Export of Objects of Cultural Interest Report 2015/16
The sixty second annual report from the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
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The 62nd annual report on the Export of Objects of Cultural Interest by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest. Between 1 May 2015 and 30 April 2016, 25 cases were considered by the Reviewing Committee. 21 were deferred by the Secretary of State following the recommendation of the Committee.
The export deferred items included the steel and silver dagger presented to Colonel T E Lawrence after his victory at Aqaba, the archive of John Logie Baird and the watercolour of Nonsuch Palace by Joris Hoefnagel.
Nine items were bought by public institutions.