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Collector · Donor

Wilhelm Pelizaeus

1851–1930 · Germany

Private banker. Collected at Cairo.

Life and work

  1. 1907–1913
    Cypriot ceramics and other pieces from the Pelizaeus collection, partly bought in Cairo, reached the Hildesheim museum in 1907 and 1913

    HildesheimRecke 2012, p. 110

Objects

  • Cypriot pottery (MC-LC, CA), metal and Roman glass; Hildesheim holds 7 ceramics, 2 metal and 7 Roman glass pieces in total, from several sources

    Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim1907–1913Recke 2012, p. 110

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  2. 2.“Wilhelm Pelizaeus (1851-1930), German private banker”. Wikidata / GND 116074647. Online