Helen Cargill Thompson Silversmithing and Jewellery Collection
- HCT
- Collection
- Late 19th century-early 21st century
A diverse collection of mainly silver items including a wide selection of contemporary GSA undergraduate, graduate and staff works from about 1985 to 2019, as collected by Helen Cargill Thompson.
The collection includes items of contemporary, antique and period silver exhibiting a broad range of technical skills, design finesse and a selection of provincial historical Scottish silver makers marks and town marks on both functional and decorative objects.
Items included in the collection were acquired with the intention of being gifted to the Glasgow School of Art Archive as an educational resource.