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Items that are listed in the catalogue of the second Pitt-Rivers' collection as being displayed at King John's House
These items were not specifically listed by le Schonix in his article about King John's House but are listed in the catalogue of Pitt-Rivers' second collection as having been placed at King John's House. Note that le Schonix only details 2D paintings, but he mentions the other items in passing. [1] This page gives all the information currently known about the paintings.
See here for information about paintings le Schonix did place at King John's House, N.B. some of the items below MIGHT match items from le Schonix's list, but insufficient information is available for a reliable match.
Pictures:
1. Add.9455vol2_p135 /1 6 June 1885 [Objects bought at sale of Works of Art &c the property of Christopher Beckett Denison Esq late of Upper Grosvenor Street] ... Lot 75 A pair of Hunting Subjects by Rubens (?)[crossed out in red] 12 1/2 in by 20 in on panel No 1: In the centre on a white horse rearing, a man in red jacket holding knife in right hand. To right on brown horse huntsman with back to spectator in control of bear (or boar). To left bear and dogs. Wounded dog and bear in foreground .... Both pictures are painted in tones of brown and appear to be sketches only £32.11.0
2. Add.9455vol2_p138 /5 12 June 1885 '[Objects bought at sale of Works of Art &c the property of Christopher Beckett Denison Esq late of Upper Grosvenor Street] ... Beckett Denison Sale (continued) ... Lot 850 Large picture by [Insert] after [End Insert] Murillo “The coronation of the Virgin” In the centre of the picture is the virgin supported by cherubs and being crowned by two figures on her right and left. Beneath numerous figures cherubs Above the Virgin are groups of ascending and descending angels and Cherubs. Inside measure of canvas :-' £37.16.0. From the Pitt-Rivers family catalogue it is described as 'Madonna and Child, known as "La Virgere [sic] de la Servilleta", alleged to have been originally painted for the Sportello del Ciborio of the Capuchin Fathers at Seville, by Murillo', a similar but not identical painting is known as Virgen de la Servilleta, in Museo de Bellas Artes Sevilla.
3. Add.9455vol2_p332 /2: 9 July 1887 'Pictures bought at Christie’s July 9 1887 ... Lot 117 A Highland Loch by F. Powell. Formerly the property of James Anning Esq' £11.11.0
4. Add.9455vol2_p506 /10: Bought of Button 2 Pall Mall Pl: Oil Painting in Panel in Tortoiseshell Frame Subject Virgin & Child £3.10 (Rushmore and King John's House)
Other 'objets d'art'
1. Add.9455vol2_p132 /2 5 June 1885 'Objects bought at Fosters. ... Lot 238 Persian pail, white enamelled ground or metal. Birds flowers in blue and red &c. Metal rim'
2. Add.9455vol2_p258 /1: August or September 1886 'Objects bt. of Cools-Theysseus Brussels ... 1 Statue of saint carved in wood broken 37” H'
3. Add.9455vol2_p258 /3: [same date as above] 'Objects bt. of Cools-Theysseus Brussels ... 1 Carved & Painted ecclesiastical figure broken 53 1/2” H'
4. Add.9455vol2_p335 /1-3 23 July 1887 'Bt of De Morgan & Son ... Three vases, modern, imitation Rhodian or Persian ware' [price unknown]
5. Add.9455vol2_p395 /6 & Add.9455vol2_p396 /1: 4-11 July 1888 'The Londesborough Collection (continued) Lot 601 A Chinese helmet, a flag and a pair of stirrups' 18/-
6. Add.9455vol2_p397 /1: [same date as above] The Londesborough Collection (continued) ... Lot 622 Two flags carried by General Lord Howden at the funeral of George IV and William IV' £17.17.0
7. Add.9455vol2_p460 /1: 1888 Inkstand formed of Helmet, on stand [price unknown]
8. Add.9455vol2_p473 /2 & Add.9455vol2_p474note /1: 7 May 1889 'Bought of Fenton 11 New Oxford Street For Description See opposite. Shrunk Human Head Macas Indians Ecuador S. America ...' £8.0.0
9. Add.9455vol2_p497 /1-2: 25 May 1889 'Bought of W & F. Wright 142 & 144 Wardour St Soho London W ... Pair of iron Sconces 1.9 ft high; £2.0.0 the pair
