Independent report

Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Salt in the Ashmolean

Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of a silver-gilt Renaissance Salt in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum (HC 687)

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 16 October 2014

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Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of a silver-gilt Renaissance Salt in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum

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Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of a silver-gilt Renaissance Salt in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum

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The Spoliation Advisory Panel has published a report on a claim for the return of a silver-gilt Renaissance Salt, once the property of the art collector, Emma Budge, and now in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum. The Panel found that, following the death of Mrs Budge in 1937, her art collection was sold by the Aryanised Jewish auction house of Paul Graupe and her family was deprived of the proceeds of the sale.

The Panel’s recommendation is that the Ashmolean Museum should offer to return the Renaissance Salt to the Estate of Mrs Budge, given the circumstances of their loss. The Ashmolean Museum accepts the recommendation of the Panel.

The Spoliation Advisory Panel was designated by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as the Advisory Panel for the purposes of considering the claim under Section 3(2) of the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009. The Panel was established in 2000.

Published 16 October 2014