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Sevres Porcelain Dish
Details
- Date
- c1848
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 27cm
- Material
- Porcelain
- Catalogue number
- HBT.52
- Current location
- Museum
- Related
- Related history
Hard-pasted Sevres Bon-Bon dish circa 1848. White with a gold rim and B monogram surrounded by a wreath. “Chateau d’Ea” stamped on bottom.
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Engraved Silver Plates
Details
- Date
- 1875
- Author / Artist
- R&S Garrad & Co., London
- Dimensions
- 45.5oz and 25cm
- Material
- Silver
- Catalogue number
- HBT.53.1-2
- Current location
- Museum
Pair of silver plates engraved with the Temple arms and motto “Templa quam dilecta”.
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Silver Powder Flask
Details
- Date
- 1837
- Author / Artist
- Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London
- Dimensions
- 8oz and 20cm
- Material
- Silver
- Catalogue number
- HBT.54
- Current location
- Archives
Silver powder flask engraved on one side with two men in top hats with shotguns and on the other with commemorative description inscription to the Marquess: “This powder flask and shot belt were presented to the Marquess of Chandos in kind remembrance of a pleasant shooting excursion to the moors of Auchlyne in Perthshire in August 1837 by his obliged friends J.W.Chase of Cosgrove, T.B.Rose of Haddenham, J.Hoare of Wendover, and J.Bailey of Shenley”. (MB ref HB14PF01)
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Two Silver-Gilt Plates
Details
- Date
- 1775
- Author / Artist
- Andrew Folgelburg, London
- Dimensions
- 29.5cm by 24cm
- Material
- Silver gilt
- Catalogue number
- HBT.55.1-2
- Current location
- Museum
Pair of silver-gilt plates, 1775, with Chandos arms and motto “Maintien le Droit” on rim and with the Grenville wheatsheaf added later.
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Horse’s Hoof Ink Stand
Details
- Date
- 1861
- Author / Artist
- Robert Garrard, London
- Dimensions
- 9cm
- Material
- Silver, natural history
- Catalogue number
- HBT.56
- Current location
- Archives
Horse’s hoof ink stand on silver base. Engraved with name of horse – Warwick – “27 years the favourite charger of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Colonel of the Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry”.
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Silver Baby’s Rattle
Details
- Date
- Late-18th century
- Author / Artist
- William Eley?
- Dimensions
- 15.5cm
- Material
- Gilt metal/ silver
- Catalogue number
- HBT.57
- Current location
- Archives
Silver baby’s rattle probably late 18th-century with whistle built into the handle.
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Glass Decanter and Glasses
Details
- Date
- 1850
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 11.5cm
- Material
- Crystal
- Catalogue number
- HBT.58.1-5
- Current location
- Museum
Set of monogrammed glass comprising a decanter, two sherry glasses, two hock/port glasses and a whiskey tumbler. (Hock glasses in Museum Jan 2022)
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Diaries of Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Details
- Date
- 1862
- Author / Artist
- Hurst & Blackett
- Dimensions
- Material
- Half-calf binding, book
- Catalogue number
- HBT.59
- Current location
- Archives
- Related
- Related history
Private Diary of Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos K.G. in three volumes, published in 1862 by Hurst and Blackett (each vol 9″ x 5″ ) (duplicate set held).
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Plate
Details
- Date
- 1795
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 29.5cm
- Material
- Enamels, gilt, porcelain
- Catalogue number
- HBT.62
- Current location
- Museum
Chinese armorial plate with Chandos coat of arms.
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Seal
Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 8.5cm
- Material
- Gold, amber glass
- Catalogue number
- HBT.63
- Current location
- Archives
Fine wax seal stamp belonging to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. (Amber handled and gilt mounting).