List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. A First Aid Nursing Yeomanry medal A First Aid Nursing Yeomanry medal This medal was awarded to my mother who served with the FANYs, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry during the First World ... Contributed by Individual
  2. ACME Thunderer Whistle ACME Thunderer Whistle This object was used in the eras of the tram which sadly are no longer in use in the city. Regardless of which city it ... Contributed by Individual
  3. silver cigarette case silver cigarette case This belonged to Alex McKinnon (1889 - 1920) from Tiree, my grandmother Mary's older brother, and his initials are on ... Contributed by Individual
  4. Chinese jade vase Chinese jade vase This jade vase is about 5 inches high and is totally valueless. It should be green, but is completely black. My father ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Romanian revolution flag 1989 Romanian revolution flag 1989 The revolutionary flag was created by cutting the despised communist coat arms arms from the national flag. The media ... Contributed by Individual
  6. WG Grace's Lucky Belt WG Grace's Lucky Belt My great grandmother married John Sheriton Grace, a relation of WG Grace. He died in 1870. Her family, Benson, were ... Contributed by Individual
  7. World War I notebook World War I notebook The notebook belonged to my grandfather's brother - Albert McFarlane. I love the notebook because it shows different ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Tibetan Prayer Wheel Tibetan Prayer Wheel This prayer wheel comes from Tibet and reminds me of its awe inspiring landscape, people and above all its religion. ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Small Sixpenny Gas Meter Small Sixpenny Gas Meter Hotels that installed a gas fire in guest bedrooms had these meters fitted so that the occupants had to pay to use the ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Championship Boxing Belt Championship Boxing Belt This belt belonged to Tommy Connelly, Middleweight Boxing Champion of Ireland of 1933 and the contributor's father. His ... Contributed by Individual
  11. Portable Typewriter Portable Typewriter This typewriter dating from the early 1960s illustrates how you would have had to produce your letters and reports ... Contributed by Individual
  12. Girona Bearing Girona Bearing The contributor suggests that this is a "coak" which came from the Girona which was shipwrecked off the north west coast ... Contributed by Individual
  13. Weed Sprayer Weed Sprayer This item has an exquisite quality of manufacture in copper and brass which belies its common or garden useage. It ... Contributed by Individual
  14. Letter to home from Australia Letter to home from Australia This letter was written by Oswald McNiece to his cousin Vickie. McNiece was an explorer who ran away from home at the ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Zeiss Folding Camera Zeiss Folding Camera This Zeiss Ikon camera was bought in Canada complete with a roll of film inside. The slide mechanism allows you to zoom ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Silver Shell Dish Silver Shell Dish This family heirloom has travelled the world and back. The contributor's aunt sent it to relatives in Ireland from ... Contributed by Individual
  17. Alcoholics Anonymous Badge Alcoholics Anonymous Badge The contributor's father was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and abstained from drinking alcohol for the last 17 years ... Contributed by Individual
  18. BBC TV Cookery Club Winning Recipe BBC TV Cookery Club Winning Recipe Even in 1959 the BBC were running cookery competitions. This winning entry was donated by Mrs G. M. Arscott of ... Contributed by Individual
  19. Main Cookery Book Main Cookery Book In this case the Main of the title is the Gas Main. This book was first printed in 1929 to encourage householders to ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Gas Griddle Gas Griddle As you can see the griddle plate is silver in colour. This came from Harland & Wolff. When a ship was built the cut ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Gas Mantles Gas Mantles Gas was invented firstly to light the streets. Later homes were lit using gas brackets or pendants. The gas mantle was ... Contributed by Individual
  22. Portable Gas Poker Portable Gas Poker In all homes before 1960 every room in the house had solid fuel fireplaces. This object made an easy job of lighting ... Contributed by Individual
  23. Coronation Lightbulb Coronation Lightbulb This commerative lightbulb is embossed with EIIR in memory of the Queen's coronation. It was given to the ... Contributed by Individual
  24. Ivory Tusk from Siam Ivory Tusk from Siam This belonged to my husband's uncle, Alexander Ballantyne, who was in the diplomatic corps in Siam in the 1930s. ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Horn Beaker Horn Beaker This item depicts a lovely family story. There is a picture of a big house and a husband and wife driving away in a ... Contributed by Individual
