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.

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

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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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Thoresby Collection: Vertebral disk of a whale.

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

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Thoresby Collection: Upper Cheek Tooth from a horse.

Upper Cheek Tooth from a horse

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Thoresby Collection: Woolly Mammoth cheek tooth

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

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Hindley Telescope

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

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$Telescope (Terrestrial Refractor)$

Telescope (Terrestrial Refractor)

The barrel and collapsible tripod are of brass. The barrel is made of two section. The eye piece mounting slides in and out of the lower section and there is an adjusting screw. The eye piece opening is made into a pinhole to avoid colour dispersion. The tripod legs fold round the stem.

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Thoresby Collection: Bow

Bow made of Brazilian hardwood.

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