List of Objects

Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. PS Princess Alice Box PS Princess Alice Box The terrible disaster concerning the loss of this London paddle steamer in 1878, struck the hearts of the nation. The ... Contributed by Museum
  2. PS Crested Eagle Deckchair PS Crested Eagle Deckchair This is a deckchair from the paddle steamer Crested Eagle. It was used aboard the famous ship on cruises to the seaside ... Contributed by Museum
  3. Clacton Belle Chair Clacton Belle Chair This lovely chair is from the PS Clacton Belle which was a paddle steamer that ran from London, Southend and to the East ... Contributed by Museum
  4. Concrete Blue Danube Atom Bomb Concrete Blue Danube Atom Bomb This large concrete sphere is a full scale production mock-up of Blue Danube, Britain’s first operational atomic weapon. ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Paddle Steamer Ornament Paddle Steamer Ornament This little model of a paddle steamer was made as a souvenir for passengers to buy aboard the Victorian steamers that ... Contributed by Museum
  6. Imperial Good Companion 1936 Typewriter Imperial Good Companion 1936 Typewriter This working typewriter was made in 1936 by Appointment to King George V in Leicester. Its a portable typewriter in a ... Contributed by Individual
  7. Plastic Five Pound Note - Northern Bank Plastic Five Pound Note - Northern Bank This plastic note is valid currency with a value of five sterling pounds produced in Northern Ireland. It respresents a ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Wesuma ware vase Wesuma ware vase Wesuma ware was a popular pottery company in the early 20th century. The factory closed down before the second world war ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Christening bracelets Christening bracelets These Christening bracelets have been used by generations of Rebecca's family. The one in the centre is the original ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Family bible Family bible This family bible was given by Hannah Moore who was a well known philanthropic reformer who set up many schools in ... Contributed by Individual
  11. Spectacle case Spectacle case This beautifully embroidered spectacle case was given to Katie Naylor by her Grandmother. It was made in the late ... Contributed by Individual
  12. Uncle Toby Dickey Bird Society Mug Uncle Toby Dickey Bird Society Mug This mug from Shandy Hall, Coxwold, a museum dedicated to the eighteenth-century writer Laurence Sterne, is connected ... Contributed by Museum
  13. Shephard's crook Shephard's crook This shepherd's crook was used to catch sheep. Somerset is a rural county so sheep rearing was big business in the 19th ... Contributed by Individual
  14. British war medal: World War I British war medal: World War I This British war medal from World War I was awarded to Diane Ginty's grandfather, Pte Clarence Gledhill, 27714 of the ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Jumping bar Jumping bar The jumping bar was used to make holes in linmestone for power blasting and also for splitting holes. It was used in ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Trophy Trophy This tropy was presented to Mrs Raynor's grandfater, Harry Wilson whilst he was serving with the RAF in India during ... Contributed by Individual
  17. Roman pot and flint Roman pot and flint Roman pots and flints were excavated from the Charterhouse on the Mnedips. After the Romans invaded in AD 43, the Second ... Contributed by Individual
  18. 'Codd' - type mineral water bottle 'Codd' - type mineral water bottle Weston-super-Mare had several mineral water / fizzy drink manufacturers suppliers during the 19th Century. The drinks ... Contributed by Individual
  19. Trench periscope Trench periscope This trench periscope was submitted by Elaine Etherington, it belonged to a member of her family, probably Leonard ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Certificate of thanks Certificate of thanks This certificate brought along by David Sanderson was set ot his Mother during the 2nd World War. During the war David's ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Coin of Shahpur I Coin of Shahpur I After the fall of the Arsacid Empire, the Sassanids created the Persian Empire, ostensibly on purely Persian grounds-in ... Contributed by Individual
  22. Sailmakers palm and other equiment Sailmakers palm and other equiment Sheila Newsome's grandfather, James Hodgson Clark was a merchant seaman from Whitby and these tools were used by James ... Contributed by Individual
  23. Watch Watch This brass watch was used by a guard on train's which travelled on the old Strawberry Line which was part of Somerset ... Contributed by Individual
  24. First electricity meter First electricity meter This is one of the first recording meters for electicity supplied to peoples homes it was designed and manufactured by ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Pin holder Pin holder This is a commerative pin holder belongs to Ros Watson and is for Princess Charlotte, only child of the future King ... Contributed by Individual
