The Collection of Dr Anne F Sutton (1942-2022).
Dr Sutton was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a retired Archivist of the Mercers’ Company of London, having previously been an actress, appearing in several stage and radio productions during the 1960s. Much of her collection had been gathered by her grandfather, Herbert Sutton (1880-1946), who was a silk merchant living in Canton. When he returned to England in the 1920s, he brought back various items that he had acquired during his twenty-year stay in China. Anne later inherited these pieces from her father and, having an interest in the Far East herself, she continued to add her own purchases to enhance the collection.
