neil guthrie
@nguthrie.bsky.social
Collector. Antiquary. The Material Culture of the Jacobites (2014). Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing (2017, 2021). Trustee, George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
And speaking of régime-change (but drawing no analogies), a pair of royalist candlesticks (French, silvered bronze, late #c18th #c18 #18thc or early 19th), with Antiques de Laval, Tréguier (Côtes-d'Armor). Below each drip-pan, the silhouette of the late Queen Marie-Antoinette
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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As I make my way sweating & cursing through an archive of the worst 18thc handwriting I’ve ever had to deal with… it’s nice to find a cheeky epigram from one of my subject’s mates indicating that they had trouble too
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
As I make my way sweating & cursing through an archive of the worst 18thc handwriting I’ve ever had to deal with… it’s nice to find a cheeky epigram from one of my subject’s mates indicating that they had trouble too
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A porcelain snuffbox with hinged lid manufactured at Saint-Cloud circa 1740, possibly a Saint-Cloud copy of a Chantilly form. In the shape of a reclining man, painted in polychrome colors to the exterior and interior of the lid with silver mounts. Showing a laid back vibe for the new year.
January 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
A porcelain snuffbox with hinged lid manufactured at Saint-Cloud circa 1740, possibly a Saint-Cloud copy of a Chantilly form. In the shape of a reclining man, painted in polychrome colors to the exterior and interior of the lid with silver mounts. Showing a laid back vibe for the new year.
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Pietro Longhi, The Meeting, 1746, Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
January 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Pietro Longhi, The Meeting, 1746, Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Happy dry(ish) January! One tiny Negroni doesn’t count, right?
January 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Happy dry(ish) January! One tiny Negroni doesn’t count, right?
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Early nineteenth-century bookplate of the Manchester Subscription Library. Part of the collection of book trade ephemera assembled by A. N. L. Munby & now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Munby.c.131.
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Early nineteenth-century bookplate of the Manchester Subscription Library. Part of the collection of book trade ephemera assembled by A. N. L. Munby & now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Munby.c.131.
😬 (hyphenated, however)
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
😬 (hyphenated, however)
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Died #OTD 1766, James Edward Stuart, son of James II.
In this #HistParl article, Dr Charles Littleton explains how James's birth eventually led to invasion, his father’s deposition, and ultimately a new constitutional framework:
In this #HistParl article, Dr Charles Littleton explains how James's birth eventually led to invasion, his father’s deposition, and ultimately a new constitutional framework:
The ‘warming-pan baby’: James Edward Francis Stuart - The History of Parliament
James Edward Francis Stuart. It was his birth, in 1688, that led to the now abandoned tradition of Home Secretaries being present at a royal birth.
historyofparliament.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Angry birds! A Sèvres porcelain bleu lapis ground pomade pot with cover, decorated with birds in landscapes within gilt line oval reserves, the cover decorated with a yellow ranunculus finial within a gilt line. I like how they're portrayed, the heavy lines make them somewhat menacing. (see ALT)
December 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Angry birds! A Sèvres porcelain bleu lapis ground pomade pot with cover, decorated with birds in landscapes within gilt line oval reserves, the cover decorated with a yellow ranunculus finial within a gilt line. I like how they're portrayed, the heavy lines make them somewhat menacing. (see ALT)
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Luis Egidio Meléndez, Limes, a Container of Jelly, a Butterfly and Vessels, third quarter of the 18th century, oil on canvas (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
June 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Luis Egidio Meléndez, Limes, a Container of Jelly, a Butterfly and Vessels, third quarter of the 18th century, oil on canvas (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
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A look at the original work that inspired today's animation 🔍
These studies of a sleepy, restful hound, captured for a portrait of this dog, are by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, son of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo.
These studies of a sleepy, restful hound, captured for a portrait of this dog, are by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, son of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo.
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A look at the original work that inspired today's animation 🔍
These studies of a sleepy, restful hound, captured for a portrait of this dog, are by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, son of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo.
These studies of a sleepy, restful hound, captured for a portrait of this dog, are by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, son of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo.
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A circa 1740 porcelain small mug with handle manufactured at Chantilly, decorated with painted flowers and bamboo in polychrome colors in the kakiemon style. Nicely done. Bought it from Bonhams, London on December 2nd and it actually shipped and arrived before Christmas. Miraculous.
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A circa 1740 porcelain small mug with handle manufactured at Chantilly, decorated with painted flowers and bamboo in polychrome colors in the kakiemon style. Nicely done. Bought it from Bonhams, London on December 2nd and it actually shipped and arrived before Christmas. Miraculous.
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Gold snuff box, 1767, with miniature views of Château de Chanteloup, gouache on vellum; commissioned by duc de Choiseul (1719-1785), statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Louis XV & patron of arts; after 1764, he fell from favour & retired to his Château de Chanteloup, near Amboise.
Met Museum
Met Museum
December 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Gold snuff box, 1767, with miniature views of Château de Chanteloup, gouache on vellum; commissioned by duc de Choiseul (1719-1785), statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Louis XV & patron of arts; after 1764, he fell from favour & retired to his Château de Chanteloup, near Amboise.
Met Museum
Met Museum
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Thanks for following, glad to connect! Fan of all things history.
But mainly posting on eighteenth-century British political, imperial, and intellectual history, Edmund Burke, Whig political culture, and classical reception.
But mainly posting on eighteenth-century British political, imperial, and intellectual history, Edmund Burke, Whig political culture, and classical reception.
December 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thanks for following, glad to connect! Fan of all things history.
But mainly posting on eighteenth-century British political, imperial, and intellectual history, Edmund Burke, Whig political culture, and classical reception.
But mainly posting on eighteenth-century British political, imperial, and intellectual history, Edmund Burke, Whig political culture, and classical reception.
December 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I will too!
@drbibliomane.bsky.social , I think you may enjoy this:
NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I will too!
