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Collection of furniture & pictures

Various, 1600–1900

Includes 13 framed watercolours and pencil drawing by Amy Hewlett; pastel of racehorse by Donald Wood; needlework panel; 5 mahogany dining chairs; mahogany two-seater sofa; 8 mahogany George II-style dining chairs; walnut firescreen; walnut wine table; 2 mahogany wine tables; mahogany cellarette; medicine cabinet; pair of silver and bone fish servers; brass coal hod; two corkscrews; teapot and milk jug; ironstone sauce tureen with stand and jig; barometer; 'Traditions of Lancashire', book by John Roby; and two metal horns. Part of a bequest to five museums by Lionel Hewlett through the Art Fund in 1995.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of furniture & pictures, 1600–1900

Date supported

1995

Medium and material

Pencil; pastel; mahogany; walnut; brass; ceramic; ironstone; silver; bone

Dimensions

Various

Gifted by

Lionel Hewlett

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