Donor · Heir

Martha Smith

fl. 1920–1921 · United Kingdom

British donor and heir, active 1920–1921. Lived at Headingley, Leeds. Gave to Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.

Life and work

1920–1921
As 'Mrs M. Smith, Headingley' she delivered the late Frances Stott's antiquities (Greek lekythoi and other vases, 'an Aryballos from Cyprus', Egyptian bronze figures) to the museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, recorded in the Society's Report for 1921; Stott's will had named the British Museum.
LeedsReeve 2021, p. 206 Reeve 2021, p. 210 Reeve 2021, p. 211

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Received from Frances Louisa Stottprobably1920
Agent for Frances Louisa Stottprobably1920–1921

Objects

'Aryballos from Cyprus' (now said to be a Corinthian aryballos, Archaic), from Frances Stott's collection
Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1967.12721920–1921Reeve 2021, p. 206 Reeve 2021, p. 207

Sources

1.Anna Holly Reeve (2021). “Ancient Cyprus in Leeds: Objects, Networks and Museums from 1870 to 1947”. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.