Headband
This is a headband from a Xhosa speaking tribe in South Africa. It is made from green and red glass beads, cotton and leather. Within South African culture beadwork ornaments were made by the women, and ...
Hock Glass
Drinking glass from Stourbridge, c.1963. A crystal hock glass with a tall straight-sided bowl over a mercurial air twist stem.
Hock Glass
Plain glass, made in Brierley Hill, with a pinch shoulder, slender round stem, c.1963.
Hour Glass
An hour glass containing sand, 1700-1799. It has five wooden supports joining the base and top and surrounding the glass. It dates from the eighteenth century and is from an old house in Hill Street, ...
Iced Tea Glass
Crystal iced tea glass, made in Stourbridge, with a tall, straight-sided bowl. The glass has a mercurial air twist stem, c.1963.
Inkwell
A cobbler's round squat colourless glass inkwell with a metal lid in the centre of the top, c. 1875-1956.
Kiwi Ideal Liquid Cleaner
A Kiwi Ideal Liquid Cleaner box containing a bottle of Kiwi Liquid Cleaner and instructions. The box is made of card printed in green, orange and brown. The price "2/6" has been inscribed on the box. ...
Lager Glass
Tall, straight-sided glass, made in Stourbridge, with engraved shallow cut rose buds, stems and leaves, c.1963.
Lightbulb
A large colourless lightbulb, with a red and white printed cardboard cover marked 'Atlas'.
Lighthouse Lens
Blue glass lens from a lighthouse made at Spon Lane, Birmingham.
Long Bead Necklace
A necklace of amber, glass and paste beads. Some of the paste beads are decorated with a stylised eye pattern.
6th Century A.D.
450mm drop
1922/23 excavations (Grave 35)
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Magnesia Bottle
This glass bottle was made by Kinmonds & Co. of Leamington Spa, in about 1870. The bottle has a moulded inscription on the front, it reads: '22 / 6 / Rd / 5 / G / No. 289.493'.
Marble
Nailsea glass marble made of colourless glass with a multi-coloured twist.
Marble
Nailsea glass marble made of colourless glass with a multi-coloured twist.
Marble
Nailsea glass marble made of colourless glass with multi-coloured twist.
Marbles
This bag contains glass and pottery marbles from the 19th and 20th centuries.