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Pictured: This Nautilus Cup dates back to 1580. Made from an actual Nautilus shell, it was carved in China with a depiction of a military<br />
ceremonial procession. Srushti Jadhav from Strawberry Hill House is pictured.<br />
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An exquisite collection of intricate treasures from Renaissance Europe have gone on display at Horace Walpole's gothic home.<br />
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The items on display, which are hundreds of years old, celebrate the aristocratic habit of collecting valuable objects to create Cabinets of Curiosities.<br />
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They include elaborate valuables made from coconuts and rock crystal <br />
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The exhibition is being held at Strawberry Hill House, a Gothic Revival villa in Twickenham, London, rebuilt by writer Walpole from 1749.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833.
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Pictured: This Nautilus Cup dates back to 1580. Made from an actual Nautilus shell, it was carved in China with a depiction of a military
ceremonial procession. Srushti Jadhav from Strawberry Hill House is pictured.

An exquisite collection of intricate treasures from Renaissance Europe have gone on display at Horace Walpole's gothic home.

The items on display, which are hundreds of years old, celebrate the aristocratic habit of collecting valuable objects to create Cabinets of Curiosities.

They include elaborate valuables made from coconuts and rock crystal

The exhibition is being held at Strawberry Hill House, a Gothic Revival villa in Twickenham, London, rebuilt by writer Walpole from 1749.