This info may or may not help your search but ...  One of the Calvert
women married one of the Chirnsides who were large land owners in the
Werribee (Victoria, Australia) area.  They lived in the huge Mansion at
Werribee Park.  I know this because I worked there for six years and
there is a largish collection of silverware which was a wedding present.

It may be worthwhile contacting Werribee Park as they may have sometning
lurking about that can help you.

Address is:  Werribee Park, P.O. Box 274, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
3030.

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> From:         Michael Cooper[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Sunday, 17 August 1997 8:47 PM
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> Subject:      Collections of John CALVERT (1825-1897)
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> John Frederick Calvert (1825-1897) was a notorious rogue of Victorian
> England, particularly well known as a gold miner and collector. He had
> strong associations with Australia where he lived for several years.
> He
> amassed huge collections of minerals, shells, fossils, books,
> antiquities and ethnographia (etc.) I am researching Calvert's life
> for
> a proposed biography and am searching for anyone with a knowledge of
> the
> present whereabouts of any of his collection material. His minerals
> and
> shells were bought by an American dealer, Martin Ehrmann, in 1938 and
> sold from his premises in New York. Calvert's ethnographia and library
> were sold at auction in London in 1897. In 1858 he bought the business
> of George Brettingham Sowerby 1st and continued it for some years as a
> dealer in minerals, shells, and natural history collectables. So far I
> have found minerals and shells in several US museums and some of his
> ethnographical material survives in the Australian Museum. I would be
> VERY interested to hear from anyone with knowledge of Calvert
> specimens
> or archive material of any type.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mick Cooper
> Registrar, Nottingham Museums, UK
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