List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. Edward Stourton's bust of Lenin Edward Stourton's bust of Lenin This is a small, bronze bust of Lenin which I bought in a fleamarket in Moscow in the early 1990s, when everyone in ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Ocean Coal War Service Certificate Ocean Coal War Service Certificate This certificate was presented to a returning Miner to the Ocean Coal Company`s Ocean Western Colliery at Nantymoel, ... Contributed by Individual
  3. Hawker Hurricane Propellor Gear Unit Hawker Hurricane Propellor Gear Unit Just after midday on the morning of the 7th January 1940 a Mk1 (revised) Hawker Hurricane, No. L2074 of RAF St Athan ... Contributed by Individual
  4. Jack Foggo trip to America 1928 age 14 Jack Foggo trip to America 1928 age 14 This book tells some part of the history of emigration and travel to America. My father and his family grew up in ... Contributed by Individual
  5. World War 2 Mobile VAD badge World War 2 Mobile VAD badge World War 2 Mobile VAD Arm Band with embroidered badge (H=7cm, W=5cm) This arm band and badges belong to my mother ... Contributed by Individual
  6. Industrial Robot Industrial Robot Time progresses and technologies join. The robot, the marriage of two ages, mechanical and electrical, mechatronics. The ... Contributed by Museum
  7. Tadcaster Church Mug Tadcaster Church Mug In 1862 the Tadcaster River in Yorkshire flooded the local church. Parishioners were so concerned that this might happen ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Gendron Wheelchair Gendron Wheelchair This, unusual, hand crank operated wheelchair was donated to Enham by the American Red Cross to help with the care and ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Florence's brass buttonhook Florence's brass buttonhook My mother gave me this buttonhook which came from my grandmother, Florence Lydia Fletcher, who was born in 1899 in ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Hand powered, steel rotary oil press Hand powered, steel rotary oil press This is a remarkable little oil press made in India using entirely local smithing processess. The lead screw is a ... Contributed by Individual
  11. Mark I Raleigh Chopper Bicycle Mark I Raleigh Chopper Bicycle A Mark I Raleigh Chopper with classic long seat, gear stick and U-shaped handlebars, a design classic of the 1970s. Contributed by Museum
  12. Suffolk Woodsman's Prayer Book and Diary Suffolk Woodsman's Prayer Book and Diary Leonie Robinson came to BBC Radio Suffolk with an amazing book, which belonged to her great, great, great ... Contributed by Individual
  13. Marx Mechanical Toy Train (1950s) Marx Mechanical Toy Train (1950s) This clockwork train represents an era before the advent of electrical and electronic toys. It comes from a time when ... Contributed by Individual
  14. LMS Railway dynamometer car LMS Railway dynamometer car This vehicle was used to test and record the performance of locomotives on the railways to enable improvements in design Contributed by Museum
  15. Coal Mine Token Coal Mine Token This Mine token was given to my grandfather Levi Davies, when he worked at Number 7 Pit in Tylorstown in South Wales. ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Roman Bilge Pump Bearing Roman Bilge Pump Bearing One of two cast bronze bearings from the bilge pump of a Roman ship which caught fire and sank in St Peter Port harbour ... Contributed by Museum
  17. Edward Austen (Knight) Silk Suit Edward Austen (Knight) Silk Suit Chawton House was owned by Jane Austen's brother,Edward.(After 1812 he was known as Edward Knight and is sometimes ... Contributed by Museum
  18. Mexican Horse Saddle Mexican Horse Saddle Horse Saddle originally belonging to Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Politician, Cowboy, Writer and adventurer. It ... Contributed by Museum
  19. Part of Red Cross Flag from Gallipoli Part of Red Cross Flag from Gallipoli It is the remains of a Red Cross flag brought from Gallipoli, Dardanelles, 1916. Brought back by Private John William ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Commemorative Cup Commemorative Cup This commemorative beaker dates back to the end of the First World War. As you can see it features the Belgian and ... Contributed by Individual
  21. World War 1 Mug World War 1 Mug This simple mug has a fascinating story to tell. It belonged to a soldier serving in the trenches in France and Belgium ... Contributed by Museum
  22. Toy Clockwork Train from Germany Toy Clockwork Train from Germany This exquisite toy, an 0-gauge clockwork locomotive and its coaches, was built in the Bing Brothers' Toy Factory in ... Contributed by Individual
  23. Piece of the Berlin Wall Piece of the Berlin Wall I bought this fragment in Berlin in 1990. In Pariser Platz, next to the Brandenburg Gate, it was then possible to buy ... Contributed by Individual
  24. Rally Card Plate Rally Card Plate Depicting the first rally from abroad to the UK (now there are lots)featuring Bordeaux to Bristol. Each Mayor was at the ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Goblin teasmade Goblin teasmade This is the Goblin teasmade - with a lamp! The word 'teesmade' was certainly initiated by George Absolom and predates ... Contributed by Individual
