This is a relatively new collection area of focus for the Museum. Most of the pieces acquired are from the period of the 18th Century to the 20th Century, with a predominance of examples from Modern schools and periods such as Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, and Vienna Werkstate.

There are works by artists such as: Archibald Knox, Charles Robert Ashbee, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Albrich, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henry Van de Velde, Peter Behrens, Maurice Dufrène, Hugo Leven, and Marcel Wolfers.

The collection also contains a number of fine examples from the 18th-Century workshops of Sèvres and Meissen.

	Josef Hoffman Austrian, 1870 - 1956 COUPE WITH FLUTED HANDLES, c. 1920 Brass Gift of the Reverend Edmund Joyce, C.S.C. 1989.034
	Meissen Factory German TUREEN AND COVER, c.1750 Hard-paste porcelain Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Dillon 1991.006.A