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.
One pressed dried rose which had been worn by the English poet George Gordon Byron on his lapel when he toured the frigate U.S.S. Constitution, anchored off Leghorn (Livorno), Italy, on May 21, 1822. The rose was given as a memento to Catharine Potter Stith, who was on board the ship with her husband Townshend Stith; the following day Byron sent her a volume of Goethe's Faust accompanied by an autograph note. The faded red rose consists of the blossom only, minus stem and leaves. It was later surrounded by a piece of dark brown paper (8.5 x 26 cm) with a black ink border and inscription: "Moore's Life of Byron." Both were pressed between two sheets of glass and enclosed in a two-part wooden frame, painted black with a gilded liner and held together by means of mending plates and screws. A paper tag (9 x 3 cm) was tacked to the top of the frame and bears the inscription in ink: "Dr. E. Brandegee / Berlin / Connt." Dr. Elishama Brandegee (1814-1884, Yale 1833, 1838 MD) was the husband of Ann Florence Stith Brandegee (1821-1901) and son-in-law to Catharine Stith
Description:
George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron (1788-1824), English poet., Catharine V. Potter Stith was born in Philadelphia on December 16, 1795, the daughter of Richard Cheslyn Potter (1759-1828) and Catharine Miercken Potter (died 1831). She married Captain Townshend Stith of Petersburg, Virginia, in Philadelphia on September 22, 1818, and in June 1819 moved with him to Tunis where he served as U.S. Consul until his death at Gibraltar on November 2, 1823. Their first child, Bolling Buckner Africanus Stith, was born in Tunis in 1820 and died in Leghorn (Livorno) in 1822. In May 1824 Catharine Stith returned to the United States with her daughters Ann Florence Crokat (1821-1901) and Victorina (1824-1836), settling in Philadelphia where she opened a school for girls in 1826. She was the author of Thoughts on Female Education (Philadelphia: Clark & Raser, 1831), several musical compositions, and a short story published in Godey's. In 1834 she moved with her daughters to New Haven, Connecticut, where she worked as a music teacher. Catharine Stith died in New Haven on March 20, 1839., Title devised by cataloger., and Inscriptions in English.
Subject (Name):
Brandegee, Elishama, 1814-1884., Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., Stith, Townshend, Mrs., 1795-1839., and Constitution (Frigate)
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.
Two English settees originally with crimson Norwich damask, now with reproduction worsted damask, formerly in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. Probably made by Thomas Devenish working as a subcontractor to Vile & Cobb; commissioned by H. Walpole from Vile and Cobb as part of a matching set of four settees, four benches, and four armchairs. In his Accounts, Walpole lists a payment [1765]: "March 20 Pd Vile's bill for chairs, tables, stools, &c for the gallery & odd articles £146.14.0."
Description:
Title devised by curator., Inscriptions: signed on the stretcher 'by Thos. Courtenay Devenish' and incised 'IF'; and on the frame 'Restuffed by H. Adams Nov. 1833.', Also attributed to English furniture maker William Vile and John Cobb, English cabinet-maker and upholsterer., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A pair of window couches, of similar fashion, covered en suite., and Formerly identified as: Window seats, 2, from Quenby Hall, Leics. (Lot no. on back of one CK0012-161 & 162).
Painted glass with Walpole arms and English stained glass panel depicting the Walpole coat-of-arms
Description:
The portion of the stained glass that was formerly at the top of the five windows in the Gallery, which includes the quarterings of the Family of Walpole, embellished by a variety of old mosaic glass. Formerly located in the Gallery of Strawberry Hill. The areas of glass which today appear clear had been painted in Walpole's time with blue enamel, probably once with blue florets. Remnants of the enamel can be seen in several sections, notably along the bottom edge. This piece was placed in the window opposite the chimneypiece -- from "Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.", Title devised by curator., Text from the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: 64 [Gallery]. In the windows, painted by Peckitt, are all the quarterings of the familyic glass, the size of each, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot 6 inches high., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The beautiful old stained glass at the top of the five windows in the Gallery, which includes all the quarterings of the Family of Walpole, very rich in colour, and embellished by a variety of fine old mosaic glass, the size of each, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot 6 inches high., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Title devised by cataloger., A cabinet of ebony veneer with gilding, oak and mahogany; composition ornaments; gilt metal mounts and handles; mounted on the top, sides and door fronts with drawings in watercolor and pencil on paper, set in glazed gilt-metal frames, showing children and other figures and designs for a Wedgwood plate and alternative designs for Wedgwood flower tubs. The sides with black and white jasperware plaques and semi-precious stones. The stand set with lapis lazuli and reverse painting on glass showing strawberries and the Walpole shield and crest. The drawer fronts set with pierced enamel roundels, a blue and white Wedgwood jasperware plaque and semi-precious and other stones including agate, breccia, bloodstone, chalcedony and jasper. Formerly in the Great North bedchamber, Strawberry Hill., Text from 1774 Description of the Villa, (annotated copy at The Lewis Walpole Library (49 2523), additions since the Appendix in HW's hand: An Ebony Cabinet ornameted with drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerc with lapis lazuli, agates, enamels, Wedgwood bas reliefs bronze& other Decorations. The Form was designed by E. Edwards & it was executed in 1784., Text from 1784 Description of the Villa, 84 [Great North Bedchamber]: Additions...In the Great Bedchamber. An ebony cabinet, ornamented with or moulu, lapis-lazuli, agates, pieces of ancient enamel, bas-reliefs of Wedgwood, and nine capital drawings of a gipsy girl and beautiful children by lady Diana Beauclerc, with other drawings by her; and with strawberries and Mr. Walpole's arms and crest. The design of the cabinet by Mr. E. Edwards, in 1783., Brass plate inside the door engraved: "This cabinet was ordered by and Made at the Expense of Mr. Horace Walpole in 1784 to received the Drawings which were all design'd and executed by the Right Honorable Lady Diana Beauclerc. The cabinet was design'd by Mr. E. Edwards.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A beautiful ebony and gold cabinet, enriched with 17 rare original drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerc[sic], and medallions studded with precious stones, lapis lazuli, cornelian, agates, &c., and with strawberries, and Mr. Walpole's arms and crest, on gothic stand with gilt border. The cabinet was designed by Mr. E. Edwards expressly for Mr. Walpole, in 1783., and Drawings from approximately 1777 and later; enamels made in Augsburg, approximately 1680. Cf. Snodin, M., ed. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.