The Meridian collects along two threads.
The Island. Sri Lanka across every century: ancient and Kandyan, colonial Ceylon, independence, and after. Maps that dreamed the island before Europe could find it, photographs from the first Colombo studios, documents and autographs of the people who shaped it, and the books written in its light.
The Instruments of Progress. Small, touchable objects that mark how people learned to measure, record, calculate, and see: slide rules, barometers, typewriters, cameras, and the books that carried ideas between generations.
An object earns its place here by answering one question: which shelf of the story does it sit on? Wonderful but storyless objects are passed over without regret, however beautiful they are.
The archive grows slowly, by design. Objects leave for one reason only: a better example of the same story has arrived. Nothing is traded for trading's sake.
If you have something that belongs in this story, see the Seeking page. I am always glad to hear from fellow collectors, dealers, and descendants of the people these objects once belonged to.