HISTORIC TEMPLE NEWSAM HOUSE, PART OF LEEDS MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES, HAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED PART OF A MAJOR GIFT PRESENTATION THROUGH THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND BY THE WIDOW OF SIR ARTHUR GILBERT, FOUNDER OF THE GILBERT COLLECTION, AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ART CURRENTLY HOUSED IN LONDON'S V&A. MARJORIE, LADY GILBERT GAVE TWO ITEMS OF SILVERWARE TO THE MUSEUM: A SILVER-GILT CUP BY FOGLINO (c. 1842) AND A MING EWER WITH SILVER MOUNTS DECORATED IN NIELLO (c. 1600). SKIPTON- BORN LADY GILBERT NOW LIVES IN AMERICA, BUT CHOSE TO ALLOCATE HER GIFT THROUGH THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND TO A MUSEUM IN HER NATIVE WEST YORKSHIRE. TEMPLE NEWSAM HOUSE, NEAR LEEDS, HAS A FINE SILVERWARE COLLECTION AND IS THEREFORE AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR THE EXQUISITE PIECES. LADY GILBERT'S GIFT IS THE FIRST DONATION OF ITS KIND TO BE MADE THROUGH THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND, AN ORGANIZATION THROUGH WHICH US TAX PAYERS ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT UK BASED INDEPENDENT CHARITY THE ART FUND IN A TAX-EFFICIENT MANNER. LADY GILBERT HAS ALSO DONATED A PAIR OF DUTCH GILT AND FILIGREE TORAH FINIALS (c. 1780) AND A PAIR OF SILVER DORDRECHT CUPS AND COVERS (1592) TO THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, ALSO THROUGH THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND. SINCE 1930, TEMPLE NEWSAM HOUSE HAS RECEIVED £527,225 WORTH OF MONETARY GRANTS FROM THE ART FUND TOWARDS THE ACQUISITION OF 103 OBJECTS, INCLUDING A WIDE ARRAY OF PAINTINGS, FURNITURE, CERAMICS AND SILVERWARE. THE MUSEUM HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 80 OBJECTS AS GIFTS OR BEQUESTS THROUGH THE ART FUND.
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