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

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Plaster cast of the Portland Vase

Artist / Maker: James Tassie

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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Telescope (Refractor: Galilean)

Pocket telescope of Galilean type.

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Thoresby Collection: Fossil

Mollusca Lamellibranchia - lamellibranch.

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Cornelian Intaglio Portrait of William Constable

Cornelian intaglio monogrammed in Greek by Pichler and mounted in a gold seal with loop handle.

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Thoresby Collection: Shield

Shield painted red.

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Thoresby Collection: Woolly Mammoth cheek tooth

Woolly Mammoth cheek tooth Chardata Mammalia Proboscidea Elephantidae -(Thoresby)

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Thoresby Collection: Tobacco pipe

Steel head of a tobacco pipe with a locking cover.

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