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- 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:
- 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:
- Hancock, Robert, 1730-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [18th century]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 128 On view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A king-fisher and ducks, of the Battersea enamel: it was a manufacture, stamped with a copper plate, supported by Alderman Jansen, but failed"--From the 1774 Description. Formerly located in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title and date from dealer's catalog., Gilt bronze mount., Painted after Robert Hancock., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [King-fisher and ducks of Battersea enamel] [art original].
- 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].
- Creator:
- Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, engraver
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1638] and [mid-17th century]
- Call Number:
- sh-000064 Shelved in Object Room C:A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Various jettons and counters of James I., his Queen; Charles I., his Queen; various on his Marriage, Birth of the Prince, and on his Death. Stored in an 18th-century sharkskin-covered box. Formerly located in the Tribune [Cabinet] of Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Various Jettons and Counters of James I., his Queen; Charles I., his Queen; various on his Marriage, Birth of the Prince, and on his Death., With Horace Walpole's 1792 circular book plate (Type 1) pasted to interior of box; later partial sale [?] label on exterior, loose mss 19th c. label “King James the First and his Family Engraved on Nine Silver Plates By Simon van De Paas from Horace Walpole's Collection,, and Also available as a digital reproduction.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Three portrait medallions and six counters] [realia].