Swordstick
A dark wood walking stick with a concealed sword. It has an engraved brass collar with a bayonet catch to secure the blade. The handle is in the shape of an animal supported on a carved bone decorative ...
Table Knife
This knife has a curving metal blade and an octagonal wooden handle. The knife was originally a domestic table knife from Europe. At some stage it was adapted for another purpose. This probably took place ...
Tambourine
This is a Moorish tambourine from North Africa. It is made from wood, with a hide stretched across it. The sides are decorated with mother of pearl and ebony inlay. Sound is made when the five sets of ...
Tea Caddy
Mahogany tea caddy, with hinged lid and brass key plate, escutcheon.Tea was expensive, and was often kept in a decorative locked box, or 'caddy', by the lady of the household.
Early 19th century
254mm ...
Tea Caddy with lid open
Inside, the caddy is lined with red paper. It is a 'triple caddy', with three compartments - two for storing tea (green and black), with a glass bowl in the middle for mixing them. Ladies often mixed, ...
Tea pot stand
This oak teapot stand, with brass feet belonged to George Eliot. It is unknown who carved this piece. It may have been George Eliot’s friend Elma Stuart, or George Eliot herself.
George Eliot (born ...
Text
An unidentified Buddhist text, from Sri Lanka. It was incised onto a palm leaf and rubbed with lamp black, so that the blackened characters remain when the excess is removed. The book is made of two long ...
The River
A small wooden 'tray'-shaped frame containing a reproduction of a painting of a river scene. There is a bridge over the river and a couple are walking along a path on the right. The picture is printed ...
Three-legged dog toasting fork - side
This is a downhearth polychrome carved wooden dog toaster, on three legs with iron feet. The dog's muzzle is fitted with a twin-tined prong. The toasting fork is English, from the later 18th or early ...
Throwing Club
This is a Fijian throwing club, made of wood. It has a carved head with an almost petal-like appearance. The handle has decorative carved lines at the end.
Tip-Cat (detail)
The tip-cat is made of polished wood and has a handwritten inscription in ink :
'This was Joseph Yeats' tip cat when he was a boy about 8 years old 1768. Wm. Yeats his son owned it... being stolen by ...
Toe-Peg Sandal
One of a pair of wooden toe peg sandals from China. The sandal has a wooden sole with raised platforms beneath the heel and toes, and a large wooden knob.
Toe-Peg Sandal
One of a pair of wooden toe peg sandals from China. The sandal has a wooden sole with raised platforms beneath the heel and toes, and a large wooden knob.
Tomahawk
An Australian Aborigine stone axe. It consists of a length of wood bent over an axe head of polished stone. String holds the axe head and handle together.
Tomahawk
This axe was used by the New South Wales aborigines. It has a long black handle, with a rectangular metal blade. The blade has incised decoration.
Tonic Cup
This tonic cup is made from cascarilla wood, which is supposed to impart tonic properties to the water poured into it. The cup was made by S. Maw of London, c. 1870.
Tool
A tool from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It has a metal head and a wooden handle. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In 1847 the company moved to The Parade, where it remained ...
Tool
Wooden tool from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It is made from a piece of curved wood with a metal plate attached at one end. The It was used for applying glue and smoothing the leather inside ...