Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Collector

J. W. Flower

1807–1873 · United Kingdom

Antiquarian. Bought from Luigi Palma di Cesnola; lent to Society of Antiquaries of London.

Life and work

  1. 4 May 1871
    At the Society of Antiquaries, in connection with Sandwith's paper on Cypriot tomb pottery, Colonel Lane Fox and Mr J. W. Flower each displayed Cypriot objects 'from the Cesnola collection'; the Society ordered thanks.

    LondonMerrillees 2001Reeve 2021

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Sources

  1. 1.R. S. Merrillees (2001). “T. B. Sandwith and the beginnings of Cypriote archaeology”. Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction, 222-239. Oxford, Oxbow.
  2. 2.Anna Holly Reeve (2021). “Ancient Cyprus in Leeds: Objects, Networks and Museums from 1870 to 1947”. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.