![Colonel Robert Smith and Redcliffe Towers](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/07/13.-Central-Rotunda-470x140.jpg)
The eccentric building Redcliffe Towers, built on the edge of a cliff in Devon, is now a well-known landmark in the town of Paignton. It…
![New Case Study: Ivory Furniture](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/07/Viz-Cabinet-1-470x140.jpg)
The Afterlife of Objects: Anglo-Indian Ivory Furniture in Britain The term ‘ivory’ describes the teeth or tusks of elephants and other mammals, including the Asiatic…
![New Case Study: The Scarth Family of London and Ilford](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/07/Whampoa-470x140.jpg)
An Intangible Legacy: The Scarth Family of London and Ilford The Scarths of London and Ilford were a family with two generations of trade…
![New Case Study: Chinese Wallpaper](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/07/3-FEL-block-pr-outline-redres-ABush-470x140.jpg)
Many experts consider Chinese wallpaper to be a defining feature of the British country house interior. According to Oliver Impey, it is one of the…
![New Case Study: Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/06/DSC01184-470x140.jpg)
Aberglasney was purchased at the turn of the 19th century by an East India Company man, Thomas Philipps (c.1749-1824). The Aberglasney case study highlights the…
![New Case Study: Middleton Hall, Carmarthenshire](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/06/MH-front-view-470x140.jpg)
Towards the end of the eighteenth century (c.1789), the Middleton Hall estate in the parish of Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales was purchased by a former…
![New Case Study: Armorial Porcelain](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/06/P1030436-470x140.jpg)
Chinese porcelain services specially commissioned by individuals and families to include their coats of arms within the decorative scheme were distinctly fashionable and popular in…
![New Case Study: The Welshpool Gold Cup](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/06/DA2447_05-470x140.jpg)
Written by Andrew Renton, Head of Applied Art at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, this case study examines a remarkable gold communion cup belonging…
![New Case Study: Fanny Parks: her 'Grand Moving Diorama of Hindostan', her Museum, and her Cabinet of Curiosities](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/06/Spider-Wanderings-vol-I-470x140.jpg)
Studies of collecting as a phenomenon, from the age of the ‘cabinet of curiosity’ to the present, have focused overwhelmingly on male collectors – men…
![New Case Study: The Willow Pattern: Dunham Massey](https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/files/2014/06/Fig-10-470x140.jpg)
Unlike other ‘objects studies’ featured in the East India Company At Home 1757-1857 project, this case study focuses on a specific ceramic ware pattern rather…
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