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Axe

Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a double curve shape with an ornate pointed and engraved brass finial at the top. There is a brass cap at the base with metal ...

Axe

Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a double curve shape and is missing the brass finial at the top.There is a brass cap at the base with metal wire wound around ...

Axe

Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a four-pronged blade with an ornate pointed and engraved brass finial at the top. There is a brass cap at the base with metal ...

Axe

Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a four-pronged blade and is missing the brass finial from the top. There is a brass cap at the base with metal wire wound ...

Axe

Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a two-pronged blade with two lateral spikes and is missing the brass finial from the top. There is a brass cap at the base ...

Axe

Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a two-pronged blade with two lateral spikes, and is missing the brass finial from the top. There is a brass cap at the base ...

Axe

This is a pipe tomahawk from the Praire and Eastern Woodlands of North America. It is made from an 'English type' metal blade, attached to a long wooden handle. The blade is attached to the shaft of the ...

Backscratcher

This backscratcher is made from a long thin wooden stick with a small ivory human hand at one end. This was a popular design in the 1770s. During this period the fashion for large powdered wigs and the ...

Backscratcher

This backscratcher is made from a long thin wooden stick with a small ivory human hand at one end. This was a popular design in the 1770s. During this period the fashion for large powdered wigs and the ...

Ballot Box

A large rectangular wooden ballot box with two drawers at the front and two large funnels on top, one of which is painted black and the other yellow-green.

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 ...

Bath Clog

Chinese bath clog on two 'stilts' It is made of wood with a leather strap over the instep and a triangular mother of pearl pattern set in wood on the sole and outsides of both stilts. There is only one ...

Battledore

This Battledore is Victorian and is decorated with a pierced heart shape near the head. Battledore was a popular game among the upper classes in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The game involved two players ...

Bayonet - Model 1874 Epee Bayonet

A slim, long bladed bayonet with a flat top which tapers near to the tip. Engraved onto the blade is Mre. d'armes de St.Etienne 1877. The bayonet has a wooden handle with a brass trim at the end and a ...

Bayonet - Turkish Sword Bayonet

A double-sided long bayonet with a narrow blade which widens towards the tip. There is a groove along the centre of the flat edges. The metal guard curves on one side to a large quillon. The bayonet has ...

Bell

Town Crier's bell from Leamington Spa. It is a large brass bell with a turned dark wooden handle. Inside is a brass clapper on an iron rod.

Block

Small, square, Japanese wooden block, which is painted black with speckled gold decoration. The sides of the block have gilded stars.

Boar's head - 3/4 view

This is a large Victorian wall plaque, made of pine and shaped as a boar's head mask. The boar's head comes out of a cartouche-shaped back plate, and has a detachable tongue and a metal tube (possibly ...