Fishmonger's sign
This hanging fishmonger's sign in the form of a leaping fish, painted in pink, grey and green, is carved from pine. A carved wooden fish was a traditional sign which could be bought 'off the peg'. This ...
Flax breaker
This is a beech-wood red-painted flax breaker of typical form. It rests on tapering solid end-supports with stretchers. It is British. Height 565mm, Length 976mm, Width 161mm
Footbath
This is a 'Japanned' metal oval footpath, with twin gilt bands around the body. It has scroll handles on its sides. It is British and is dated around 1850. Height 235mm, Length 477mm, Width 325mm
Four-legged stool
This West Country stool has a square seat and four plain legs. It is made of elm and pine. It dates from the 19th century.
Height 268mm, Length 262mm, Depth 262mm
Four-legged stool
This rectangular stool is made of ash, and has four ring-turned splayed legs. It comes from England's West Country, and is dated from the 19th century. Height 348mm, Length 390mm, Depth 282mm
Frogs
This is a watercolour, pen and ink on paper picture of two frogs sitting either side of a stream in a wood. It was painted by James Lloyd in 1960 and is inscribed 'J. Lloyd'. Lloyd began painting because ...
Garner's (The Marine Library), High Street, Margate
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Garner's The Marine Library, High Street, Margate, Kent. This view of Margate's High Street was very popular during the 19th century, and artists often worked ...
Girl with Cherries
This is an oil painting on canvas of a young girl holding a bunch of cherries and a sprig of red flowers. Cherries are tradtionally held in the hand of the infant Christ and religous overtones like this ...
Golden fleece sign
This sign, a large ram suspended in a sling, is made of repoussé [beaten from the reverse] copper and gilt. It may have been used as an inn sign, or possibly a woollen draper's shop. The fleece sign is ...
Grater sign
This large metal grater has holes punched through from front to back and a wooden frame at the back. It may have been made as a trade sign. It comes from Northern Europe. Height 926 mm, Width 565 mm, ...
Great Northern Railway
This is an oil painting on canvas dated 1881 depicting a Great Northern Railway (GNR) locomotive within a simplistic landscape. The locomotive is seen side-on and is a 4-2-2 Express Passenger locomotive ...
Great Northern Railway - detail
This is an oil painting on canvas dated 1881 depicting a Great Northern Railway (GNR) locomotive within a simplistic landscape. The locomotive is seen side-on and is a 4-2-2 Express Passenger locomotive ...
Green-painted Windsor armchair
This armchair is made of ash. It has in-curved front arm-supports nailed to ring-turned uprights, on ring-turned legs joined by stretchers. There are seven sticks at the back. The old dark green paint ...
Grocer's / tea merchant's sign
This giant teapot, inscribed in English and Chinese, is made of painted and gilded papier mache. It was moulded in one piece, and has a non-removable lid. The teapot would have been the sign for either ...
Gunsmith's sign
This gunsmith's sign, shaped as a double-barrelled rifle, is made of tole peintre [wood and metal] and has traces of its original coloured paint (polychrome). It is French. Height 525mm, Length 2910mm, ...
H.M.S. Serapis
This wool picture on cloth depicts H.M.S. Serapis, a wooden ship which was converted to steam in the early part of the 18th century. This type of woolwork picture stitched on ship's canvas was an almost ...
H.M.S. Serapis - detail of boats
This wool picture on cloth depicts H.M.S. Serapis, a wooden ship which was converted to steam in the early part of the 18th century. This type of woolwork picture stitched on ship's canvas was an almost ...
H.M.S. Serapis - detail of flags
This wool picture on cloth depicts H.M.S. Serapis, a wooden ship which was converted to steam in the early part of the 18th century. This type of woolwork picture stitched on ship's canvas was an almost ...