An 18th-century oak document box with the lid stamped on the interior: VIRTUOSI PROVIDENT; underside of lid painted: Bought at Sale of the great/VIRTUOSO/Horace Walpole/Earl of Orford. Metal handles now missing. Formerly stored in the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill. With a key., Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A stout wainscot box, lock and key, and a deal ditto [The deal bookcase ...]., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Papier-mâché snuff box with a cylindrical body and a repeating gilt-rosette and latticework grid design, cover damaged. Housed with a 20th-century sample of snuff from Horace Walpole's tobacconist (Fribourg & Treyer)., Title from dealer's catalog., Acquired as having been owned by Walpole at Strawberry Hill. Note that this snuffbox is not mounted in gold., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Ditto, red colour, mounted with gold. (Description of previous lot to which ditto refers: A curious old green colour papier mâché French snuff box, mounted with gold.)
Aloncle, François-Joseph, active 1758-1781, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1756]
Call Number:
sh-000254 On display in the Long Hall
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Alternative Title:
Cup and saucer
Description:
A soft-paste porcelain Sèvres cup and saucer, painted in enamel with flower motifs and panels of exotic birds by François-Joseph Aloncle (fl. 1758-81), with gilding., Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A beautiful lilac ground variegated pattern old Sevres China cabinet cup and saucer, the paintings enriched by Birds, of brilliant plumage., Marks: on the saucer interlaced L's in blue and date letter M (1765); “N” in script underneath for Aloncle; incised numeral 3; cup incised with reversed “s”., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
A coffer on stand, oak veneered with marquetry of ebony, rosewood, brass, copper, pewter, and tortoiseshell; with gilded mounts. Ormolu mounts stamped with 'C' couronné poinçon, now lined with later red silk., Title devised by curator., Text from 1774 and 1784 Horace Walpole's Description of the Villa: 75 [Round Drawing Room]: A trunk of tortoishell and bronze; by Boul, on a frame of the same; a small jar of Seve china under it., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A remarkably fine Old Boule Coffer, a splendid specimen of this work, at an early period, the front elaborately finished with tortoiseshell ground work, massive or-molu mountings, masque handles, chased rosette corners, and lined with blue silk, on a pedestal en-suite, with richly worked boule back and stand for porcelaine., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Plate painted with the sacrifices of Cain and Abel
Description:
Title devised by curator., A tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) plate, painted and gilt, with a scene showing the death of Abel. Formerly located in the China-Room at Strawberry Hill. The scene perhaps in reverse after an engraving by Gerard de Laitesse., Text from 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: 17. possibly [China Room]. Four dessert plates of fayence, with figures and boys round the borders; by Pietro da Cortona: very fine. A fifth ditto with goats, a present from Lady Diana Beauclerc., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A pair of very rare plates, on one is represented the Building of Babel, with many figures, on the other the Death of Abel., Label on verso: Strawberry Hill; later dealer label “2575 Pair 2 gui”., Castelli maiolica from the workshop of Carlantonio Grue. Formerly inventoried at Lewis Walpole Library as Delft., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Chinese export porcelain Mandarin pattern ewer and basin
Description:
A hard-paste porcelain ewer and basin, painted with figures in a landscape, of the style made specifically for the European market., Title devised by curator., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
sh-000158 Two on view in the Reading Room; two in Storage (UFS)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Description:
Four gothic style chairs, made of beech, painted black, one pair overpainted with later white and gilt, modern upholstery designed by Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole. Formerly in the Refectory [Great Parlour] at Strawberry Hill., Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Two Most Beautifully Carved Chairs, ebonized, the backs of the true Gothic order, very elaborately and delicately carved, black frames and seats of embossed work. Lot 50: Two equally beautiful chairs. Lot 51: Ditto. Lot 52: Ditto. These chairs were the joint designs of Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole, and are perfectly unique., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
A gothic lantern using colored, stained, and enamaled glass using15th and 16th century glass, set in an iron, lead, and painted tin frame. Designed by Richard Bentley and Horace Walpole. Formerly located in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Gothic lanthorn
Description:
Title from: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill., Text from 1774 and 1784 Horace Walpole's Description of the Villa: 4 [Entrance]: "In the well of the staircase, by a cord of black and yellow, hangs a gothic lanthorn of tin japanned, designed by Mr. Bentley, and filled with painted glass; the door of it has an old pane with the arms of Vere, earl of Oxford.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A curious gothic lanthorn, fitted with very fine ancient stained glass., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
A snuff box, silver gilt (vermeil) over brass, with a portrait in wax of Madame du Deffand's dog Tonton. She bequeathed the box to Horace Walpole in 1780. It was displayed in the Tribune (Cabinet) in Strawberry Hill., Title devised by curator., Text from the 1784 Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: 66 [Tribune]. In the other glass case: ... A gold snuff-box with the image in wax of mad. Du Deffand's dog, Tonton, whom she bequeathed with this suff-box and her MSS. to Mr. Walpole., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A circular shaped gold snuff box, engine turned, with the image in wax of Madame la Marquise du Deffand's dog, Tonton, which she bequeathed, with the snuff box and her manuscripts, to Horace Walpole., Also available as a digital reproduction., and Engraved inscription inside: This box with the portrait of her dog Tonton was bequeathed by Madame La Marquise du Deffand to Mr. Horace Walpole 1780. Inscribed on rim: Roucel Orf. du Roy, Paris.
Hand-painted tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) palte, painted and gilt. Formerly located in the China-Room at Strawberry Hill., Title devised by curator., Castelli maiolica from the workshop of Carlantonio Grue. Formerly inventoried as Delft., Label on verso: Walpole Collection Strawberry Hill Sale'; later dealer label “2575 Pair 2 gui”., Text from 1774 edition of Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: 17 possibly [China Room]. Four dessert plates of fayence, with figures and boys round the borders; by Pietro da Cortona: very fine. A fifth ditto with goats, a present from Lady Diana Beauclerc., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A Pair of ditto (very rare plates), Adam and Eve and the sacrifice of Isaac., and Also available as a digital reproduction.