The Wallace Collection

This collection is accumulated from five generstions of the Marquis of Hartford. Or should I say four because Richard was the illigitimate son of the fourth Marquis and this was no Marquis at all. Although it was good to see that he inherited everything. The collection is displayed at the Hertford house was is now part of the national trust. It was donated by Lady Wallace in 1897. It is bursting with fine art: works by Rembrandt and other Dutch masters. Also there is a large collection of fine crafts there's clocks,  tables, miniatures,  ceramics and incgredibly huge mirrors. Quite differently there is a Milano Blahnik collection housed within all of the other stuff. Very crazy boots and shoes are encased in little display cases throughout. A delightful way to spend an afternoon.

Fabulous dripping on down 

Gold dragons 

Super Green walls and inlay

Red McCaw 

Under large domes of glass

So many clocks, its 1:50

The letters that would have been written  here

Would this have been converted from candles?

Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette 

Leslie asked for this at the gift shop but they could not accommodate her request 

Nice hat!

Miniatures 

The curtains are intense 

So pretty

Big woof and little woof

Marble and stone inlay of great detail 

This is one serious cup

Fashion hints

Marble veil

Possibly Mandy Patinkin, a famous actor is asked to take a picture with the musician 

Missing our dog

These boots are made for display 

The grand hall!

The laughing cavalier 

That is my kind of lobster 

My pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 

Furry shoe

Shaggy boots

Queen Victoria's heir Bertie 

Milono Blahnik sketches

Banana hat