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Gerald Hugh Tait, F.S.A.

Also known as: Gerald Hugh Tait, F.S.A.; primary name: Tait, Gerald Hugh
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: 1929-12 Apr 2005
Biography: Studied Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and Courtauld Institute, University of London; joined Fitzwilliam Museum as volunteer graduate assistant in 1953; joined the British Museum as Assistant Keeper in 1954, appointed Deputy Keeper of Medieval and Later Antiquities in 1969, retired 1992. Author of catalogues of jewellery, clocks, glass etc, and numberous articles. Elected to The Glass Circle in 1954, later honorary vice president and honorary president. Elected Honorary Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass in 1993. Honorary member of the English Ceramic Circle. Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. President of Society of Jewellery Historians and of the Society of Post-Medieval Archaeology. Member of review group appointed by Commission for Looted Art in Europe (after February 2004).

8 related objects

cup

Museum number: 1955,1101.1 |
Producer name: BIOG74827 Factory of:Meissen Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1740-1750 |
Production place: Factory in:Meissen

dish; plate; waster

Museum number: 1969,0701.2 |
Producer name: BIOG81675 Made by:Worcester Porcelain Factory |
Production place: Made in:Worcester |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Worcester

dish

Museum number: 1965,1001.2 |
Producer name: BIOG66913 Factory of:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1772-1814 |
Production place: Factory in:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Caughley Porcelain Factory

dish

Museum number: 1965,1001.1 |
Producer name: BIOG66913 Factory of:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1772-1814 |
Production place: Factory in:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Caughley Porcelain Factory

slop-basin

Museum number: 1965,1001.4 |
Producer name: BIOG66913 Factory of:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1772-1814 |
Production place: Factory in:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Caughley Porcelain Factory

tea-bowl; waster

Museum number: 1969,0701.1 |
Producer name: BIOG81675 Made by:Worcester Porcelain Factory |
Production place: Made in:Worcester |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Worcester

tea-cup

Museum number: 1965,1001.3 |
Producer name: BIOG66913 Factory of:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1772-1814 |
Production place: Factory in:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Caughley Porcelain Factory

vessel

Museum number: 1965,1001.5 |
Producer name: BIOG66913 Factory of:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1772-1814 |
Production place: Factory in:Caughley Porcelain Factory |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Caughley Porcelain Factory