Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth

One documented Cypriot object: the bronze Apollo head from Tamassos (the 'Chatsworth Head'), held 1839-1956 (1956)

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1. March 1839
   The 6th Duke of Devonshire bought seven antiquities at Smyrna from Henry Perigal Borrell for 15 pounds, among them the bronze Apollo head found at Tamassos in 1836; it was the only Cypriot piece. The head had earlier passed through Antonio Vondiziano, British vice-consul at Larnaca, who per Ross sold it to Borrell for 1800 piastres.

   SmyrnaWilliam George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of DevonshireHenry Perigal BorrellAntonio VondizianoMerrillees 2017

2. 1956
   The Chatsworth Apollo was acquired by the British Museum from the Duke of Devonshire in lieu of death duties. Merrillees gives the BM number GR 1958,0418.1.

   Duke of Devonshire (holder of the title in 1956; not named in source)Kiely 2017Merrillees 2017

• Bronze head of Apollo from a larger-than-life statue (the Chatsworth Head)

  GR 1958,0418.1 (British Museum)from Tamassos (Politiko)via Henry Perigal Borrell1839Merrillees 2017