  26. Sherry Container Sherry Container This decanter comes in a set with six sherry glasses. It was passed to the contributor by her mother when she moved ... Contributed by Individual
  27. Christmas & Birthday Card Album Christmas & Birthday Card Album This album contains cards collect from 1910 onwards. The original collector assiduously mounted all the cards ... Contributed by Individual
  28. Alabaster Figurine Alabaster Figurine The contributor's father was appointed military governor of München-Gladbach after WW2 at the age of only 27 years old. ... Contributed by Individual
  29. Box with Miniature Paintings Box with Miniature Paintings The paintings are set as if they were jewels. One is meant to be Lord Dillon, brother of the 12th Viscount Dillon. ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Royal Cigarettes from Yugoslavia Royal Cigarettes from Yugoslavia This cigarette box is inscribed inside with the proclamation: Royal Cigarettes. It was given by King Alexander of ... Contributed by Individual
  31. Coin Catcher Coin Catcher This was passed down to the contributor from her mother after her death. Contributed by Individual
  32. china cup china cup This cup comes from the later part of the 19th century. It has importance as it relates to a time, over a century ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Quantum Pocket - by Elizabeth Fritsch Quantum Pocket - by Elizabeth Fritsch International British ceramist artist Elizabeth Fritsch produces a dynamic synergy in the relationship of painting and ... Contributed by Individual
  34. 1d Nailmakers Truck coin minted 1811 1d Nailmakers Truck coin minted 1811 This coin was presented to me some ten years ago by my father Bill Kings, a local, (Bromsgrove) historian. The family ... Contributed by Individual
  35. 1805 Mourning Ring. 1805 Mourning Ring. War, Loss, Pride. This ring was left to me with a lot of other jewellery in 2005 when my mother died. Inscribed inside ... Contributed by Individual
  36. HMS Victory centenary medal 1905 HMS Victory centenary medal 1905 This small medal was struck from copper taken from HMS Victory by the British & Foreign Sailor's Society to fund the ... Contributed by Individual
  37. HMS Victory centeniary medal 1905 HMS Victory centeniary medal 1905 This small medal was struck from copper taken from HMS Victory by the British & Foreign Sailor's Society to fund the ... Contributed by Individual
  38. Door handle from Checkpoint Charlie Door handle from Checkpoint Charlie Stirred into action by the 20th anniversary of German re-unification I thought I'd share this - a door handle from an ... Contributed by Individual
  39. Soviet 'peace dollar' Soviet 'peace dollar' This "disarmament dollar/ruble" was given to me by the Soviet Peace Committee in 1989, when I met them as one of a ... Contributed by Individual
  40. a knitted teddy bear a knitted teddy bear It is a cliché that 'we did not have all those toys when I was young' but perhaps my chosen object shows that we did not ... Contributed by Individual
  41. A Silver Cigarette Case A Silver Cigarette Case The silver cigarette case was given to Tom Smiley, by my mother,on their engagement 18th April 1940.My father joined the ... Contributed by Individual
  42. A Business Card A Business Card It’s only a business card and a cheap one at that. White with a blue graphic that looks like the sun or moon in the ... Contributed by Individual
  43. Poster of Portugese Revolution 25.4.74 Poster of Portugese Revolution 25.4.74 This represents the Carnation Revolution of 1974, when the Portugese nation freed itself from a fascist, repressive ... Contributed by Individual
  44. WWI and II Pictures and Postcard Album WWI and II Pictures and Postcard Album This album was created by my grandmother and includes postcards received from friends and soldiers during both the first ... Contributed by Individual
  45. Union Bank of Scotland savings box Union Bank of Scotland savings box This savings box was associated with a bank account set up in the 1960's by my grandfather when I was a child to ... Contributed by Individual
  46. Ellesmere locomotive Ellesmere locomotive The Ellesmere locomotive was built by Hawthorns and Co. of Leith in 1861 for Howe Bridge Colliery near Atherton in ... Contributed by Museum
  47. Bionic Hand Bionic Hand The i-LIMB hand, made by Touch Bionics of Livingston, was in 2007 the world’s first commercially available bionic hand ... Contributed by Museum
  48. Newcomen Engine Newcomen Engine An atmospheric steam engine built for Caprington Colliery, Ayshire, in 1811 to a design developed by Thomas Newcomen a ... Contributed by Museum
  49. Throne of Weapons Throne of Weapons Throne made by an artist from Mozambique from European weapons used in and collected after the civil war Contributed by The British Museum
  50. EMBROIDERED REGIMENTAL INSIGNIA EMBROIDERED REGIMENTAL INSIGNIA Two framed wool embroidered cushion covers displaying symbols of the Royal Irish Fusiliers(87th and later also 89th ... Contributed by Individual

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