List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. Taino ritual seat Taino ritual seat Wooden seat carved in the shape of an ancestor spirit by the Taino, one of the pre-European, native Caribbean peoples Contributed by The British Museum
  2. Japanese acupuncture meridian doll Japanese acupuncture meridian doll This is a meridian doll made by mash paper in Edo period. On which 14 meridians and about 360acupoints are painted. In ... Contributed by Museum
  3. Carte de Visite by Eugene Disderi Carte de Visite by Eugene Disderi When Eugene Disderi patented the carte de visite in 1855 he was thinking that cheap mass-production of photographs might ... Contributed by Individual
  4. The Cayley Glider The Cayley Glider This faithful recreation of Sir George Cayley's pioneering glider, "The Governable Parachute", was built for an Anglia ... Contributed by Museum
  5. Skurray's Motor Car Skurray's Motor Car This is a sales brochure advertising Accles Turrell motor cars for sale. The photo is of Ernest Clement Skurray and his ... Contributed by Individual
  6. First war POW newspaper (handwritten) First war POW newspaper (handwritten) This is a copy of a handwritten "newspaper" for Graudenz POW camp in 1918. My grandfather was held there and helped with ... Contributed by Individual
  7. Petter Engine Petter Engine This Petter engine is a one and a half HP Type A. It was made in Staines, Middlesex in 1932 and drives the Lister Water ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Great War commemorative scroll Great War commemorative scroll I found this scroll in a derelict barn in Dorset when I was a school boy. It had a marked effect on me as the young man ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Moulded blue glass pot lid Moulded blue glass pot lid During the Second World War my family lived a few hundred yards from Liverpool docks, which was regularly bombed. We ... Contributed by Individual
  10. American Bicentennial Flag American Bicentennial Flag In 1976,I was nine years old, and my country was marking its Bicentennial. It was a huge, exuberant, year-long ... Contributed by Individual
  11. WW1 matchbox sleeve WW1 matchbox sleeve This is my Grandfathers, Martin Lawler WW1 cap badge mounted on a matchbox sleeve. It was made for him by a friend of ... Contributed by Individual
  12. Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry Reading’s replica was the idea of Elizabeth Wardle, an accomplished embroideress and the wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer ... Contributed by Museum
  13. Battling Bruno the boxing Bear Battling Bruno the boxing Bear Battling Bruno is the famous late 19th century fighting bear used to entertain gold rush prospectors in North ... Contributed by Individual
  14. BIGOT security classification stamp BIGOT security classification stamp BIGOT was a World War II security classification at the highest level of security - above Top Secret. BIGOT stood for ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Photograph of Royal visit to Belfast Photograph of Royal visit to Belfast This photograph of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was taken in 1937, shortly after the coronation. His accession ... Contributed by Individual
  16. A child's shoe. Placed to bring luck. A child's shoe. Placed to bring luck. This child's shoe was found placed under the stairs in a house in South Wales. Single shoes - usually those of a child ... Contributed by Individual
  17. Penal cross Penal cross The story of the crucifixion has inspired the imagination of artists for generations and in Ireland during the 18th ... Contributed by Museum
  18. Scold's Bridle Scold's Bridle Gossiping women meet their match in the Scold's Bridle. A bizarre form of punishment reserved exclusively for women ... Contributed by Museum
  19. Coldstream Guards Coldstream Guards This is a Coldstream Guards capstar which I found buried in my garden 20 years ago. It has been dated by the National ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Metal plate Metal plate This 'metal plate' photograph has been passed down in the family. It was taken using early photographic technology - the ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Book of poems Book of poems The poems contained in this old book were copied into it by my great aunt - Miss Wilson. The first poem is about the ... Contributed by Individual
  22. Stone Wrist Guard Stone Wrist Guard This wristguard was found in 1989 by the Clwyd-Powys Archaelogical Trust when excavating a Bronze Cairn, near Carno in ... Contributed by Museum
  23. Etching from Stalingrad Etching from Stalingrad This etching was given to me by my Belfast-born neighbour. It was made by a German soldier called Oberhaus, who fought ... Contributed by Individual
  24. Etching from Stalingrad Etching from Stalingrad This etching was given to me by my Belfast-born neighbour. It was made by a German soldier called Oberhaus, who fought ... Contributed by Individual
  25. The Blair Atholl white horse The Blair Atholl white horse In 1859 the 6th Duke of Atholl commissioned the white horse from Austin Seely & Co., London, in Mrs Coades stone, at a ... Contributed by Museum