10. Add.9455vol2_p497 /3: 25 May 1889 'Bought of W & F. Wright 142 & 144 Wardour St Soho London W ... Iron bracket for Bell 2 4 ft high' £3.0.0
11. Add.9455vol2_p498 /19: 28 May 1889'BOUGHT AT CHRISTIE’S ... A Lady’s writing case covered with figures, flowers and animals in col: needlework temp Charles II Lot 74' £13.0.0
12. Add.9455vol2_p501 /1: 1 June 1889 'Bought of Button, 2 Pall Mall Place ... Casket decorated with needlework in colored silks Temp Chas II' £5.0.0
13. Add.9455vol2_p501 /3: May 1889 'Bought of Mr Inman Ebury Street ... A richly ornamented copper tray 2 ft 3 in diam from Kashmir' £3.0.0
14. Add.9455vol2_p501 /4: 1889 'From the Spanish Exhibition Earls Court Copy in walnut wood & stamped leather of an old chair' £2.18.0
15. Add.9455vol2_p505 /2: 13 June 1889 'Bt of W.D. Hodges 247 & 249 Brompton Road South Kensington ... Carved Oak Chair with turned supports' £2.10.0
16. Add.9455vol2_p506 /9: June 1889 Bt of Hodges continued [Insert] Cutforth 2 Victoria St [End Insert] ... 1 Russian table' 10/6
17. Add.9455vol2_p507 /1: 20 May 1889 'Bought of G.R. Harding Charing Cross Road London W.C. .... Lantern XV cent originally fitted with horn and adapted to receive a candle. A similar one of the X5 Cent is figured in Viollet la Duc Dictionnaire Raisonné de Mobilier Français' £5.5.0
18. Add.9455vol2_p509 /1: June 1889 'Bought of G.R. Harding London .... Old carved oak seat Dutch The date is marked 1734' £4.0.0
19. Add.9455vol2_p510 /2: 20 June 1889 'Bought at Foster’s ... A trunk 4 ft 2 in long covered with velvet & iron repoussé mounts & 2 stands Lot 145' £4.16.0
20. Add.9455vol2_p513 /4: June 1889 'Bought of William de Morgan 45 Gt Marlborough St. W Red lustre vase' £3.0.0
21. Add.9455vol2_p516 /1 and on. Collection bought from Sigridr Magnusson at the Icelandic Exhibition at the Archaeological Institute, July 1889 (32 objects in all, a further 6 objects were placed elsewhere)
22. Add.9455vol2_p524 /5: July 1889 'Bt of G.R. Symons ... Enamelled Oriental Dish' £1.5.0
23. Add.9455vol2_p525 /1: [date as above] 'Bt of G.R. Symons & Son ... Oriental enamelled lamp 2 feet high' £6.0.0
24. Add.9455vol2_p525 /2-5: [date as above] 'Bt of G.R. Symons & Son ... 4 Enamelled Brass dishes 14/- each Persian'
25. Add.9455vol2_p526 /2-3: 13 July 1889 'Bt of Button 2 Pall Mall Place SW ... Pair of German Glasses' £29.0.0
26. Add.9455vol2_p526 /4: [date as above] 'Bt of Button 2 Pall Mall Place SW ... Fine piece of needlework early Visit of Queen of Sheba to King Solomon' (priced with above)
27. Add.9455vol2_p570 /3: 25 July 1889 'Bt at Fosters ... An embroidered panel framed' 36/-
28. Add.9455vol2_p587 /1-4: 19 July 1889: '[?Bought of Fenton (contd)] ... Four Terra Cotta statuettes XVIIth century' £5.0.0
29. Add.9455vol2_p601 /2: 22 July 1889 'Bought of A. Inman 17 Ebury Str S.W. ... Moorish Pottery ... Large bottle with double handles (Colours chiefly red & blue)' 12/-
30. Add.9455vol2_p601 /3: date as above 'Bought of A. Inman 17 Ebury Str S.W. ... Moorish Pottery ... Bottle (Colours chiefly yellow, blue & red)' 6/-
31. Add.9455vol2_p601 /4-5: date as above 'Bought of A. Inman 17 Ebury Str S.W. ... Moorish Pottery ... A pair of these (Colours chiefly red & yellow)' 12/- the pair
32. Add.9455vol2_p602 /1-2: date as above 'Bought of A. Inman 17 Ebury Str S.W. Moorish Pottery ... Moorish Jug A pair of these (Colours chiefly green & blue)' 6/- the pair
33. Add.9455vol2_p602 /3: date as above 'Bought of A. Inman 17 Ebury Str S.W. Moorish Pottery ... Moorish Drum (Colours chiefly red. blue, green & yellow)' 4/-
34. Add.9455vol2_p602 /4-5: date as above 'Bought of A. Inman 17 Ebury Str S.W. Moorish Pottery ... Moorish Plates (Colours chiefly Green, blue & yellow)' 6/- the pair
35. Add.9455vol2_p604 /2: 24 September 1889 'Bought of J.C. Duff 14 Queensferry Str. Edinburgh' [chair] £20.0.0 with 3 other things
36. Add.9455vol2_p608 /1-2: 25 September 1889 'Bought of Cowie ... Delft Jugs' 11/- the pair
