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Wooden Wall Plaque Marking the Transfer of the Gunther Collections to the Museum of the History of Science, by J. Bye, Oxford, 1986

Inventory Number 14715


Item type
Object
Provenance
Made for the Museum at the expense of A. E. Gunther.
Primary inscriptions
'Robert T. Gunther's Library and Instruments were assured to the Museum by his sons | E.R.G. A.E.G. | 1940 1986'.
Physical material
Wood
Inventory No
14715

Description

Thick oblong wooden plaque carved with a slightly inscrutable phrase requested by the Museum's benefactor A. E. Gunther, when he presented the Gunther collections and a substantial financial endowment to the Museum in 1986, conveying his wish to share credit for preserving the collections with his brother E. R. Gunther, who had died in 1940, shortly after their father R. T. Gunther.