Thread Winder
A circular mother of pearl thread winder, with a scalloped edge. There are carved scenes of birds on one side and flowers on the other.
Thread Winder
A long, rectangular mother of pearl thread winder. There are carved scenes of flowers on both sides.
Thread Winder
A long, rectangular mother of pearl thread winder. It has carved scenes of birds on one side and flowers on other. The winder has scalloped edges.
Thread Winder
A rectangular mother of pearl thread winder. It has concave sides and one slot for thread.
Three Sober Preachers
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting three preachers seated at a table drinking, and was painted by an artist of the English School about 1860. Three inscriptions behind the preachers read, 'I, ...
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 ...
Tile
Tile
Dutch
c.1650
A mid-seventeenth century Dutch earthenware tile. The tile has blue and white painted decoration of an ostrich in a circle with Wan-Li corner motifs.
Tile
Tile
Dutch
c.1650
A mid-seventeenth century Dutch earthenware tile. The tile has blue and white painted decoration of a goat with fleur de lys corner motifs.
Tile
Tile
Dutch
c.1575-1625
A Dutch delft, tin-glazed earthenware, tile. It has a pale pink tinged glaze. There is a butterfly in the centre, with a purple trek outline. There is an overglaze enamel colouring ...
Tile
Tile
Dutch
c.1575-1625
A Dutch delft, tin-glazed earthenware, tile. It has a pale pink tinged glaze. There is a butterfly in the centre, with a purple trek outline. There is an overglaze enamel colouring ...
Tile
Tile
Dutch
c.1650
A Dutch delft, tin-glazed earthenware, tile. It has a blue underglaze decoration of two male figures. The tile has spider's head corner motifs.
Tinder Box
A round, straight-sided brass box with a lid. It contains flints, pieces of metal and tinder.
Tinder Box
A rectangular metal box with a hinged lid. It contains flint, sulphur matches and fabric to be used as tinder.
Toasting Glass
Drinking glass with a narrow funnel bowl, which is fluted full-length with prominent raised flutes. It has an opaque twist stem and a plain foot, c.1770.
Toothstick
This is a toothstick from Nigeria. It is made from a single piece of long and curving wood. One end of the toothstick is decorated with incised and blackened lines and shapes. Toothsticks were used in ...
Tray Cloth
This tray cloth belonged to the local author George Eliot. It is thought to have been embroidered by George Eliot and her school friends.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress ...
Tray. Fenton Vivien. Thomas Whieldon
Tray
Fenton Vivien
c.1750-1800
A Whieldon lead glazed earthenware, rectagonal tray, from Fenton. It has two handles (one reproduction) in black tortoiseshell veined in green, orange, blue-grey and ...
Trinket Box
A circular, slightly domed English porcelain trinket box. The box has a blue glaze and gilding and there are hand painted flowers on the lid.