Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Tray
This pen tray was used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son of Bath Street, Leamington Spa. The tray is carved from a piece of wood from York Minster. A plaque of metal from York Minster bears the inscription, ...
Pencil
A pencil advertising the shoe retailer W.G. Pugh & Sons of Bath Street, Leamington Spa. It dates to c.1915-1950.
Pliers
A pair of metal lasting pliers from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. There is a "2" stamped on one side and evidence of wording stamped on both sides. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - binding view
A notable binding contemporary with Shakespeare.
A royal coat-of-arms was stamped in gold on this volume in the seventeenth century. The same gilded ownership coat-of-arms adorns the back as the front ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - binding, front board
The front board of a Shakespearian sourcebook.
The original owner of this book probably purchased it from the printer, a friend of William Shakespeare, Richard Field, or from his publisher Thomas Wight. ...
Press
Metal press with a wooden handle. It was used to put in eyelets at Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In 1847 the company moved to The Parade, ...
Punch
Metal punch from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It was made by Penton & Son. It was possibly used to remove eyelets. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In 1847 the company moved ...
Punch
A large metal punch used at 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 1980, when it ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587 - binding back board detail
The craft of the bookbinder in Shakespeare’s time.
Ornamental tools, which had a metal rolling piece were heated over hot charcoal, and then used to decorate the leather ‘blindly’ ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587 - binding view
Books for Shakespeare’s library use.
Large folio volumes such as this were frequently kept in college libraries, or libraries in great houses, often chained to the reading desks. Although the ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587 - binding, front board.
An ornamented binding on a large ‘folio’ volume of Shakespeare's time.
This copy of the enlarged edition of Holinshed's Chronicles has its original leather binding which covers heavy wooden ...
Rasp
Double ended metal rasp used as Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa to smooth the leather inside boots or shoes. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In 1847 the company moved to The ...