Collection

From Chippendale chairs and Tudor portraits to inkwells and candlesticks, all the rooms at Burton Constable are filled with spectacular collections that survive from when the house was a much-loved family home.

Collection Spotlight

Our Collections Spotlight shows you some of the unique and interesting items at Burton Constable Hall.

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Thoresby Collection: Partial tail of an Armadillo.

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Partial tail of an Armadillo - dried mammal (armadillo).

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Thoresby Collection: Vertebral disk of a whale.

Vertebral disk of a whale - skeleton mammal (whale).

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Thoresby Collection: Fossil

Mollusca Lamellibranchia - lamellibranch

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Thoresby Collection: Concertina form book

Concertina form book made from tar impregnated cloth.

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Plaster cast of the Portland Vase

The Portland Vase, possibly James Tassie (1735–1799), Taken from a mould made by Giovanni Pichler (1721-1791), British, circa 1780 or later.

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Hindley Telescope

Telescope (refracting: on Equatorial Mounting) by Henry Hindley of York.

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Telescope (Refractor: Galilean)

Pocket telescope of Galilean type.

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