sculptures
A Bust Of Albert Edward, Prince Of Wales, By Joseph Gawen
Joseph Gawen, a deaf sculptor, sculpted this bust of King Edward VII in 1879 when he still was the Prince of Wales. It was erected in St. Saviour’s Church for the Deaf in Oxford Street, London, and was relocated to Acton Deaf Centre in 1923. The inscription on the reverse..View Exhibit
Statue Of The Good Shepherd By Joseph Gawen
Gawen, an eminent deaf sculptor, executed this statue, The Good Shepherd. The statue eventually was in a poor and unkempt condition, having been exposed to rain and pollutants for over seventy years outside St. Saviour’s Church and Centre for the Deaf in Armstrong Road, Acton, in West London. In 1996..View Exhibit
A Plaster Cast Of Abbé Charles-Michel De L’épée By Paul-François Choppin
A famous deaf French sculptor named Paul-François Choppin made this plaster cast of Abbé Charles-Michel de L’Épée. This plaster cast was part of a collection donated to the Deaf Museum & Archive by St. Saviour’s Church for the Deaf in Acton, West London. Who was Abbé de L’Épée? He was..View Exhibit
Oak Fruit Wooden Bowl By Martin Dutton, The Lizardman
A Martin Dutton Yorkshire Oak Fruit Bowl hand tooled, the centre carved in relief with an armorial shield of three Tudor/Yorkshire style roses above a castle commemorating the 150 years (1829-1979) of The Doncaster School of the Deaf. He signed the bowl by carving a lizard on the outer edge..View Exhibit
A 19thc Pearlware Mug
A rare early 19th century child’s transfer decorated pearlware mug depicting fingerspelling, from the ex-West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Exeter. It was purchased at an auction in Newton Abbot in October 2015. Why is it unusual? Why was the mug specifically made? It was in..View Exhibit
The Mary Boys-Adams Tureen
A pea-green tureen dated 1991 and bearing Mary Boys-Adams’s personal monogram was presented to her distant cousin Richard J. Goulden who then presented it to the British Deaf History Museum in 2019. Who was Mary Boys-Adams? Mary Boys-Adams worked with various well-known potters such as Bernard Leach and wares from..View Exhibit