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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4434170, member: 19165&quot;]So, I find myself in a bit of a predicament.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a piece that was in the British Museum in 1911. I know because it is illustrated in a book published in that year, and the author very clearly thanks the British museum for allowing him to examine the piece (unfortunately, the author doesn&#039;t list any acquisition or inventory number, or any sort of useful data. Just a brief description and a hand-drawn line picture).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when I go to search the British Museum website (which claims to list 4 million artifacts), I simply cannot find it. I&#039;ve tried every combination of key word that I can think of, but still no luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Has the British Museum de-acquisitioned pieces? Have they had sales of their retired pieces? Are there records of those sales? Perhaps the piece I&#039;m trying to track down is just no longer owned by the museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Has anyone else had trouble finding a piece in the museum archives? Was there some trick to locating it? Did you have to use unexpected keywords?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Does anyone know if there are more pieces which have yet to be listed on the website archives? Do you know if there&#039;s a way to find pieces which aren&#039;t listed?</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize it&#039;s a bit of a shot in the dark, but I&#039;m trying to research an item which I recently purchased (*very* interesting thread to follow, I hope). Any researchers who might be able to offer me assistance will be appreciated. I&#039;ve reached out to the British Museum as well, but they are shut down right now and I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll ever get an answer from them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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