Wallace Collection the largest, most important and extant collection of French 18th-century decorative arts in the world, rivalled only by the triumvirate of the Musée du Louvre, Château de Versailles and Mobilier National in France. The Wallace Collection is a non-departmental public body and admission is free. The Wallace Collection is a museum which displays the works of art collected in the 18th and 19th centuries by five generations of a British aristocratic family – the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess. In the 19th century, the Marquesses of Hertford were one
Tsuba in the collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery the nickname "Kikubori-Chōbei" because of his skill carving chrysanthemums. Later he studied the work of Chizuka-Hisanari. Tsuba in the collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery There are 114 tsuba in the Wolverhampton Art Gallery collection, with works ranging from the Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period. The tsuba were part of a wider collection of weapons and sword guards donated by Councillor Davis Green in October 1924. Originally the collection belonged to a Mr. C.E.F.Griffiths and was loaned to the gallery. The collection was reclaimed by the family, it is presumed that Mr. Griffiths died, and put it