Some lovely family photos of the children of the house.
Where Baby slept . . .
A display of foreign dolls - I can remember children collecting ones similar to these when I was small.
The Nursery, which had a lovely atmosphere.
I couldn't get close enough to see the title of this painting, but I have to tell you it must have frightened the kids to death! That is a Seriously Bad Horsey indeed!! About to plunge headlong into the watery abyss with his Princess! She should have shortened her reins a bit I think . . .
Another corner of the Nursery.
Lovely half-tester bed with a stunning embroidered bedspread. SUCH skill.
Some of the jewellery from My Lady's bedroom.
Another of the bedrooms.
These look like wild boar tusks. Probably killed in India ("pig sticking")since this was a military family.
I thought this might be a Golden Tanager, but no . . . Any ID welcome.
I'm pretty sure this is a Nightjar, also known as a Goatsucker as folk myths said that it sucked milk from goats.
A lovely tour of the family rooms - thank you.
ReplyDeleteI had some of those dolls in national costume - no idea what happened to them.
Glad you enjoyed the tour Sue. I think I was given one of that type of doll as a child, but I wasn't really a doll person. Plastic Horses - that was a different matter!
DeleteWhat an interesting place and so full of family history. That`s definitely a nightjar. Strange, ghostly birds they are.
ReplyDeleteIt had been done well DW. Never seen a Nightjar, but I did once see a Stone Curlew, in a field off the Shaftesbury Drove near Wilton.
DeleteI'd forgotten about those dolls. My Mum had a collection. Perhaps they're still in her loft!
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Lots of folk had them. Lots of the girls I went to school with.
DeleteI can remember my mother wanting my sister and I to collect dolls like those in your photo. Me, I ignored the request, but my sister collected many of them.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Hi Jackie - it was something very much of an era wasn't it? At the very least, you learned the National Dress of lots of different countries!
DeleteOooh my heart missed a beat when I saw the larder and then the taxidermy!!!
ReplyDeleteHah - thought you'd like the larder Louise. There were more examples of taxidermy there, but the birds were so colourful so I sidelined the stuffed antelopes! If you don't already follow her, my friend Tricia ("Pattypan") is really into larder stores and has some fabulous recipes over on her blog http://tarragonnthyme.blogspot.com/
DeleteMarvellous collection from the days of old, gosh you do get around. I remember the Spanish flamenco dancers but not many other dolls.
ReplyDeleteAt this time of year I always wish I had an Apple Room, or some sort of store. I have a big pantry, but a cool store room would be brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour, it is a home packed with treasures, especially that bedspread.
ReplyDeleteThe black and gold bird looks rather like a regent bowerbird. The bird underneath it might be a rose-crowned fruit dove..
ReplyDeleteIsn't it odd how pictures used to be arranged on a wall? I've noted that in some of my old family photos--it gives rooms a rather hectic feeling.
ReplyDeleteThe basement pantries and larder remind me of similar rooms at the Shaker Village Museum--vast ground floor spaces devoted to food prep and storage. While they fascinate me, not sure I'd have liked to work in such areas.