List of Objects
Telling a history of our world through objects
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Ashtray
Cast in lead metal this ashtray is a replica of a Bergman and was made in Austria. An ashtray used to be an essential ...
Contributed by Individual
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Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram
Captain Thomas Coram, a philanthropist of extraordinary vision, sits upright, grasping the seal of the Royal Charter. ...
Contributed by Museum
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Tea set
A 12-piece tea set with an ivy leaf pattern that was very popular at the time and may have been given a wedding present. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Charles Horner jewellery
Cloissone enamel jewellery.
Contributed by Individual
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German propaganda album
This is an official NSDAP cigarette card album entitled 'Adolf Hitler - Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Furer', which ...
Contributed by Individual
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Fragments from a Messerschmitt 110
This Messerschmitt 110 was shot down near Colchester on 4th September 1940. The photos show the two German pilots, who ...
Contributed by Individual
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Pocket watch
This 18 carat gold watch made by Edward Pike in Manchester shows that pocket watches were still being made into the 20th ...
Contributed by Individual
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Pocket watch
This is a high quality watch made by John Paul & Co in Manchester in the middle of the 19th century. It is an example of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Vase
This vase has a high-quality glazing that set Staffordshire producers apart from others and led to it becoming one of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Decorative bust of a young girl
These busts were often made in pairs - a boy and a girl. It is made of plaster, hand painted and simply entitled ...
Contributed by Individual
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War record of Lancashire fusiler
This is a complete record of one individual's war service, including the medals he won. It was put together after the ...
Contributed by Individual
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French cavalry helmet
Used during the period before the Franco Prussian war.
Contributed by Individual
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D - Day naval assault chart.
My Father was 1st Lieutenant on HMS Northern Sky (LH column about 1/2 way up). They were among the first ships in to the ...
Contributed by Individual
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BBC Roll of Honour
This Roll of Honour lists BBC members of staff who died in World War Two. It was displayed at the BBC's Lisnagarvey ...
Contributed by Individual
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SUFFRAGETTE MEMORABILIA
A pair of pottery dogs commemorating the fight for Votes for Women.
Contributed by Individual
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Robin Goch monoplane
The Robin Goch (Welsh for 'robin redbreast') is one of the few amateur aeroplanes built before 1914 to survive and it ...
Contributed by Museum
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Porthmadog slate schooner (model)
Slate from Wales was exported all over the world. The M A James ship model at the National Waterfront Museum is of a ...
Contributed by Museum
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Bark stripping iron
This iron tool would have had a wooden handle and was used to strip and cut bark from oak trees. The bark was sold in ...
Contributed by Individual
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Ferguson TED 20
Nowadays tractors are fitted with heated cabs and air conditioning. However 60 years ago comfort wasn't considered. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Curling stone
The stone is carved from granite found on Ailsa Craig, the tiny volcanic island off the south west coast of Scotland. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Glass Bowl from the 1930s
This dates back to 1930s. It's made of painted glass and the contributor found this in a shop in Cornwall in 1985.
Contributed by Individual
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Papers from a sailor on the Mauretania
This is from a man of a seagoing career, includes a photo from the Mauretania. Shows the working past of an engineer of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Flint from East Riding
This flint could be pre historic. It was the mother in law’s and was handed down to the contributor 90 years ago.
Contributed by Individual
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1964 Lynn Davies Commeorative Mug
This commemorative mug was given to all the schoolchildren of Nantymoel, Ogmore Valley to celebrate the achievement of ...
Contributed by Individual
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an RJ45 plug used to connect computers
This plug became the standard method of connecting computers together to form a Local Area Network (LAN). The ...
Contributed by Individual
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Fordson N Tractor
This Ford N Tractor was built in 1942 three years before the production of this model was stopped. It was instrumental ...
Contributed by Individual
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Bender Tent
Bender tents were used by Romany Gypsys before the travelling wagons and also alongside the wagons when they were ...
