Wax Head Doll
This doll's head and limbs have been made by the poured wax method. A hot wax mixture was poured into a plaster mould and left to set. When solid, the head was removed from the mould and finished off ...
Wax Head Doll
This doll was made by the Pierotti workshop. Originally from Italy, the Pierotti family set up a wax-modelling business in England in the early 19th century. They made doll's heads and limbs by pouring ...
Wax Head Doll
This doll has a wax-over-composition head. The head was made from composition - a paper or wood pulp mixture, and then coated with a thin layer of wax.It has a fabric body and legs, with pink leather ...
Wax Head Dolls
These twin dolls have wax-over-composition heads. The composition head was made from a paper or wood pulp mixture, and then dipped in wax. These dolls have real hair, inserted into holes in their heads. ...
Wedding Dress
This wedding dress was worn at a ceremony in Ecclesfield, South Yorkshire, in around 1890. It is made of cream silk with an embroidered lace overlay. The sleeves and collar are encrusted with beads and ...
Wedding Slipper
A cream satin wedding slipper, with a medium sized heel. There is a rosette style ruff with a rectangular gold buckle at the front. This slipper was worn by the donor's mother at her wedding c.1874 and ...
Wedding Slipper
A cream satin wedding slipper, with a medium sized heel. There is a rosette style ruff with a rectangular gold buckle at the front. This slipper was worn by the donor's mother at her wedding c.1874 and ...
White Villas
This is an oil painting on board depicting a simple scene of a row of white houses. There are figures in the street in the foreground, including a couple walking, a small dog and a pony and trap. It was ...
Windsor Castle
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a distant view of Windsor Castle. It is signed 'Norton' (or perhaps 'Morton') at the bottom left, and was painted between 1800 and 1900.
It may have been painted ...
Winklepicker Shoe
A 'winklepicker' style shoe with wooden shoe last from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. The shoe is made from red and black coloured leather and has a buckle that is now detached. The buckle is ...
Winklepicker Shoe
A 'winklepicker' style shoe from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. The shoe is made from red and black coloured leather. The heel and sole are missing. The shoe is a copy of an Elizabethan man's ...
Wooden Doll
Dolls like this are often called 'Dutch Dolls' or 'Peg Woodens'. They were cheap to make and buy, and were simple in design. They were turned on a lathe and then carved and painted, with peg joints at ...
Wooden Dolls
This group of little 'Peg Wooden' dolls are made of wood, with painted features and peg joints.
They were probably made in Germany or Austria, from where they were exported to other countries.
They ...
Yorkshire Square
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a scene in a square in Yorkshire. It is signed and dated 'T. Wainwright 1892'.
This was thought this might be Castleton near the Lancashire border.
Framed ...