Collection: Smithills Hall

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Fine Art Collection

  The fine art collections of Bolton MBC comprise oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints and sculpture and includes works by notable British artists from the 18th to 20th centuries, particularly the English watercolour landscapes.

  Subjects

  Fine Art

  Decorative and Applied Art Collection

  The decorative art collections include ceramics, furniture, metalware and glass. The furniture collection comprises mainly English oak furniture of the 16th-18th centuries, particularly 17th century oak pieces carved in the northern regional style. There is a small collection of c.180 pieces of glassware at Smithills Hall, ranging from ornamental to functional pieces. It consists mainly of 19th century wares but with some 18th century drinking glasses. Metalwork includes some electrotype reproductions of examples in the V&A collection and is generally a small mixed collection of various metals and objects.

  Subjects

  Decorative and Applied Arts

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC