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Total number of records: 25
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 9 |
| Art and Antique Market | 5 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 5 |
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 4 |
| English Literature | 3 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 3 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 3 |
| Leeds Animation Workshop | 1 |
| Liddle Collection | 1 |
| Maurice de Sausmarez Archive | 1 |
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Aztec Calendar or Sun Stone
1908-1910
Sculpted Aztec calendar in a frame. This type of calendar is a 'Cuauhxicalli' (eagle's bow), but it is more known commonly as an Aztec calendar.
Scud Winder
[1940s-1950s]
Scud winder used for hand twisting straw rope, probably from Suffolk. The instrument is made from two pieces of iron(?) welded(?) together. The first is attached at right angles to a wooden handle. Th...
Decorated Egg
[1960s]
A hard-boiled, decorated egg, coloured with a food-based(?) red/pink dye. The shell is patterned with stencils made from small fern leaves and wild flowers.
Printing Matrices
[1960s]
Printing matrices, or mats, consisting of 204 characters representing the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is likely that these matrices were acquired for use in publications relating to the Survey...
Printing Matrices
Balding and Mansell
[1960s]
Wooden box containing printing matrices, or mats, supplied by the Monotype Corporation. A printed label attached to the box describes the item as Matrix Case for a Composition Caster. The label is com...
Embroidered RAF Crest
1939-1945
Framed embroidered crest of the RAF, done by Flight Lieutenant E. E. Warden RAF inbetween bomb-disposal work, 1940. Details of service on reverse.
Key presented to Lord Brotherton on the occasion of his opening the new wing of the Technical and Art Schools, Wakefield
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
22 Jan 1903
Wallet and contents
c.1914-1968
Brown leather Hermes wallet including the following contents: Numerous membership cards including: The Friends of the York Art Gallery; British Legion; Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding; Inte...
Two Medals from the Board of Education South Kensington
nd
One silver one bronze- Both engraved "National Medal for Success in Art Awarded By the Board of Education"
Medals and pins
1945 - 1968
This file contains medals and pins given to Herbert Read in association with awards or conferences. The file includes: 1 medal depicting a heron, on the reverse is written Quinzaine Anglo-Americain...
Personal objects
c.1914-1968
This file contains the following personal objects from the Read archive: 1 thin brown belt 1 brown leather document wallet, with Herbert E. Read, January 16th 1904 written in pen inside.
Book box
c.1850-c.1900
A box designed to appear as stacked hardback books with a hinged lid and ornately decorated faux spines.