- Wikidata identifier:
- Q7979215
- Also known as:
- Richards Art Gallery And Museum, Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery
- Instance of:
- art museum; local museum; local authority museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 771
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7979215/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Ruskin Pottery
World’s largest public collection of Ruskin Pottery. Ruskin Pottery was manufactured in Smethwick between 1898 and 1933.
Subjects
Ceramics; Pottery; Decorative arts
Archaeology
Material in the collection has been collected from excavations within the current borough boundaries of Sandwell. Material includes a range of pottery including midlands yellow, coarseware and Cistercian wares.
Subjects
Railways; Ceramics; Archaeology; Archaeology (settlement)
Richards Fine Art Collection
Many highly regarded Victorian artists are represented in the collection, including EJ Verboeckhoven and EH Ward. A collection of Victorian fine art paintings, donated by local benefactor Mary Richards in 1891.
Subjects
Fine Arts; Paintings; Decorative and Applied Arts; Western European
Helen Caddick Ethnology Collection
Collection of cultural material from Asia, South Asia, New Zealand, Australia, South America and North America. Collection was brought together by Helen Caddick. A female anthropologist who travelled extensively at the end of the 19th Century and early 20th Century.
Subjects
Japanese; Egyptian history; Amerindian cultures; North American cultures; African peoples; Javanese; Indian (cultural identity); African cultures; Ethnology; Asian cultures; Asian peoples
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC