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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: Vertebral disk of a whale.
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Vertebral disk of a whale - skeleton mammal (whale).
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Telescope (Terrestrial Refractor)
Refracting telescope of Schyrlean type, with decagonal wooden body composed of ten strips of mahogany. The eyepiece, eyepiece mount, objective lens mount and the sliding shutter fitted to the last are of brass.
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Thoresby Collection: Leg of an Elk
Dried leg of an Elk dried mammal (elk).
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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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Telescope (Refractor: Galilean)
Pocket telescope of Galilean type.
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Agate Cameo portrait of William Constable.
1771, agate cameo signed Pichler in Greek letters and set into an early 19th century gold brooch.
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Chippendale Horseshoe Table
A George III rosewood and mahogany inlaid horseshoe desk, circa 1772.
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