  26. Dunkirk Leaflet WW2 Dunkirk Leaflet WW2 My father Hubert John (Bert)Eckersley from Bolton in Lancashire joined the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards just 6 days ... Contributed by Individual
  27. Black clay ducks from Mexico Black clay ducks from Mexico These black clay ducks belong to Alejandra Tapia Eguiarte from Mexico, but now resident in the UK. Black clay has ... Contributed by Individual
  28. Medieval seal matrix with a Roman gem Medieval seal matrix with a Roman gem Medieval seal matrix belonging to 'Walter of Longdown' which includes a carved Roman gem. Contributed by Museum
  29. Commerative coin from Jersey Commerative coin from Jersey This penny coin was given to visitors to Jersey to commemorate the liberation of the island from German occupation in ... Contributed by Individual
  30. The Tandragee Man - 3000 year old statue The Tandragee Man - 3000 year old statue The Tandragee Man Name: Nuada/ Nuadha (of the silver arm)/ Airgedlamh This stone figure is called the Tandragee ... Contributed by Museum
  31. The Bramhall Chair The Bramhall Chair The Bramhall Chair was made for Archbishop John Bramhall in 1661 to Celebrate the Enthronement of Primate Bramhall in ... Contributed by Museum
  32. Dessert plate from the 'Frog service' Dessert plate from the 'Frog service' Wedgwood 'frog' service plate made for Empress Catherine of Russia in 1773/74, one of 952 hand-decorated pieces. Contributed by Museum
  33. Photograph of Glastonbury Carnival Photograph of Glastonbury Carnival This is one of the first pictures of Glastonbury Carnival. A Somerset tradition which goes back to Guy Fawkes' failed ... Contributed by Individual
  34. Somerset Folk Songs by Cecil J Sharp Somerset Folk Songs by Cecil J Sharp This is the final book in a series of Folk Songs from Somerset. Published by Cecil Sharp who was the "founding father of ... Contributed by Individual
  35. Babycham bottle Babycham bottle Drinks-maker Babycham was created in the 1940s by Frances Showeing where it became one of the first drinks actively ... Contributed by Individual
  36. Omega Pocket Watch from Basildon Omega Pocket Watch from Basildon George Cook, Steve's Grandfather, served in the British Army during World War One and was at the Battle of the Somme ... Contributed by Individual
  37. Sarmatian cavalryman tombstone Sarmatian cavalryman tombstone The tombstone depicts a Sarmatian cavalryman from the area we now know as the Ukraine Contributed by Museum
  38. Log book written during Great War Log book written during Great War This diary was written by Samuel Cattell during the Great War. Born in 1890, he went into the war as a royal marine ... Contributed by Individual
  39. Bully Beef Tin Opener Bully Beef Tin Opener This Bully Beef can opener dates back to the First World War when soldiers fighting in the trenches in France would have ... Contributed by Individual
  40. Stone Age axe-head Stone Age axe-head Rachel Mottram from Sheffield has this Stone Age axe-head which she thinks is 5000 years old. "My father found it in a ... Contributed by Individual
  41. Hartley Colliery Disaster Memorial Glass Hartley Colliery Disaster Memorial Glass An inscribed drinking glass commemorating the Hartley Pit Disaster of 1862 which changed the mining industry globally. Contributed by Museum
  42. Bible in Welsh Bible in Welsh The translation of the bible into Welsh was crucial not just for religion in Wales but for the status of the language. Contributed by Museum
  43. Model of the SS Empire Liberty Model of the SS Empire Liberty This is a shipbuilder’s full model of the S.S. Empire Liberty, 1941. The Empire Liberty was built by J. L. Thompson and ... Contributed by Museum
  44. Christmas box Christmas box I inherited this box from my grandfather who was a company sergeant major in 1914. This was a christmas box issued to ... Contributed by Individual
  45. Nissan Bluebird Nissan Bluebird As Sunderland's traditional industries of shipbuilding and coalmining were being wound down by the government car ... Contributed by Museum
  46. Victoria Hall Disaster Toy Rocking Horse Victoria Hall Disaster Toy Rocking Horse This was one of the toys given out as prizes at the end of Mr Fay’s magic show at the Victoria Hall in Sunderland on ... Contributed by Museum
  47. Colonel John Lilburne's Boots Colonel John Lilburne's Boots The Lilburne family was one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Sunderland in the seventeenth century, ... Contributed by Museum
  48. WW1 Pilot's Flying Log Book WW1 Pilot's Flying Log Book This flying log book belonged to Percy Murray who was a pilot in WW1 with the Durham Light Infantry (6th Battalion). It ... Contributed by Individual
  49. Mars Lenus inscription from Caerwent Mars Lenus inscription from Caerwent The Romans generally tolerated the religions and beliefs of the people they conquered. Roman gods such as Jupiter, Mars ... Contributed by Museum
  50. Pilgrim's souvenir from Magor Pilgrim's souvenir from Magor In the Medieval period, people would go on journeys called ‘pilgrimages’ to religious sites. As mementos, pilgrims would ... Contributed by Museum