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Print by John Piper
Details
- Date
- 1986
- Author / Artist
- John Piper
- Dimensions
- 49cm by 61cm
- Material
- Paper
- Catalogue number
- HBT.83
- Current location
- Museum
Framed print of South Front of Stowe.
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Map Case and Bottle
Details
- Date
- 1844;c1880
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 32cm
- Material
- Glass, metal
- Catalogue number
- HBT.84.1-2
- Current location
- Archives
Map Case belonging to Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Engraved, presented by “The Mohamedan Community of Madras in token of their esteem and heartfelt gratitude”. Bottle belonging to Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos with engraved copper plate: Olive green port bottle presented to Thomas Boughton by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 4 Oct 1844 . Purchased at auction 2018
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Pencil/Pen and Ink Drawing
Details
- Date
- 1845
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 15cm by 17cm
- Material
- Pencil, ink, paper
- Catalogue number
- HBT.90
- Current location
- Archives
Pencil/pen and ink drawing of Queen Victoria planting an oak tree in Stowe Park. (with annotations – possibly a draft) (From a scrapbook of 19th-century drawings, possibly by a journalistic illustrator. Purchased from Abbott and Holder Ltd, 30 Museum St, London, for £150)
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Photographic Negatives
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- Beadle & Cooper
- Dimensions
- Material
- Glass, wood, leather
- Catalogue number
- HBT.96
- Current location
- Archives
Box of 2,000 photographic negatives from Beadle and Cooper.
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Portrait
Details
- Date
- 1893
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 114cm by 82cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.98
- Current location
- Small Dining Room
Major Luis Morgan-Grenville (1861-1896), husband of Lady Kinloss. Painted posthumously in oils from studio photograph (information from donor).
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Sucrier and Milk Jug
Details
- Date
- 1783-1840
- Author / Artist
- Barr Flight and Barr Worcester
- Dimensions
- Sucrier 15cm wide by 14cm high
- Material
- Porcelain
- Catalogue number
- HBT.100.1-2
- Current location
- Museum
Barr Flight and Barr Worcester hybrid hard-paste porcelain covered sucrier and milk jug, enamelled crest of the Temple family and motto ‘Templa Quam Dilecta’, beautifully painted with laurel and berries, marked in puce number 382.
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Featured posts
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Expanding the Stowe Collection
A rare Temple-Grenville cup and saucer join Stowe’s historic tea set. We mark a step toward Museum Accreditation and deepening the story of the estate’s rich heritage.
12 January 2025
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Portrait Mrs Grenville
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 60cm by 40cm
- Material
- Pastel
- Catalogue number
- HBT.101
- Current location
- Blue Room
Framed self-portrait in pastels of Mrs Grenville.
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Soane Side Table
Details
- Date
- 1805
- Author / Artist
- Sir John Soane
- Dimensions
- 143cm wide by 46cm deep by 92cm high
- Material
- Wood, Ivory
- Catalogue number
- HBT.102
- Current location
- Gothic Library
- Related
- Related history
Matching side table designed by Sir John Soane, painted wood, faux marble top, ivory tracery, twin columns resting on incurved platform. The pair to this table may be found at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Featured posts
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Original Furniture Returns to Stowe House After 155 years – The Sir John Soane Side Table
Read all about the exciting addition to the collection on display at Stowe House.
2 July 2024
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Set of 16 Ceiling Lanterns
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 200cm
- Material
- Glass, brass
- Catalogue number
- SHPT.2.1-16
- Current location
- Marble Saloon
16 x Ceiling lanterns: Hanging lanterns with a glass bowl and brass fittings.
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Music Room Cut Glass Chandelier
Details
- Date
- Modern
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 183cm
- Material
- Glass
- Catalogue number
- SHPT.3
- Current location
- Music Room
Cut Glass Chandelier of 7 lights decorated with faceted tied swags and large vertical prismatic spears.
