Society
Friends of the Nicholson Museum
Sydney, Australia
Society in Sydney; part of Nicholson Museum. 2 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
Funded purchases of Cypriot vases deposited in the Nicholson Museum (1946-47 and a large group of Iron Age vases in 1961); no separate holding
History
- 1946Purchased a Cypriot amphora (NM 47.21; provenance unknown) for the Nicholson Museum.
- 1961Stewart bought a substantial number of Iron Age vases in Cyprus from dealers on behalf of the Friends, including objects from Dhenia.
- 1961Purchased from the dealer P. Kolokasides a double-necked Early Cypriot III-Middle Cypriot I vessel (NM 61.81), said to be from Yalia.
Yalia (said)Petros KolokasidesBarker 2012, p. 30
- 1962The Stewart memorial exhibition (9-19 April 1962) included a case of Cypriot Iron Age material largely purchased from the Friends' 1961 contributions.
War Memorial Gallery, SydneyJames Rivers Barrington StewartBarker 2012, p. 34
People
2 peopleStaff and members · 1
- James Rivers Barrington Stewartother (1961–1961) · acted for itBarker 2012, p. 131961
Sellers and consignors · 1
- Petros Kolokasidesseller (1961–1961) · sold objectsBarker 2012, p. 301961
Objects
Double-necked vessel, EC III-MC I (c. 2100-1850 BC)
NM 61.81from Said to be Yaliavia Petros Kolokasides1961Barker 2012, p. 30
Cypriot amphora, provenance unknown
NM 47.211946Barker 2012, p. 18
Sources
- 1.Craig Barker (2012). Aphrodite's Island: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. Sydney, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.
- 2.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.