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The Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects holds a substantial collection of items related to C.F.A. Voysey, mostly documentary but also including the following personal artefacts. All are recorded as “Descended from Voysey’s son, Charles Cowles Voysey, via his executrix”, and "date from between around 1856 and 1962".
Item | RIBA reference no. | RIBA paragraph no. |
Black furled umbrella with 'V' crudely marked on the knotty wooden handle | VoC/11 | 5.2 |
Brass name plaque titled 'VOYSEY' from Flat 21, 73 St James's Street | VoC/9/1 | 5.3 |
Engraved copper plate of unidentified collegiate buildings and church | VoC/9/9 | 5.11 |
Leather despatch case with buckles, embossed with the initials 'C.F.A.V.' | VoC/8/2 | 5.12 |
Linen hand towel, the name 'Voysey' embroidered in red in one corner | VoC/9/8 | 5.10 |
Metal relief of John Wesley in an ebonized frame | VoC/9/4 | 5.6 |
Silver heart shaped key ring (hallmarked) (In the caption to a photograph in Ribapix, this is described as "a heart-shaped napkin ring") | VoC/9/7 | 5.9 |
Silver ink pen | VoC/9/3 | 5.5 |
Voysey's seal stamp | VoC/9/6 | 5.8 |
Voysey's signet ring and seal | VoC/9/5 | 5.7 |
Wooden letter opener with heart motif | VoC/9/2 | 5.4 |
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