300 years of bric-a-brac

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Stately home owners put 300 years of aristocratic bric-a-brac worth £1million up for auction - including Queen Victoria's stockings

Mark and Lucianne Warde-Norbury found a mass of family treasures that had been accumulated over 300 years by their ancestors after they inherited Hooton Pagnell Hall. The impressive stately home, compared to a Downton Abbey style house, was crammed full of old relics, so much so that most of the rooms on the second floor couldn't be used.