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Thomas Windus of Gothic Hall, Stamford Hill
Thomas Windus was the uncle of BG Windus. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries FSA on 29 May 1819. Originally a coachbuilder by trade, he became a Seneschal in the Noviomagan Society and served in the City of London Light Horse Volunteers.
He lived at Gothic Hall, Stamford Hill (shown at the very top of the map above). The house was named the Gothic Hall after the addition of a structure to his home to house his antiquarian collection of art and artefacts.
He published works relating to the Portland Vase and the subjects shown on it. The vase is an amphora in translucent dark cobalt blue and opaque white cameo glass thought to be made in Rome c1-25.
He lived at Gothic Hall, Stamford Hill (shown at the very top of the map above). The house was named the Gothic Hall after the addition of a structure to his home to house his antiquarian collection of art and artefacts.
He published works relating to the Portland Vase and the subjects shown on it. The vase is an amphora in translucent dark cobalt blue and opaque white cameo glass thought to be made in Rome c1-25.
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New elucidation of the subjects on the celebrated Portland vase, formerly called the Barberini; and the sarcophagus, in which it was discovered by Thomas Windus. London
Published for the author by W. Pickering, F.G. Moon, Pelham Richardson, and Smith and Elder, 1845. This beautifully illustrated and rare--actually, first and only edition folio--is a study of the subject matter depicted on a Roman glass cameo vase (AD1-AD25) called the Portland Vase. The Portland Vase inspired glass and porcelain makers including Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) who produced a duplicate in black and white jasperware in 1790. Discovered in the sarcophagus of Emperor Alexander Severus near Rome in 1582, the vase passed through the Barberini family, British ambassador Sir William Hamilton, and finally to the 2nd & 3rd Dukes of Portland who gave it to the British Museum. Author Thomas Windus (1778-1854), an English coachbuilder and collector of engraved gems, explores the iconography on the vase depicting Augustus, his family, and his rivals, as well as marine creatures such as sea snakes, and a marriage scene. This is an early and important study of this rare masterpiece of Roman glass. Smithsonian Libraries |
Portland Vase © British Museum
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For more information on the Portland Vase at the British Museum click here
Artefacts owned by Thomas Windus (1778-1854) coach-builder, collector, antiquarian
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In the collection of Thomas Windus, Esq., F.S.A., is a ring bearing the arms of Pope Pius II. of the family of Piccolomini, the Papal tiara, and inscription, ‘Papa Pio.’ The ring is of brass, thickly gilt; the stone topaz: on the sides are the four beasts of the ‘Revelation.’
FINGER-RING LORE: HISTORICAL, LEGENDARY, ANECDOTAL BY WILLIAM JONES, F.S.A A Description of the Villa of Mr Horace Walpole (1784) written by the renowned collector himself.
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Image from the Layton Collection
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The collection was dispersed after his death in a three day sale at Christie’s, London, 27-29 February 1855
Catalogue of the beautiful collection of works of art & antiquity Of that well known Antiquary Thomas Windus, Esq., F.S.A., Deceased, Removed from his late Residence,
Gothic Hall, Stamford Hill
Catalogue of the beautiful collection of works of art & antiquity Of that well known Antiquary Thomas Windus, Esq., F.S.A., Deceased, Removed from his late Residence,
Gothic Hall, Stamford Hill
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