-1999. A full account of the excavations was published in Post-Medieval Archaeology, Volume 37, Part 1 in 2003. The artifacts are listed on pp. 118 - 122 and comprise tin-glazed tiles, pottery and animal bones (not listed).
Unfortunately, Christopher died tragically in May 2005. His colleague, Dr Neil Rushton told us that he has checked Chris's office and garage archive without success.
We have tried the following to no avail:- The Royal Parks, The Crown Estate, Priestmere Properties Ltd, The Museum of London (accession number BHY97), and The British Museum.
The BM's conservator, Maria Barlow, says that she handed the tiles to Christopher at the British Museum after conservation in August 1999. They were contained in a plastic 'tuppaware' type box; the box was about 8" x 12-15" x 6" deep and the tiles were wrapped in acid free paper.
We have been involved in research and restoration work on this project since 1996. The restoration of the Water Gardens is now fast approaching and The Royal Parks has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant to carry out a partial restoration. Part of the award includes funds to mount an exhibition at the Twickenham Museum http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk. This exhibition is now set to open in mid-April 2007, without any artifacts apart from an original painting.
We urgently need to locate these artifacts for use in the exhibition. If anyone has any idea of the location of them, please get in touch.
Colin White,
Treasurer, The Twickenham Museum
Clarence Cottage, Hampton Court Road, Hampton Court, Surrey KT8 9BY
Tel: 020 8977 5198 Tel/Fax: 020 8943 1812
colinhjwhite.g5@tiscali.co.uk
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
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