List of Objects
Telling a history of our world through objects
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Home Made Teddy Bear
This teddy was made for a little girl of 6 who was billeted in Aston, Birmingham, during World War II while her father ...
Contributed by Museum
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Chinese bottle vase
There are few classes of object which reflect the power of international trade as much as the blue and white porcelain, ...
Contributed by Museum
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Seal Ring
It was bought 4-5 years ago.the engraving on the lapis lazuli stone is similar to the one in your clip to advertise your ...
Contributed by Individual
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Heart Scarab
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, was an enthusiastic collector of antiquities from different cultures and ...
Contributed by Museum
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Athena Statuette
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, was both interested in and fascinated by archaeology. His famous metaphor ...
Contributed by Museum
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Figure of Thai Postman
Although this is a modern object, it is a charming record of the time when Thailand was simultaneously welcoming Western ...
Contributed by Individual
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Original bifocals
Found by Brian Pollard in a junk shop in Coventry in the 1960s.
They're 'pince nez' glasses and the bifocal part of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Leaping salmon vase
The Leaping Salmon is probably York’s most important pot. It was made around 1930-31 by Bernard Leach and is considered ...
Contributed by Museum
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Neolithic Handaxe
Found by Brian Pollard in a field in Honiley, Warwickshire. It was made in the quarries of Penmaenmawr in North Wales, ...
Contributed by Individual
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Late Medieval leather purse
Found in the late 1930s during the demolition of Coventry's medieval streets. It was on Butcher Row, which would once ...
Contributed by Individual
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Flanged Axe Head
Found by Brian Pollard near Wells, Somerset. Originally axe heads were completely flat, but this has ridges to assist ...
Contributed by Individual
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Roman 3rd century domestic pots
Found in the 1950s in a field in Stretton on Dunsmore area, by a farm labourer. Grey earthenware material, typical of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Second World War Medals
These medals were received by my Father Reginald Langley Flynn for his services in the Second World War. He was ...
Contributed by Individual
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Toy table tennis set
This table tennis set has been handed down from the owner's great grandfather with a note saying, "Please play with me ...
Contributed by Individual
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Locket
This locket was used by the owner's great grandmother to hold the keys to her tea caddy. At the time tea was a ...
Contributed by Individual
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Sailsbury Bone China Tea Set
This gold rimmed tea set belonged to a family who emigrated from the UK to Australia in the 1920s who took this tea set ...
Contributed by Individual
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Curling medal
This was won by the owner's great great grandfather, James Anderson from Edinburgh. He won this medal as a young boy and ...
Contributed by Individual
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The County Hall Finds
These items were found during a test dig by the Wolverhampton Dudley Brewery in the Prisoners exercise yard of County ...
Contributed by Individual
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Dunkirk Medal
This is another medal received by my Father Reginald Langley Flynn. He received this medal for his bravery in the battle ...
Contributed by Individual
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Opera glasses
Opera fans would often purchase a pair of opera glasses, which are a magnifying glasses with a set of fixed lenses, for ...
Contributed by Individual
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Purse
This clever purse has a mesh sack and an expandable neck. It would have been owned by a wealthy lady and would have been ...
Contributed by Individual
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Garnet and pearl necklace
Pre-first WWI worn by my great-grandmother and then by myself at my wedding. The necklace may have been bought in South ...
Contributed by Individual
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Egg cup
This egg cup conveys the patriotism in Britain in 1917. It reads "Made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter ...
Contributed by Individual
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Japanese Ivories
These decorative ornaments were probably made at the very beginning of the 20th century and may have come from the ...
Contributed by Individual
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Largo shore watercolour
This painting of the Largo shore in Scotland is by the artist Alex Ballinger, who exhibited 73 paintings at the Royal ...
Contributed by Individual
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Crimean War medals
These medals were won by the owner's great great grandfather. The Crimean War included the famous battles of Sebastapol ...
Contributed by Individual
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Watercolour painting
Painting by Albert Pollitt who exhibited 31 paintings at the Royal Academy. This painting used to hang in Lawton House.
Contributed by Individual
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Army pay books
These pay books are from the Crimean War and were the owner's great great grandfather's showing his clothing accounts ...
Contributed by Individual
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Toys
Part of a toy set to commemorate Nansen's adventure to the North pole. Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, ...
Contributed by Individual
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Spoon
This spoon is made of silver and is one of a set of six.
Contributed by Individual
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First World War certificate
This certificate has been passed down form the owner's grandfather and shows that that he was honourably discharged on ...
Contributed by Individual
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Fragments from France Book
This picture book was designed to cheer people up during WWI. The book shows you how to cope with horrible situations ...
Contributed by Individual
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1600's Gold Mourning Ring
Chris Matthews found this gold mourning ring at Wolverton, Warwickshire in 2009. It has a scull on the outside and ...
Contributed by Individual
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Collection of greetings cards
These are old greetings cards and some of them have been hand-painted. A few of them show a sense of humour that would ...
Contributed by Individual
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Dish
This dish is an ornate wedding gift that shows the style of the times. The design is by John Butler, who was had Clarice ...
Contributed by Individual
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Truncheon
This truncheon is Victorian but it is not certain which police force it comes from. The truncheon is bent which suggests ...
Contributed by Individual
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Ring and bar pin
These two objects were given as love tokens and came form the owners great grandmother. The bar pin is silver and the ...
Contributed by Individual
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Necklace and earrings
This jewellery is by a New York maker called Trifari. It is similar to those worn by Mamie Eisenhower for her President ...
Contributed by Individual
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Tea set
This tea set was made in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1930s. It is clearly influenced by the designs of Clarice Cliff and shows ...
Contributed by Individual
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Knutsford bicycle siren
The dawn of cycling provoked alarm among many small villages. Locals demanded that the courts impose restrictions on ...
Contributed by Individual
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13th Century Ring Brooch
This ring brooch was found at Wolverton Warwickshire in 2008. It is silver gilt and only slightly damaged. It was ...
Contributed by Individual
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Needle cast Tunbridge ware
This object is from a time when people were more self sufficient and made and repaired their own clothes, rather than ...
Contributed by Individual
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Penny Farthing
The French invented the boneshaker in 1865, England followed with the Penny farthing in 1871. This model is the New ...
Contributed by Individual
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Airman's spike
This spike was made for the ground staff at an RAF base during WWII, and this one was issued to the current owner's ...
Contributed by Individual
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Cushion cover
This cushion cover, which is embroided with silver thread, was sent back by a soldier in the Burma war in 1945.
Contributed by Individual
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Drainage dish
A piece of pottery by the designer Clarice Cliff, who helped to popularise Art Deco style in the early 20th century.
Contributed by Individual
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Maundy Money
These coins were given as Maundy Money. Giving these coins to deserving poor people forms part of a reigious ceremony ...
Contributed by Individual
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Silver acorn pendant
This silver pendant conceals a ladies cigarette holder. It is an elegant way of catering to the new social habit of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Roman rings
These rings were bought as part of a scrap gold sale and turned out to be old Roman rings. That the original owner ...
Contributed by Individual
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Indian pendant
The style of this type of jewellery is traditional in Asian countries and has not changed for centuries.
Contributed by Individual