Hand Drill
This hand drill is made of wood. It has a brass mounting at one end for fitting a drill bit.
Harpoon
This is a decorative harpoon. It is made of a wooden stick with a metal harpoon tip at one end. The stick is decorated with strips of pink, green, yellow and red tissue paper.
Harpoon
A carved wooden spear or harpoon. It is made from a long stick which is painted black. One end is carved and there are two barbs on one side.
Hat Block for a cap - side view
This wooden hat block was used to shape felt caps during the manufacturing process. Different shaped blocks would be used for different styles of hat. They were sometimes made in several different pieces ...
Hat Stretcher
The hat stretcher is a small wooden item comprised of two pieces of wood. One piece screws into the other. These two pieces of wood are short horizontal lengths with curved semi-circular ends at right ...
Hat Stretcher
The hat stretcher is a small wooden item comprised of two pieces of wood. One piece screws into the other. These two pieces of wood are short horizontal lengths with curved semi-circular ends at right ...
Hat Stretcher
Hat stretcher used at Hall & Son tailors, Leamington Spa. It has a wooden oval frame with metal inserts that expand. A turned wooden column in centre is threaded at either end to wind the frame open and ...
Hatter's Measure
An early Victorian wooden hatter's measure or hat stretcher. The two uprights are attached by a screw and two pegs. An additional pole fits through a hole in the clamp.
Hatter's Measure
An early Victorian wooden hatter's measure or hat stretcher. The two uprights are attached by a screw and two pegs. An additional pole fits through a hole in the clamp.
Heel
Wooden heel covered in black leather from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In 1847 the company moved to The Parade, where it remained until ...
Horse Scraper
This scraper has a metal blade and a wooden handle. It was used to scrape mud off horses before using a curry comb.
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, ...
Hubble Bubble
This is a wooden stopper for a hubble-bubble pipe. A hubble-bubble pipe is also known as a water pipe, as the tobacco is drawn through water. The pipes were poplular in India. The piece of twisted wire ...
Hunting Knife
This German hunting knife with sheath has a long pointed metal blade and a wooden handle. The black wooden handle is raised and ridged on one side and flat on the other. The sheath is made from wood and ...
Hunting Knife
This German hunting knife has a long pointed metal blade and a wooden handle. The black wooden handle is raised and ridged on one side and flat on the other. The knife probably had a sheath, but it is ...
Ice Skate
A Victorian ice skate with a wooden base and attached metal blade. There are leather straps across the toes and wrapped around the ankle with a screw at the heel.
Ice Skate
An ice skate or fen runner. It is a wooden shoe-shaped plate with leather straps for fixing it to a shoe. There is a screw at the heel with a metal blade along the base curving upwards beyond the toe.
Ice Skate
An ice skate or fen runner. It is a wooden shoe-shaped plate with leather straps for fixing it to a shoe. There is a screw at the heel with a metal blade along the base curving upwards beyond the toe.