List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. Cyldon Steam Engine Cyldon Steam Engine This is a Cyldon 13/3 single cylinder stationary steam engine made by Sydney S Bird & Sons, Enfield, Middlesex, England ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Horatio Robley Maori Chief Watercolour Horatio Robley Maori Chief Watercolour Horatio Robley served in the New Zealand wars and while there painted many works including this portrait from 1866. Contributed by Museum
  3. Etruscan black figure vase Etruscan black figure vase This Etruscan vase has been subject to many interpretations in the past. It is decorated in the black-figure technique ... Contributed by Museum
  4. King George VI Southern Rhodesia penny King George VI Southern Rhodesia penny this coin was passed on to an 11 year old boy from Gloucestershire from his great granddad. He was in the army and ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Egyptian funerary boat Egyptian funerary boat The Egyptian funerary boat on display at the Ure Museum is a typical tomb offering from ancient Egypt, and symbolizes ... Contributed by Museum
  6. Ancient Greek aulos Ancient Greek aulos The 'aulos' in the Ure Museum is the best known example of a popular musical instrument from ancient Greece. Although it ... Contributed by Museum
  7. Cast-iron printing press Cast-iron printing press As the prosperous middles classes of late 18th century England wanted more access to news and information, there was a ... Contributed by Museum
  8. Guernsey milk can from HMS Guernsey Guernsey milk can from HMS Guernsey The Senior Constable of St Peter Port, Jenny Tasker, brought in a Guernsey copper can which was made in the parish of St ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Model: 275KV - 15000 MVA Circuit Breaker Model: 275KV - 15000 MVA Circuit Breaker This object represents an era when design, engineering and manufacturing were valued and made a major contribution to ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Guernsey eight doubles coin Guernsey eight doubles coin David Lane came to BBC Guernsey's outside broadcast event at the Guernsey Museum with a coin that denotes the island's ... Contributed by Individual
  11. Simpson's Chloroform Decanter Simpson's Chloroform Decanter Chloroform decanter, used by James Young Simpson Contributed by Museum
  12. Ibeji Ibeji The Yoruba, a major West African tribe, have ten times the world average of twins. This Ibeji (which means twins) was ... Contributed by Individual
  13. cast aluminium ashtray cast aluminium ashtray This cast aluminium ashtray was made from the wreckage of the R38 airship salvaged from the Humber. The R38 was made by ... Contributed by Individual
  14. Alderney Womble Alderney Womble Neroli Queripel brought an Alderney Womble to BBC Guernsey's half-term event for A History of the World. The original ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Butter mould Butter mould Eric Grimsley brought a butter mould to BBC Guernsey's A History of the World event, as he felt it was an example of one ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Box of matches from Swedish cruise ship Box of matches from Swedish cruise ship When Dave Richards grandmother was released from a German internment camp at the end of the Second World War, she was so ... Contributed by Individual
  17. Guernsey milk can Guernsey milk can Dave Richards brought in an old, traditional Guernsey milk can with a war story behind it. The design of the can is ... Contributed by Individual
  18. Set of baby's dress and shoes Set of baby's dress and shoes One of Julia Blondin's contributions to the BBC Guernsey A History of the World event was a dress made by her mother ... Contributed by Individual
  19. Greek/Etruscan pottery wine jug Greek/Etruscan pottery wine jug This wine jug (oinochoe) would have been used by everyday people across the Ancient Greek World. Found in Italy it was ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Banknotes from occupied Guernsey Banknotes from occupied Guernsey Julia Blondin has a set of banknotes handed down to her from her parents, which were used during the occupation of ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Book: 1943 - 'War Economy Standard' Book: 1943 - 'War Economy Standard' Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome published in 1943 under the War Economy Standard rules. The need to conserve ... Contributed by Individual
  22. Tyne Bridge Opening: the King's Speech Tyne Bridge Opening: the King's Speech A special edition gramophone record of the speech made by King George V at the opening of the Tyne Bridge in 1928. Contributed by Museum
  23. Builder's model of RMS Mauretania 1907 Builder's model of RMS Mauretania 1907 A 1:48 scale model of rms Mauretania, built on the Tyne and one of the most successful passenger ships of all time. Contributed by Museum
  24. Carved wooden tobacco pipe Carved wooden tobacco pipe Guernseyman Maurice Sangan brought in a small, wooden, tobacco pipe. He recalled: "In Guernsey in June 1946 I ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Stone Shot Stone Shot I found the object in a ditch around the boundary area of the battle of Chalgrove Field. The Stone is quite round in ... Contributed by Individual
