Westminster School's Archive & Collections

Early George III Pepper Shaker

GB 2014 WS-04-TRO-001/067
Item
1762

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Pepper caster [identical to T0001.068 but different date & maker].

Peaston, Robert, active 18th Century

Musical table clock signed Spencer and Perkins, London

GB 2014 WS-04-CLO-05
Item
Late 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Mahogany case with rocaille gilt brass mounts, painted dial signed within rocaille mask spandrels, subsidiary dials to the lower spandrels - Musica/Silence and Minuet/Dance/Hornpipe/Gavot, the arch with a painted automaton vignette of a harbour scene, eight day movement with a cylinder action carillon of ten bells, twin pull chord repeats.

Perkins & Spencer, 1765-1806

Early George III Pepper Shaker

GB 2014 WS-04-TRO-001/068
Item
1766

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Pepper caster [identical to T0001.067 but different date & maker]. Maker's mark obscured, probably SW.

Charles Abbot by John Downman

GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-001/09
Item
Late 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Pencil and gouache on paper, an oval portrait; Abbot as Scholar in the Second Election; he faces towards the left, wearing a blue suit.

Downman, John, 1750-1824

Dr. John Nicoll by a member of the circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds

GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-001/32
Item
Late 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Half length, wearing academic dress Later inscribed u.l.: John Nicholl D. D. 1765. Aet. 82

Master Phillimore by a member of the English School

GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-001/69
Item
Late 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Full-length portrait of Phillimore standing; he wears smart dark green clothes with white cravat and stockings and carries a hat, not a mortar-board; he wears black buckled shoes and his right hand is tucked inside the lapel of his coat; he appears to be aged about 15; in the background is a dark wall behind Phillimore, and a patch of landscape to the right.

George III musical longcase clock signed Tho. Wilkinson, London

GB 2014 WS-04-CLO-04
Item
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Mahogany case with parcel gilt pilaster angles, arch top hood and trunk door, dial with subsidiary dial to the arch inscribed, 'Lady Coventry's Minuet, 104 Psalm', eight day movement with a cylinder chiming movement.

Wilkinson, Thomas

Sir William Dolben attributed to Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland

GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-001/43
Item
Late 18th Century

Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

Three-quarters length portrait of Dolben seated on a chair over which his right arm hangs; he wears a blue coat and waistcoat bordered with gold brade, and a grey wig; he holds a black hat in his left hand; a fine brocade curtain hangs in the background.

Dance-Holland, Sir Nathaniel, 1734-1811