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Thomas Hollings

Thomas E. Hollings

1860–1946 · United Kingdom

Woollen manufacturer. Lived at Calverley, near Leeds. Bought from Samuel Margerison; left a bequest to Leeds Art Gallery.

Life and work

  1. 1946–1947
    Gave part of his collection of English ceramics to Temple Newsam House in 1946 and bequeathed the rest (Will executed 1947). With it came 20 antiquities, six Cypriote; they stayed unmoved until transferred to the museum in 1988.

    LeedsReeve 2021, p. 239

  2. 1 March 1946
    Letter from Hollings to Mr E. Musgrave (Temple Newsam archives) mentions his collection of old Roman glass 'which formerly belonged to Samuel Margerison'.

    Reeve 2021, p. 241Reeve 2021

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Middle Cypriot White Painted juglet

    Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1988.00011946–1947Reeve 2021, p. 239-241

  • Middle Cypriot Red- or Black-slip juglet

    Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1988.00021946–1947Reeve 2021, p. 239-241

  • Cypro-Geometric White Painted juglet (oenochoe); paper slip inside reads 'Greco-Phoenician (Cyprus). From the Cesnola Collection. Oenochoe.'

    Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1988.00031946–1947Reeve 2021, p. 240-241

  • Cypro-Geometric White Painted juglet; slip mentions 'Greco-Phoenician oenochoe ... Lawrence-Cesnola'

    Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1988.00041946–1947Reeve 2021, p. 240-241

  • Cypro-Archaic Bichrome amphora

    Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1988.00061946–1947Reeve 2021, p. 240-241

  • Cypro-Archaic Black on Red two-handled flask

    Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.D.1988.00071946–1947Reeve 2021, p. 240-241

Sources

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