3 5 0 ▁pounds ▁equivalent ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ) ▁or ▁spend ▁two ▁months ▁in ▁prison . ▁He ▁remained ▁in ▁prison ▁until ▁an ▁anonymous ▁benef actor ▁paid ▁the ▁fine ▁by ▁mail . ▁The ▁name ▁William ▁Lloyd ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁pseud onym . ▁Investig ators ▁h ired ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁concluded ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁actually ▁William ▁Mul c ah y , ▁a ▁student ▁who ▁had ▁gone ▁missing ▁from ▁Tr inity ▁College . ▁Det ect ives ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁Mul c ah y ▁family ▁was ▁imp over ished . ▁The ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁v ase ▁decl ined ▁to ▁bring ▁a ▁civil ▁action ▁against ▁William ▁Mul c ah y ▁because ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁suffer ▁for ▁" an ▁act ▁of ▁fol ly ▁or ▁mad ness ▁which ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁control ". ▁ ▁The ▁v ase ▁was ▁pie ced ▁together ▁with ▁fair ▁success ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁by ▁British ▁Museum ▁rest orer ▁John ▁Double day , ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁replace ▁thirty - se ven ▁small ▁fragments . ▁It ▁appears ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁put ▁into ▁a ▁box ▁and ▁forgotten . ▁On ▁ 5 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁the ▁ke eper ▁Bernard ▁Ash m ole ▁received ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁box ▁from ▁Mr . ▁G . A . ▁Cro ker ▁of ▁Put ney , ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁know ▁what ▁they ▁were . ▁After ▁Double day ' s ▁death , ▁a ▁fellow ▁rest orer ▁from ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁took ▁them ▁to ▁Mr . ▁G . H