- Wikidata identifier:
- Q5467796
- Also known as:
- Ford Green Hall and attached wall and dovecote
- Instance of:
- historic house museum; farmhouse; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 711
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q5467796/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The current collection is comprised of Historic Furniture which is on loan from The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery: There is a 25year Artefacts Loan Agreement between the City Council and Ford Green Hall Museum Ltd from time to time documenting the loan of the artefacts by the Council to FGH Museum Ltd.
The collection is comprised of original and replica pieces reflecting the 17th century onwards. Also few items acquired from other collections such as the Arnold Bennett Museum. All works are complementary to the history of Ford Green Hall. The furniture itself ranges in date from the late 15th Century to the 19th Century and has been arranged in room settings which represent different periods in the Fords family occupation of the house. The most expensive item at the time would have been the tester bed, the tester being the roof or canopy of a four poster bed. The long table and parlour cupboard date to around 1650.
Our knowledge of how Ford Green hall was furnished when the Fords lived in it, is greatly helped by the survival of inventories attached to the wills made by members of the family. Where possible, an attempt has been made to furnish some of the rooms according to these inventories.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2024
Licence: CC BY-NC