Contributed by Individual
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Reading Gypsy Wagon
This Reading Gypsy Wagon or Vardo as it is better known was possibly built by Dutton of Reading in 1894. It's hard to ...
Contributed by Individual
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Hut for Road Repairs
This hut was pulled by a steam roller doing road repairs. Made in 1920 by Aveling and Porter in Rochester. It was used ...
Contributed by Individual
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Fordson Dexter Tractor
This tractor is American but built in Dagenham. The final Super Dexter was last produced in 1964 before New Holland ...
Contributed by Individual
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Massey Ferguson 2130 Tractor
This tractor was imported from France and sold by Massey Ferguson in 1965. The 2130 was 'industrial strength' rather ...
Contributed by Individual
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Post Office Savings Bank
Post Office Savings Bank with bust of George V engraved on the front and dated 1910-1935.
Paper sleeve contains the ...
Contributed by Museum
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Gretna Green Marriage Certificate
Michael says - as part of our family history, I have a Gretna Green marriage certificate dated 27th March 1830 for what ...
Contributed by Individual
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Defence of the Realm - Sheppey Passports
During the First and Second World Wars and due to the high concentration of the military on the Isle of Sheppey, permits ...
Contributed by Museum
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St George and the Dragon Statue
Michael says that in 1944 or 5 the Streatham home of the sculptor/artist, Kathleen Jackson was bombed. She used my ...
Contributed by Individual
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'The Taking of Sheerness by the Dutch'
This historical book, published in 1895, is the story of the Dutch Republic's invasion on the River Medway.
The book ...
Contributed by Museum
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Lifting Block from SS Richard Montgomery
The SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty Ship built during WWII to transport amunitions from America to ...
Contributed by Museum
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Original Figurehead from HMS Scylla
Original Figurehead from HMS Scylla, a screw steam corvette which was launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1856 and part of ...
Contributed by Museum
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Knob Kiri
This knob kiri was thought to be a walking stick. It has been kept in the milk churn in the hall along with the ...
Contributed by Individual
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Cannonball from 1665 Dutch Invasion
This half of a cannonball was found on the coastline of the Isle of Sheppey.
The item is from the Dutch Republic's ...
Contributed by Museum
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Royal Naval Cocked Hat
Black felt Naval cocked hat with single loop of boullion, found at Parsonage Farm, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent during ...
Contributed by Museum
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Co-Operative Centenary Book
This book was published at the centenary of the co-operative society and contains the history of the Sheerness ...
Contributed by Museum
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Eskimaux Vocabulary Book
This item was given to members of the Franklin Relief Expedition.
The book is an English to Eskimaux vocabulary book ...
Contributed by Museum
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Decorative Lifebuoy from H.M.S Bulwark
A decorative Lifebuoy from H.M.S Bulwark (1899) which was destroyed by an internal explosion in Sheerness Dockyard on ...
Contributed by Museum
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Identity Card for Saunders Roe,
Part of the security measures taken during WW2 when such factories were subject to much German bombing,& Saunders Roe ...
Contributed by Individual
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Death Plaque for Albert Edward McDougall
Produced in memory of Albert Edward McDougall who was accidently drowned in the River Adur at Shoreham on Easter Monday, ...
Contributed by Museum
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Fragement from the H.M.S Princes Irene
The minelayer HMS Princes Irene suffered a catastrophic internal explosion in Sheerness Dockyard on the 27th May 1915 at ...
Contributed by Museum
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Myrtle the Double Bass
"Myrtle" is a double bass who has seen the world and travelled extensively. She is over seventy years old, worthless ...
Contributed by Individual
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'For Arctic Discoveries' Medal
This medal belonged to my great grandfather, James Miles, and was awarded in the second franklin relief expedition in ...
Contributed by Museum
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Toy Cricket Set
This is a set of small wooden figures of a cricket team. You needed two people to play. The ball was fired from the ...
Contributed by Individual