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William Talbot Ready

Also known as: William Talbot Ready; primary name: Ready, William Talbot; other name: Talbot Ready, William
Details: individual; curator; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Life dates: 1857-1914
Biography: Employed by the British Museum as repairer and cleaner of antiquities, particularly in the Egyptian and Assyrian Department, until about 1884 after which he appears to have specialised as a dealer as his sales to the Museum begin in 1886. He specialised in classical coins and took over the company Rollin and Feuardent (q.v.) after the death of Francis Whelan (q.v.).His brother Augustus P. Ready (q.v.) succeeded him as a restorer in the Museum, where he became part of the permanent staff in 1897; another brother, Charles Ready (q.v.), also worked in the Museum in this capacity. All were sons of Robert Cooper Walpole Ready (q.v.), the restorer, who joined the Museum in 1858/59. W.T. Ready had a single daughter, Marie Frances Talbot Ready (q.v.).
Bibliography: D.M. Wilson, 'The British Museum: A History', London 2002, p.357, n.128; Marjorie Caygill, "An enduring legacy", 'British Museum Magazine' 51 (spring 2005), p.55.

1,410 related objects

amulet

Museum number: EA25573 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA25576 |
Cultures/periods: x13554 26th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet; figure

Museum number: EA25571 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA16527 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA25585 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA25579 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: 86263 |
Cultures/periods: Neo-AssyrianLate Babylonian |
Production date: 800BC-500BC

amulet; seal

Museum number: 102473 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

amulet; pendant

Museum number: 1895,1025.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100 -200 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amulet; figure

Museum number: EA25572 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA25575 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA16528 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA25574 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA40665 |
Cultures/periods: x13546 19th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA25587 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet-mould

Museum number: EA43415 |
Cultures/periods: Late PeriodGraeco-Roman |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet-mould

Museum number: EA25097 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet-mould

Museum number: EA43414 |
Cultures/periods: Late PeriodGraeco-Roman |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

armlet

Museum number: 1903,0625.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14243 Middle Bronze Age |
Production date: 1400BC-1200BC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hollingbury Castle

armlet

Museum number: 1903,0625.2 |
Cultures/periods: x14243 Middle Bronze Age |
Production date: 1400BC-1200BC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hollingbury Castle

arrow-head; tool/implement

Museum number: 1975,0620.11 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

arrow-head; tool/implement

Museum number: 1975,0620.12 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

arrow-head; tool/implement

Museum number: 1975,0620.13 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

arrow-head; tool/implement

Museum number: 1975,0620.14 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

artefact

Museum number: 1905,1106.5 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Great Tower Street

artefact

Museum number: 1975,0620.38 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

artefact

Museum number: 1900,1212.8 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Smyrna

awl; chisel

Museum number: 1898,1020.1 |
Cultures/periods: Middle CypriotLate Cypriot I |
Production date: 1900 BC-1550 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

axe

Museum number: 2001,0301.2 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hungary

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.6 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.5 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.7 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.9 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 1900,1212.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Dardanelles

axe

Museum number: 2001,0301.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Hungary

bangle

Museum number: EA40655 |
Cultures/periods: x14452 Roman Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

bangle

Museum number: EA40654 |
Cultures/periods: x13917 Graeco-Roman |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

barrel jug

Museum number: 1887,1014.1 |
Producer name: Workshop of:FrotinusMade by:Frotinus |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC-4thC 200 - 400 |
Production place: Made in:Gaul |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Amiens

bead

Museum number: EA25588 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

bird bowl

Museum number: 1888,1015.17 |
Cultures/periods: x13710 Boeotian |
Production date: 650BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Boeotia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Thebes (Greece - archaic)

bird bowl

Museum number: 1888,1015.18 |
Cultures/periods: x13710 Boeotian |
Production date: 650BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Boeotia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Thebes (Greece - archaic)

bird bowl

Museum number: 1888,1015.15 |
Cultures/periods: x13710 Boeotian |
Production date: 650BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Boeotia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Thebes (Greece - archaic)

bird bowl

Museum number: 1888,1015.16 |
Cultures/periods: x13710 Boeotian |
Production date: 650BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Boeotia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Thebes (Greece - archaic)

blade

Museum number: 1975,0620.15 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1901,1216.1 |
Cultures/periods: GreekPtolemaic |
Production date: 350BC-325BC

bowl

Museum number: 1893,1124.1 |
Production date: 0010 - 0040

bowl

Museum number: 1889,0805.5 |
Cultures/periods: x114244 Punic |
Production date: 7thC BC-6thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tharros

bowl

Museum number: 1898,1020.3 |
Cultures/periods: x103817 Late Cypriot II |
Production date: 1350BC-1200BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

bowl

Museum number: 1898,1020.7 |
Cultures/periods: x103817 Late Cypriot II |
Production date: 1350BC-1200BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

bowl

Museum number: 1898,1020.5 |
Cultures/periods: x103817 Late Cypriot II |
Production date: 1350BC-1200BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

bowl

Museum number: 1905,1106.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14232 Merovingian |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Moorfields (London)

bowl

Museum number: 1906,0417.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Swaffham

bowl

Museum number: 1898,1020.4 |
Cultures/periods: x103817 Late Cypriot II |
Production date: 1350BC-1200BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

bowl

Museum number: 1898,1020.8 |
Cultures/periods: x103817 Late Cypriot II |
Production date: 1350BC-1200BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

bowl

Museum number: 1898,1020.6 |
Cultures/periods: x103817 Late Cypriot II |
Production date: 1350BC-1200BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Klavdia

box

Museum number: 1975,0620.43 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bracelet