37. Add.9455vol2_p610 /1-3: 28 September 1889 'Bought of Robson Newcastle' [chairs, second dated 1672] [unknown price]
38. Add.9455vol2_p613 /3-4: 1 October 1889 'Bought of Inman Ebury St ... A pair of these [vessels]' [price unknown]
39. Add.9455vol2_p614 /1: date as above 'Bought of Inman ... Light blue & white from Bombay' [price unknown]
40. Add.9455vol2_p614 /6: 3 October 1889 'Bought of Thomas Bell, 30, Pilgrim St. Newcastle ... Large Bellarmine Jug Height 1 ft 9 ins' £1.15.0
41. Add.9455vol2_p625 /2-3: 17 April 1890 'Bought of Willson (cont) ... Two old embroidered velvet pouches' £11 the two
42. Add.9455vol2_p626 /2-3: 25 June 1890 'Bought of S. Willson 7 King St St James Sq ... Two old Embroidered Crimson silk pouches' £2 the two
43. Add.9455vol2_p631 /1: date as above 'Armour and Arms bought at the De Cosson sale, Christie’s Wednesday, June 25 1890 (continued from page 627 ... Lot 32 An English Swivel gun, 17th century. This was probably a boat gun. The swivel and part of stock remain From Torbay' £5.10.0
44. Add.9455vol2_p631 /2: date as above 'Armour and Arms bought at the De Cosson sale, Christie’s Wednesday, June 25 1890 (continued from page 627 ... Lot 33 A small Italian Bombard of the 15th century Stand restored from one at Brussels' [included in price above]
45. Add.9455vol2_p632 /1: date as above '[Armour and Arms bought at the De Cosson sale, Christie’s Wednesday, June 25 1890 (continued from page 627] ... Lot 34 A bombard of the 15th century. This piece was found in the port of Seville when the new bridge was built. It probably came from a gallery. It has a calibre of 4 1/2 inches and is a beeach [sic] loader. The stand is restored from ancient documents' £7.7.0
46. Add.9455vol2_p659 /3-4: December 1890 'Two figures coloured brown, plaster & canvas' [price and source unknown]
47. Add.9455vol2_p733 /5: 23 May 1889 '[Bought at Sotheby’s ...] ... Needlework Lot 430 A piece of needlework in tortoiseshell frame, with King William III and Queen Mary, crowned under canopies, print lace, pearls &c and the ground work has animals, birds, butterflies, flowers and foliage' £14.14.0
48. Add.9455vol2_p734 /1: date as above '[Bought at Sotheby’s ...] ... Needlework Lot 436 A very curious scriptural piece The Prophet Elisha, and bears destroying children' 18/-
49. Add.9455vol2_p734 /2: date as above '[Bought at Sotheby’s ...] ... Needlework Lot 437 Another piece, subject of Orpheus charming the brutes, in landscape with figures animals and flowers' £1.12.0
50. Add.9455vol2_p734 /3: date as above '[Bought at Sotheby’s ...] ... Needlework Lot 440 A lady in a landscape, with animals and butterflies (in black frame)' £1.10.0
51. Add.9455vol2_p734 /4: date as above '[Bought at Sotheby’s ...] ... Needlework Lot 452 A worked copy of Raphael’s “Pearl” Madonna' £5.15.0
52. Add.9455vol3_p741 /2: 27 June 1891 'Bought of William de Morgan & Co. 45 Great Marlborough Street W ... Persian painted vase blue and green. 16 ins high' £5
53. Add.9455vol3_p741 /3: date as above ' Bought of William de Morgan & Co. 45 Great Marlborough Street W ... Plate coloured yellow, blue and red 9 ins diam' 15/-
54. Add.9455vol3_p741 /4: date as above 'Bought of William de Morgan & Co. 45 Great Marlborough Street W ... Plate, coloured blue, green and copper Irridiscent [sic] 8 ins diameter' 10/-
55. Add.9455vol3_p741 /7: date as above 'Bought of de Morgan ... Irridiscent [sic] vase, blue, red and yellow 10 1/2 ins high £1' £1
56. Add.9455vol3_p756 /1: September 1891 'Bought of Evelyn Wright 144 Wardour Street ... Fragment of Ancient Greek Fresco Extreme length 10 1/2 in Width 6 1/2” Found at Larnaca Cyprus Formerly in the collection of M. Dupont Auberville' £15
57. Add.9455vol3_p771 /4: December 1891 'Bought of Liberty & Co Regent Street, London ... Modern Valencia pottery. Hispano-Mauresque style Red decoration on cream coloured ground 17/6 each Height 10 1/2”' 17/6
