Amber - lit from below
A large piece of fossilised pine resin, 60 million years old. Although it appears to be as hard as stone, amber can be heated and shaped. This has made it very popular for use in jewellery making from ...
Ammonite, Schlotheimia angulata
Ammonite, Schlotheimia angulata.
Lower Jurassic: Saltford Shale Member,
Southam Cement Works.
Collected by Jon D. Radley, Keeper of Geology.
Ammonite, Schlotheimia species
Ammonite, Schlotheimia.
Lower Jurassic: Saltford Shale Member,
Southam Cement Works.
Donated by Mr Conway.
Ammonites, pipe nodule
Ammonites preserved within pipe-shaped nodule.
Lower Jurassic: Saltford Shale Member,
Southam Cement Works Quarry.
Peter Blake collection.
Ammonites, pipe nodule - detail
Ammonites within pipe-shaped nodule - detail.
Lower Jurassic: Saltford Shale Member,
Southam Cement Works Quarry.
Peter Blake collection.
Ammonites, pipe nodule - fore-shortened
Ammonites preserved within pipe-shaped nodule - image fore-shortened.
Lower Jurassic: Rugby Limestone
Southam Cement Works Quarry.
Peter Blake collection.
Auger, early 20th century
This taper auger has an ash handle and metal blade. Augers were used to bore large, deep holes in wood. They were used by various craftsmen, such as coopers and shipwrights. This one was used by a wheelright.
Early ...
Bass Recorder, late 17th/early 18th century
This is a bass recorder - a large instrument made of maple, and stained dark brown. The crook, 'fish-tail' key, and mount are of brass. It was probably made by Thomas Stanesby (senior).
late 17th/early ...
Baxterley. Windmill
Baxterley Windmill in the 1900s.
Built 'J.B.' in 1793 on Baxterley Common. Ceased by late 1880s. Demolished c.1969. Main post used for reconstruction of the Danzey Green Mill, [Tanworth] at Avoncroft ...
Beetle wing - detail
Beetle wing detail. Imprint of the hard upper wing, termed the elytron, of a beetle.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Binton.
The exceptionally fine grained nature of the Binton limestones ...
Beetle wing - detail
Beetle wing detail. Binton. Imprint of the hard upper wing, termed the elytron, of a beetle.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Binton.
The exceptionally fine grained nature of the Binton ...
Belemnites
Belemnites.
Lower Jurassic: Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Fenny Compton railway cutting.
These are an internal bone-like structure, composed of the mineral calcite, of a squid-like animal termed ...
Bivalve shell, Antiquilima antiquata
Bivalve shell, Antiquilima antiquata.
Lower Jurassic: Blue Lias Formation,
Harbury.
Bivalve shell, Gryphaea - body
Gryphaea. Lower Jurassic: ?Charmouth Mudstone,
Stretton on Fosse. This shows the left valve which would have housed the oyster. The right valve formed a lid. These common fossils are widely known as ...
Bivalve shell, Gryphaea - lid
Gryphaea. Lower Jurassic: ?Charmouth Mudstone Formation,
Stretton on Fosse.This shows both valves, including the flattened, lid-like right valve. These common fossils are widely known as 'Devil's Toe-nails'.
Donated ...
Bivalve shell, Plagiostoma giganteum
Bivalve shell, Plagiostoma giganteum.
Lower Jurassic: Blue Lias Formation,
Harbury.
Board Game - 'Wheeling'
This board game dates from the end of the 19th century, when cycling was very popular both with men and women.
It is called 'Wheeling - a new and exciting game for cyclists.' The small box, containing ...
Brachiopod shells, Rhynchonella variabilis
Brachiopod shells, Rhynchonella variabilis.
Lower Jurassic: Blue Lias Formation, Rugby.
The Rev. Peter Bellinger Brodie collection - donated to the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological ...