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WORDS CAROLINE TONNA
A DI P I N TO T H E PA ST
Olof Gollcher's sketches of Xlendi Tower in one of his commonplace books in 1958. Courtesy: Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum Archives.
OLOF GOLLCHER (1889-1962) WAS AN AVID COLLECTOR AMASSING HIS COLLECTION OVER MANY DECADES IN THE 20TH CENTURY. IN THE LATE 1920s HE RELOCATED HIS DISCERNING COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS, RARE BOOKS AND MAPS, FINE FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, SILVERWARE AND GLASSWARE, AS WELL AS MUNDANE OBJECTS LIKE SMOKING PIPES AND PEWTER TO HIS PALAZZO IN MDINA.
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