58. Add.9455vol3_p771 /5: same date 'Bought of Liberty & Co Regent Street, London ... Modern Valencia pottery. Hispano-Mauresque style Red decoration on cream coloured ground 17/6 each Height 10 1/2” 17/6
59. Add.9455vol3_p771 /6 same date 'Bought of Liberty & Co Regent Street, London ... Modern Valencia dish. Hispano-Mauresque style Red decorations on cream coloured ground Diameter 18 1/2 ins' £2.12.0
60. Add.9455vol3_p772 /1-3: same date '[Bought of Liberty & Co Regent Street, London] ... Bt of Liberty (continued) ... 3 vases of Aller Vale Pottery. Devonshire Decorated with conventional flowers in blue, green & tawny colour on cream coloured ground Modern' 10/6, 5/-, 15/-
61. Add.9455vol3_p782 /1: 23 March 1892 'Bought of Martin Bros., 16 Brownlow Street ... (a) Tube jug, Martin ware. Height 8 inches' £1.7.6
62. Add.9455vol3_p782 /2: same date 'Bought of Martin Bros., 16 Brownlow Street ... (b) Martin ware vase. Height 7 1/4 inches Modern' £3.10.0
63. Add.9455vol3_p782 /3: same date 'Bought of Martin Bros., 16 Brownlow Street ... (c) Martin ware vase. Height 7 3/4 inches Modern' £3.10.0
64. Add.9455vol3_p839 /2-6: July 1892 'Bought of A. Montagnon, Porte du Croux, Nevers, France ... Modern Nevers Ware ...' (various prices)
65. Add.9455vol3_p843 /4: 6 August 1892 'Bought of William de Morgan 45 Great Marlborough Street London ... De Morgan Ware Modern (a) This piece was bought chipped in 2 or 3 places' £1
66. Add.9455vol3_p843 /5: same date 'Bought of William de Morgan 45 Great Marlborough Street London ... De Morgan Ware Modern (b) This piece has a copper [Insert] silver [End Insert]' £6
67. Add.9455vol3_p843 /6: same date 'Bought of William de Morgan 45 Great Marlborough Street London ... De Morgan Ware Modern (c) This piece has a lustre on one side only. It is quite by accident that the lustre occurs on De Morgan’s red vases' £1.5.0
68. Add.9455vol3_p849 /2: 10 August 1892 'Bought of R.W. Martin & Brothers 16 Brownlow Street, Holborn W.C. ... (a) Small Jar and lid Martin ware, ornamented with Birds Height 4 1/4 inches' £1.15.0
69. Add.9455vol3_p849 /3: same date 'Bought of R.W. Martin & Brothers 16 Brownlow Street, Holborn W.C. ... (b) Jug with two faces, Martin ware Height 7 inches' £2
70. Add.9455vol3_p849 /4: same date 'Bought of R.W. Martin & Brothers 16 Brownlow Street, Holborn W.C. ... (a) Small Jar and lid Martin ware, ornamented with Birds Height 4 1/4 inches' £1.10.0
71. Add.9455vol3_p849 /5-6: same date 'Bought of R.W. Martin & Brothers 16 Brownlow Street, Holborn W.C. ... Two Martin Ware plates Diameters 7 1/2 & 8 ins respectively' £3 the two
72. Add.9455vol3_p1002 /3: May 1894 'Celtic Iron Horse shoe found in the Garden of King John’s House Tollard Royal'
73. Add.9455vol3_p1005 /2-4: same date 'Bronze fibula and two iron arrow-heads Found in the garden of King John’s House'
74. Add.9455vol3_p1015 /1-2: August 1894 'Iron Arrowhead and Iron Knife, found in making Round Ground Pond Tollard Royal'
75. Add.9455vol3_p1184 /1-14 & Add.9455vol3_p835 /1: 'Bought of S. Willson, 7 King Street, St James’s, London ... Gilt and embroidered armour of Japanese Daimio, consisting of 14 pieces in lacquer case. This suit of armour was purchased on May 23rd 1892.' £24
76. Add.9455vol4_p1375 /1: 10 December 1896 'Bought of Fenton & Sons 11 New Oxford St., London .... Carved wooden chair, Italian. Probably 17th century Peasant work' £3
77. Add.9455vol4_p1376 /1: same date 'Bought of Fenton & Sons 11 New Oxford St., London .... Carved wooden chair, Italian. Probably 17th century Peasant work' £3.10.0
Notes
[1] 'Examples of Tudor embroidery and needlework are exhibited in the upper rooms, and specimens of various kinds of modern ornamental pottery, in imitation of the mediaeval and early wares, are to be found on the ground floor'.
Bibliography for this article
le Schonix, R. 1894. 'The Museums at Farnham, Dorset, and at King John's House, Tollard Royal', The Antiquary 30, 166-71
List compiled by AP, 2010, updated September 2010