  26. First Sutherland Volunteers Uniform First Sutherland Volunteers Uniform This uniform of the First Sutherland Volunteers belonged to Colour Sergeant William Bethune, born 1858 in Bonar Bridge, ... Contributed by Museum
  27. Cornwall Wrestling Association Trophy Cornwall Wrestling Association Trophy This was the Esdale Trophy awarded in 1925 for the Cornish Wrestling Heavyweight Championships. It had been discarded ... Contributed by Individual
  28. The relief of Khartoum The relief of Khartoum As a child we lived in a village in the Sudan by name of Shambat a few miles North of Khartoum and opposite the town of ... Contributed by Individual
  29. WW1 Trenches barbed wire stanchion WW1 Trenches barbed wire stanchion When researching a friends Great-Uncles, who were killed in 1916 after an assault on the German "The Hindenburg Line" ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Photograph Photograph This is a photograph of Thomas Bratton and his family taken by Robert Clennett, professional photographer based at 25 ... Contributed by Individual
  31. Penny coin Penny coin This penny coin still says Victoria, empress of India - later pennies didn't say that. I've had the coin since childhood ... Contributed by Individual
  32. Royal Victoria Hospital badge Royal Victoria Hospital badge This is my mother's hospital badge from when she worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in the early 1950s. ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Gas mask Gas mask As war raged across Europe between 1939 and 1945 people were given gas masks to protect them from possible airborne gas ... Contributed by Individual
  34. Water bottle Water bottle My father collected this piece. It's a water bottle used by soldiers in the field and quite possibly would have ... Contributed by Individual
  35. Iron Iron My father bought this iron in Belfast and I remember it being used by my granny and my aunts. It was fuelled by ... Contributed by Individual
  36. Gold pocket watch Gold pocket watch This was my grandfather's pocket watch. He was born in 1895 and went on to serve in the Great War at the Somme and ... Contributed by Individual
  37. A Typhoo tea card A Typhoo tea card These cards are from a series of 30 cards showing scenes from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Inside is an extract ... Contributed by Individual
  38. Postcard Album Postcard Album This album represents a method of communication used pre computers and mobile phones and maybe even before widespread ... Contributed by Individual
  39. Sculpture of a Spitfire Sculpture of a Spitfire This sculpture of a spitfire was made by an Italian prisoner of war, Ricordo Cassaro Giovanno, whilst he was interred at ... Contributed by Individual
  40. Young Farmers' membership badge Young Farmers' membership badge This membership badge for the Young Farmers' Club (Nottinghamshire branch) belongs to Mary from Mexborough in South ... Contributed by Individual
  41. Sir Ben Kingsley's gold turban Sir Ben Kingsley's gold turban The actor, Sir Ben Kingsley, is no stranger to history, having played Gandhi in the David Attenborough film of the same ... Contributed by Individual
  42. Postcard Album Postcard Album The album contains approximately 200 postcards that were sent between 1902 and 1916. The main recipient was my great ... Contributed by Individual
  43. Wallet carried by my father through WW2 Wallet carried by my father through WW2 I found this battered and stained wallet after my father died. Inside, the card in his neat handwriting, said; "This is ... Contributed by Individual
  44. German Smoking Pipe of King Wilheim II German Smoking Pipe of King Wilheim II This is a piece which shows King Wilheim II who was the last King of Prussia. It is beautiful. This reminds me what a ... Contributed by Individual
  45. Letter of condolence from WW1 Officer Letter of condolence from WW1 Officer After my grandmother had had official notification of my grandfather's death in the First World War she received this 3 ... Contributed by Individual
  46. Family letter Family letter This letter was written in 1847 by my 3xgreat grandfather, Baptist Minister John Cocks, from Amersham to his daughter ... Contributed by Individual
  47. Axe head from Whitepark Bay Axe head from Whitepark Bay I think it is an axe head from the Neolithic period. We found it in one of the rivers that runs down onto Whitepark Bay ... Contributed by Individual
  48. Goering's soup bowl Goering's soup bowl My father was a captain in the British army during World War II. He was posted to Berlin when the city fell to the ... Contributed by Individual
  49. Letter from my grandfather P.O.W in 1941 Letter from my grandfather P.O.W in 1941 My grandfather, a TA NCO attached to the Royal Artillery, was a POW after capture in Calais in May 1940. This is part ... Contributed by Individual
  50. Kayak Kayak Inuit kayaks are highly efficient hunting boats. They are made specially to fit the person that will use them. The kayak ... Contributed by Museum