  26. Ipswich Trolleybus Number 2 of 1923 Ipswich Trolleybus Number 2 of 1923 Ipswich Corporation Tramways Trolleybus number 2 is one of few surviving early electric buses. Contributed by Museum
  27. Robert Burns cravat pin Robert Burns cravat pin A polished agate pebble which Robert Burns had it set into a stylish cravat pin by an Edinburgh goldsmith. Contributed by Museum
  28. Fire-Resistant Clay Pot Fire-Resistant Clay Pot One of thousands of clay pots used by William Strutt as a way of improving the fire-resistance of textile mills. Contributed by Museum
  29. Smiths crisps packet Smiths crisps packet I found this crisp packet on the beach at Covehythe in Suffolk on 19th September,2006. The packet can be dated to 1974 ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Whittle W2/700 Jet Engine Whittle W2/700 Jet Engine Whittle W2/700 engine fitted with Afterburning/ Reheat, was developed for the Miles 52 supersonic experimental project Contributed by Museum
  31. Bearded Man Jug fragment Bearded Man Jug fragment This is a fragment of a 'bearded man' jug or Bellarmine/Bartman jug showing the beard and mouth of the man whose image ... Contributed by Individual
  32. leica camera leica camera This camera revolutionized photojournalism. Theses cameras were smaller than any previous cameras. Leitz a medical ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Small models of China/Japan work Small models of China/Japan work I was given these by friends who bought them in a mixed lot of odds and ends in a teachest at an auction/jumble sale in ... Contributed by Individual
  34. Home Guard Service Certificate Home Guard Service Certificate My father was in a reserved occupation and so joined the Home Guard. As they were stood down every member was given a ... Contributed by Individual
  35. Medals for Shooting Medals for Shooting BBC Cambridgeshire presenter Antonia Brickell These medals were awarded to my great, great grandfather in India, for ... Contributed by Individual
  36. Ghanaian Xylophone Ghanaian Xylophone Dr Peter Zinovieff brought along Ghanaian Xylophone (Gyil). It is an instrument traditionally only played by men in ... Contributed by Individual
  37. Celebratory Meal Celebratory Meal Richard Lyon brought to the Fitzwilliam Museum this wonderfully hand painted invitation to a meal celebrating the end of ... Contributed by Individual
  38. Coronation of Queen Victoria Coronation of Queen Victoria Richard Lyon brought along this painting of, and a couple of actual invitations to, a celebratory commemoration party ... Contributed by Individual
  39. Welsh nursing shawls Welsh nursing shawls Nursing shawls were used by mothers to carry babies around in a way that left them free to carry on with their work. ... Contributed by Museum
  40. Roman gravestone Roman gravestone This gravestone is just one example, from the National Roman Legion Museum, of how the Romans lived - and died - in the ... Contributed by Museum
  41. Roman folding fryingpan Roman folding fryingpan Made in the 3rd century AD for a soldier of the Roman army in Wales, the handle of this frying pan folds away so that it ... Contributed by Museum
  42. Senghenydd mine disaster pocket watch Senghenydd mine disaster pocket watch This watch was found on a body following the Senghenydd mine disaster on 14th October 1913 and was used to identify the ... Contributed by Museum
  43. Pithead Baths Pithead Baths Prior to the introduction of these baths, the miners had no option but to travel home dirty and wash in a tin bath in ... Contributed by Museum
  44. WWII sherry bottle Clifton Rocks Railway WWII sherry bottle Clifton Rocks Railway This is a 1 pint bottle of Curfew Astral sherry, bottled by Spackman and Gosling who were Bristol wine and spirit ... Contributed by Individual
  45. Bravery medals Bravery medals In 1877, the Tynewydd Colliery was inundated with water from an adjoining coal mine. Five men were killed and nine ... Contributed by Museum
  46. Clanny lamp Clanny lamp This Clanny type safety lamp was badly damaged during the Abercarn Colliery explosion of 1878. The explosion killed 268 ... Contributed by Museum
  47. Medieval Wall Painting of St Catherine Medieval Wall Painting of St Catherine One surviving wall painting from St Teilo's church, now re-erected at the National History Museum: St Fagans, pre-dates ... Contributed by Museum
  48. Prefabricated House (Prefab) Prefabricated House (Prefab) Prefab houses were built to meet the post-war housing shortage. 155,623 were built in Britain - 7600 of these in Wales. ... Contributed by Museum
  49. Iolo Morganwg's sword Iolo Morganwg's sword This sword was used by Iolo Morganwg in the first Gorsedd ceremony to be linked with an eisteddfod in Carmarthen in ... Contributed by Museum
  50. Fordson Tractor Fordson Tractor The Fordson and Ferguson tractors which revolutionised Welsh farming after 1945 are as important as the historic ... Contributed by Museum