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.
Hay Twister
A hay twister made from a Z-shaped iron rod with two rolling wooden handles. There is a hook on one end. This would have been used to twist straw for thatching and trussing hay.
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 ...
Instrument for Cleaning Muzzle-loading Muskets.
A Y-shaped instrument for cleaning muskets. It has a double-corkscrew on one end, that can be unscrewed, a bifurcated chisel on the second and on the third an alan key like tool. At the centre of the ...
Iron Brace
An iron brace from J. Clark and Sons. J. Clark and Sons were whitesmiths, locksmiths, and bell hangers. From 1880 to 1980 they lived and worked in a small workshop at 66.5 Clarendon Street, Leamington ...
Iron knife
This knife is unusual, because it has a long bone handle that extends halfway down the blade. This means that it feels a bit like a scalpel when it is held. Could this have been a special tool used by ...
Iron Pliers
This pair of iron pliers is from J.Clark and Sons. J. Clark and Sons were whitesmiths, locksmiths and bell hangers. From 1880 to 1980 they lived and worked in a small workshop at 66.5 Clarendon Street, ...
Knife
This Arab knife and sheath is from Sudan. It has a bone handle with a curving metal blade. The sheath is decorated with black, white, silver and gold beads, and cowrie shells. There are many possible ...
Knife
This is a wooden knife. It is decorated with scorched lines and shapes.
Kukri
This Gurkha's knife with sheath is known as a kukri. The knife has a curving metal blade and a wooden handle. It has engraved decoration along the blunt edge and on a metal plate at the end of the handle. ...
Kukri
This Gurkha's knife with sheath is known as a kukri. The knife has a curving metal blade and a carved wooden handle. There is an engraved decoration along the blunt edge of the knife, and an embossed ...
Mangle
This is a carved wooden mangle from Sweden. It was used to smooth out clothes. The clothes were wound on a roller and the mangle was smoothed across them, using the horse as a handle. In Sweden it was ...
Measure or Hand Vice from J. Clark and Sons
This is a measure from J. Clark and Sons. It was used for measuring internal or external dimensions and may also have been used as a hand vice for securing small items. J. Clark and Sons were whitesmiths, ...
Metal Bowl
The remains of a large bronze bowl. The metal bears marks of a woven textile and deposits of decayed leather.
6th Century A.D.
140mm x 230mm diameter
1922/23 excavations (Grave 21)
Paper Knife
This carved wooden paper knife is from Scandanavia. The handle has been carved in a leaf motif.
Pen Knife
A cruciform shaped metal penknife decorated with mother of pearl. The knife contains 241 blades, c.1835-1886.