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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.

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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)
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: Concertina form book
Concertina form book made from tar impregnated cloth.
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Thoresby Collection: Fossil
Mollusca Lamellibranchia - lamellibranch.
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Thoresby Collection: Fossil
Mollusca Lamellibranchia - lamellibranch.
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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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Telescope (Refractor: Galilean)
Pocket telescope of Galilean type.
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