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Designed by Eric Slater for Shelley Potteries Ltd (1930)
Taken in the grounds of the Geffrye Museum
The museum is sited in the former almshouses of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers; these were established from the will of Sir Robert Geffrye (1613–1703). Geffrye (or Geffery) was an East India merchant, knighted in 1673, who was also Master of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, a Sheriff of London in 1674 and Lord Mayor of the city in 1685.
The 14 almshouses were for the widows of ironmongers. In 1911 the houses were sold to London County Council, and reopened as a museum in 1914 focusing on furniture.