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Embroidered image of Gypsy Traveller Wagon
31/05/1968
Embroidered image of a Gypsy Traveller wagon. Glazed and framed. Depicting landscape scene with wagon bearing initials D.U.R. [Dorothy Una Ratcliffe]. Bearing label Reed’s Ltd., Printers and Station...
Print block of image of Gypsy/Traveller wagon
c.1925
1)Wooden printing block of Gypsy/Traveller wagon. 2) Wrapped in brown paper with a label, "“Caravan Woodcut”, “39” and also a copy of the printed image affixed.
Lock of Mozart's hair
1829
A lock of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's hair, tied with red string. Vincent and Mary Novello visited Mozart's widow Constanze in Salzburg, Vienna, as part of their travels across Europe in 18...
Silver star intended for a testimonial chair
c. 1851
A silver star with an inscription that reads: 'originally intended for The American Chair, to surround the Ivory Shakespeare Head'. This refers to a chair presented to Mary Cowden Clarke, about which ...
Brass case [Sailor's tobacco case]
c.1729 -11/11/1942
1) Brass case with with hinged lid, hinge of copper with white metal nails. The case is decorated with engravings of figures, writing and calendar numbers on lid and base. On the lid: (1) Julius Cae...
Artefacts collected by James Roberts Ogden
Ogden, James Roberts (1865-1940)
2000 BCE-1940
This collection includes jewellery, beads, ornaments, seals, coins, pottery, cuneiform tablets, facsimilie objects and glass slides. Many items are said to be from Ur, ancient Mesopotamian (now Iraq)...