Oxford's Ashmolean Museum unveils silver treasure trove

Name: Oxford's Ashmolean Museum unveils silver treasure trove
Uploaded: 2013-01-31T10:43:57.000Z
Duration: 3 min 27 s
Description: The Ashmolean in Oxford has received the largest donation of silver treasures to a British museum in more than a century, from antique dealer Michael Wellby.

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The Ashmolean in Oxford has received the largest donation of silver treasures to a British museum in more than a century.

The gift of nearly 500 works of art is the result of a lifetime of collecting by antique dealer Michael Wellby.

David Sillito has been shown some of the collection's gems by curator Tim Wilson.

31 January 2013