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1.
A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

Published / Created:
[approximately 1790-1820]
Call Number:
66 790 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of six gaming counters or monetary tokens from the gambling houses and clubs of Georgian London. Four were made by John Milton (signed "J. Milton f." or "J.M" on the smaller pieces) with an ace of spades encircled with the quote "Honi soi...
Description:
For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Roulette, and Clubs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

2.
A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

Published / Created:
[between 1762 and 1820?]
Call Number:
66 762 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small li...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

3.
BPS. New Theatre Covent Garden 1809 [realia].

Published / Created:
[1809]
Call Number:
809.09.00.06++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
Obverse: In the center, letter B above PS below (Box Princes Side); "New Theatre Covent Garden 1809" stamped around the perimeter. Reverse is blank
Description:
Title from text on obverse side of token.
Publisher:
New Theatre Covent Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > BPS. New Theatre Covent Garden 1809 [realia].

4.
Caroline Queen of England [realia].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1820]
Call Number:
66 821 C292 Shelved in Object Room A:B
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
Circular black snuffbox, varnished with a gilt edge surrounding the portrait of Caroline of Brunswick on the lid and bearing the text 'Queen Caroline of England' at foot
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
Subject (Topic):
Snuffboxes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caroline Queen of England [realia].

5.
Erratic ecologies field station, or, An emergent apparatus for speculative research : for use both

Creator:
Phillips, Justy, artist
Published / Created:
31 October 2019.
Call Number:
2020 +3
Image Count:
71
Resource Type:
text and three-dimensional form
Alternative Title:
Erratic ecologies field station and Emergent apparatus for speculative research
Description:
BEIN 2020 +3: Edition no. 1; with copper printing plate, as issued. Signed by the artists.
Publisher:
by Justy Phillips & Margaret Woodward
Subject (Topic):
Artists' books
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Erratic ecologies field station, or, An emergent apparatus for speculative research : for use both in and out of place and time

7.
Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. cheapest booksellers in the world. [realia]

Creator:
Lackington, Allen and Co.
Published / Created:
1794. and [1794]
Call Number:
LWL Min. 147 Object Room in Box 4
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
"A trade token issued by the famed bookseller James Lackington (1746-1815), the same year he opened the Temple of the Muses, 'one of the wonders of London' (Oxford DNB); with reputedly a million books on display, it was at the time the biggest booksho...
Description:
Title from text on reverse side of item, which surrounds image of an angel blowing a trumpet.
Publisher:
Lackington, Allen and Co and Lutwyche
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Lackington, James, 1746-1815, and Lackington, Allen and Co.
Subject (Topic):
Bookstores, Angels, and Trumpets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Halfpenny of Lackington Allen & Co. cheapest booksellers in the world. [realia]

8.
Honour to the defenders of innocence & the rights of the nation [realia].

Published / Created:
[1820]
Call Number:
66 820 H759 Shelved in Object Room A:B
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A pot lid with a transfer print showing the figure of Justice in the center with outstretched arms holding laurel wreaths over two lists on either side naming the members of the House of Lords who voted for her acquittal
Alternative Title:
Honour to the defenders of innocence and the rights of the nation
Description:
Title from engraved text on lid.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Adultery), Justice, and Prints
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Honour to the defenders of innocence & the rights of the nation [realia].

10.
Oak box, with key [realia].

Published / Created:
[18th century]
Call Number:
LWL Object 32 On view in the Long Hall
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Alternative Title:
Jacobean oak box and Box with lid
Description:
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 ...
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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