- Published / Created:
- [18th century]
- Call Number:
- sh-000418 On view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- An 18th-century oak document box with the lid stamped on the interior: VIRTUOSI PROVIDENT; underside of lid painted: Bot at Sale of the great/VIRTUOSO/Horace Walpole/Earl of Orford. Metal handles now missing. Formerly stored in the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill
- Alternative Title:
- Wainscot box
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxes (containers) and Document containers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oak box, with key [realia].
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- Published / Created:
- [18th century?]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 118 Shelved in Object Room in Box 1b
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- The cylindrical body with a repeating gilt-rosette and latticework grid design, cover damaged. Includes a sample of snuff from Horace Walpole's tobacconist (Fribourg & Treyer).
- Alternative Title:
- Snuff-box
- Description:
- Title from dealer's catalog.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A continental papier-mâché snuff box] [realia].
- Creator:
- 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
- Abstract:
- A soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in enamel with flower motifs and panels of exotic birds by François-Joseph Aloncle (fl. 1758-81), with gilding
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cabinet cup and saucer, decorated with birds perched in exotic landscapes] [realia].
- Creator:
- Boulle, André-Charles, 1642-1732, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1700 and 1720]
- Call Number:
- sh-000161 On view in the Reading Room
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Oak veneered with marquetry of ebony, rosewood, brass, copper, pewter, and tortoiseshell; with gilded mounts
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Coffer on stand] [realia].
- Creator:
- Grue, Carlo Antonio, 1655-1723, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1690 and 1720?]
- Call Number:
- sh-000304 On display in the Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), painted and gilt, with a scene showing the death of Abel. Formerly located in the China-Room at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., 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”., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Death of Abel (plate)] [realia].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1760 and 1790?]
- Call Number:
- sh-000522 On display in the Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- A hard-paste porcelain ewer and basin, painted with figures in a landscape
- Description:
- Title devised by curator. and Also available as a digital reproduction.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ewer and basin with figures in a landscape] [realia].
- Creator:
- Hallett, William, 1707-1781
- Published / Created:
- [appoximately 1755]
- Call Number:
- sh-000158 Two on view in the Reading Room; two in Storage (UFS)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Four gothic style chairs, painted black to imitate ebony, designed by Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole. Formerly in the Refectory [Great Parlour] at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Gothic chairs] [realia].
- Creator:
- Hallett, William, 1707-1781
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1755]
- Call Number:
- sh-000012 On view in Librarian's office
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- 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 devised by curator., 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Gothic lantern] [realia].
- Creator:
- Roucel, Louis, -1787
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1777]
- Call Number:
- sh-000349 On display in Reception Area
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- A snuff box made of silver 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
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., 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 Diffand to W. Horace Walpole 1780. Inscribed on rim: Roucel Orf du Roy, Paris.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Madame du Deffand's snuff box with portrait of Tonton] [realia]
- Creator:
- Grue, Carlo Antonio, 1655-1723, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1690 and 1720?]
- Call Number:
- sh-000303 On display in the Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), painted and gilt, with a scene showing the death of Abel. Formerly located in the China-Room at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Label on verso: 'Walpole Collection Strawberry Hill Sale'; later dealer label “2575 Pair 2 gui”., 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sacrifice of Isaac (plate)] [realia].