  26. Heathcote's Patent Lace Machine Model Heathcote's Patent Lace Machine Model John Heathcote's 2nd patent lace machine produced the first bobbin net lace. This model was used in a patent trial. Contributed by Museum
  27. Embroidered hessian needle case Embroidered hessian needle case Patricia Waterman brought in a needlecase that was made by her maternal grand-father, a quaker, who refused to go to war ... Contributed by Individual
  28. Rotary Egg beater Rotary Egg beater Invented by Willis JOhnson, the egg beater was patented in 1884. Originally he inented the device as a mixing machine ... Contributed by Individual
  29. Jacobean Joint Stool Jacobean Joint Stool This is a Welsh Jacobean Joint Stool, the very common stool found in most British (and European) homes for hundreds of ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Omweso mancala gaming board from Uganda Omweso mancala gaming board from Uganda Mancala is an ancient African/Arabic game. I bought this 'Omweso' gaming board in Kampala, Uganda where I sponsered a ... Contributed by Individual
  31. Roman wall plaster with painted peacock Roman wall plaster with painted peacock The interiors of Roman villas were often lavishly decorated with painted walls and mosaic floors, and examples are found ... Contributed by Museum
  32. A Roman tombstone from Cirencester A Roman tombstone from Cirencester Roman tombstones tell you something about the lives of the soldiers, slaves, men, women and children who lived in ... Contributed by Museum
  33. Royal Charter Gold ingots Royal Charter Gold ingots The Royal Charter was carrying around 79,000 ounces of gold on her last fateful journey Contributed by Museum
  34. Dutch East Indies Army Rucksack Dutch East Indies Army Rucksack Rucksack made for Dutch East Indies Army. Japanese issued Prisoner's of War with this captured equipment. It belonged to ... Contributed by Individual
  35. Viewmaster stereoscopic 3D viewer Viewmaster stereoscopic 3D viewer The Viewmaster is an iconic children's toy which has stood the test of time. The photograph inludes an original Bakelite ... Contributed by Individual
  36. Davenport bone china dessert plate Davenport bone china dessert plate The development of bone china by Spode around 1800 was a significant technological leap for the ceramic industry. Contributed by Museum
  37. Padstow's Obby Oss Padstow's Obby Oss THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. PADSTOW MUSEUM. Padstow Obby Oss is one ... Contributed by Museum
  38. Missionary collection box Missionary collection box Christian families in Wales collected funds in these boxes to support missionary work across the World. Contributed by Museum
  39. Propeller from RMS Lusitania Propeller from RMS Lusitania Four-bladed propeller from Cunard ship Lusitania. The ship was torpedoed off the coast of southern Ireland in May 1915. Contributed by Museum
  40. Osborne1: Early portable computer Osborne1: Early portable computer The Osborne 1 came with a keyboard which could be clipped to the top of the computer to make a suitcase-sized portable ... Contributed by Individual
  41. Early Cigarette Lighter Early Cigarette Lighter It didn't occur to me until some time after I bought it, but this is the direct ancestor of the disposable plastic ... Contributed by Individual
  42. Parlor guitar Parlor guitar This is a reproduction of a late 1800s parlor guitar by the Martin Guitar company. Parlor or parlour guitar usually ... Contributed by Individual
  43. Identity bracelet child WW2 Identity bracelet child WW2 During World War Two , not everyone could bear to let their children go on the evacuation. Jean Bullows was one of five ... Contributed by Individual
  44. Gas Light, Morning Star – Masonic Museum Gas Light, Morning Star – Masonic Museum Thought to be the first specialist gaslight in Bath, this unusual object was originally made for the first ... Contributed by Individual
  45. The Pool at Berthesda - Masonic Museum The Pool at Berthesda - Masonic Museum The largest work by Hoare on public display in Bath, originally produced as the Altar Piece for the Octagon Chapel in ... Contributed by Individual
  46. spies for peace RSG-6 pamphlet spies for peace RSG-6 pamphlet a group calling themselves "spies for peace" broke into a secret government bunker and copied documents relating to ... Contributed by Individual
  47. Harpsichord by Bartolomeo Cristofori Harpsichord by Bartolomeo Cristofori My harpsichord is by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the Florentine builder and inventor who created the first pianoforte in 1700 ... Contributed by Individual
  48. Baird Televisor Baird Televisor This was possibly the last time a lone inventor working in difficult conditions (rented room in Hastings) and with ... Contributed by Individual
  49. Witney blanket Witney blanket A Witney blanket traded worldwide since the 17th century. The small bars, points, sewn on it indicate quality and value. Contributed by Museum
  50. El Alamein station bell El Alamein station bell The bell from El Alamein train station (inset top left) was presented to the Alamein club for British and Empire troops, ... Contributed by Individual