Museum number: 1894,0719.7 |
Cultures/periods: MycenaeanByzantine |
Production date: 1200BC-1000BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mycenae (Argolis - archaic)

bracelet

Museum number: 1894,0719.6 |
Cultures/periods: MycenaeanByzantine |
Production date: 1200BC-1000BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mycenae (Argolis - archaic)

bust

Museum number: 1909,0526.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 90-120

calyx-krater

Museum number: 1888,1015.13 |
Producer name: BIOG59593 Attributed to:The Nazzano Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13879 Faliscan |
Production date: 400BC |
Production place: Made in:Faliscan Territory (Etrurian - region archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Civita Castellana

cameo

Museum number: 1888,1015.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-2ndC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rhodes

cameo

Museum number: 1913,0307.334 |
Production date: 17thC

canopic coffin; human mummy; mummy-wrapping

Museum number: EA25568 |
Cultures/periods: x13548 20th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

chisel; axe

Museum number: 1975,0620.37 |
Cultures/periods: Early CypriotMiddle Cypriot |
Production date: 2200 BC-1650 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

chous

Museum number: 1894,0719.5 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 430BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

clock-component

Museum number: 1906,0417.2

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.71 |
Authority: BIOG86696 Ruler:Balakros |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Tarsus

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.15 |
Authority: BIOG140659 Ruler:Commodus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 180-192 |
Production place: Minted in:Pagae (Achaea)

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.17 |
Authority: BIOG140707 Ruler:Marcus Aurelius |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 161-180 |
Production place: Minted in:Aegium (Achaea)

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.27 |
Authority: BIOG57074 Ruler:Augustus (Octavian) |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 27BC-14 |
Production place: Minted in:Prymnessus

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.78 |
Authority: BIOG93501 Ruler:Julia Paula |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Tarsus

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.50 |
Authority: BIOG140718 Ruler:Philip I |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 244-249 |
Production place: Minted in:Corycus

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.49 |
Authority: BIOG140710 Ruler:Maximinus I Thrax |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 235-238 |
Production place: Minted in:Celenderis

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.63 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Seleucia ad Calycadnum

coin

Museum number: 1890,0110.2 |
Authority: BIOG140700 Ruler:Lucius Verus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 161-169 |
Production place: Minted in:Argos

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.20 |
Authority: BIOG140707 Ruler:Marcus Aurelius |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 161-180 |
Production place: Minted in:Corinth

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.74 |
Authority: BIOG140659 Ruler:Commodus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 180-192 |
Production place: Minted in:Tarsus

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.60 |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Olba

coin

Museum number: 1901,0706.38 |
Authority: BIOG95257 Ruler:Mithradates I |
Cultures/periods: x14390 Parthian |
Production date: 171 BC-138 BC |
Production place: Minted in:Ecbatana

coin

Museum number: 1890,0110.13 |
Authority: BIOG94576 Ruler:Macrinus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 217-218 |
Production place: Minted in:Aspendus

coin

Museum number: 1890,0110.12 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Alexandretta

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.39 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Alexandretta

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.56 |
Authority: BIOG140650 Ruler:Caracalla |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 196-217 |
Production place: Minted in:Seleucia ad Pyramum

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.54 |
Authority: BIOG140670 Ruler:Domitian |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 81-96 |
Production place: Minted in:Flaviopolis

coin

Museum number: 1890,0110.3 |
Authority: BIOG140728 Ruler:Septimius Severus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 193-211 |
Production place: Minted in:Argos

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.52 |
Authority: BIOG93494 Ruler:Julia Domna |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Irenopolis

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.36 |
Authority: BIOG140676 Ruler:Gallienus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 253-268 |
Production place: Minted in:Adana (city)

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.38 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Aegae (Cilicia)

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.42 |
Authority: BIOG140672 Ruler:Elagabalus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 218-222 |
Production place: Minted in:Anazarbus

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.47 |
Authority: BIOG140792 Ruler:Livia Julia Augusta |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Augusta (archaic)

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.51 |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Diocaesarea

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.9 |
Authority: BIOG59557 Ruler:Nero |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 54-68 |
Production place: Minted in:Magnetes

coin

Museum number: 1914,0205.9 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 375BC-308BC |
Production place: Minted in:Cyrene

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.62 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Seleucia ad Calycadnum

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.80 |
Authority: BIOG91489 Ruler:Gordian III |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 238-244 |
Production place: Minted in:Tarsus

coin

Museum number: 1890,0110.1 |
Authority: BIOG140650 Ruler:Caracalla |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 196-217 |
Production place: Minted in:Argos

coin

Museum number: 1899,0402.34 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Adana (city)