Carved wooden panel
This panel would have been used as a support for when writing on one's knee, and belonged to George Eliot. The author's friend Elma Stuart, who gave it to George Eliot in 1878, may have carved it.
George ...
Carving of a Thrush
A carving in limewood of a thrush. The base is carved with a cabbage rose. The carving is on a red plush covered plinth, with a glass dome.
Carving Sample
This is a sample of carving from Norway. The rectangular piece of wood has an ornately carved panel along the centre featuring foliage.
Case for a Silver Trowel Presented to Alderman Wackrill
This is the presentation box for a commemorative trowel that was presented to Alderman Wackrill upon laying the first stone of the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Leamington Spa, on 7 November 1887. ...
Ceremonial Paddle
This is one of two paddles from the Jekri of the Niger Delta (now part of Nigeria). Although it resembles a canoe paddle, it is too weak and decorative to have been used for this purpose. Instead it would ...
Ceremonial Paddle
This is one of two paddles from the Jekri of the Niger Delta (now part of Nigeria). Although it resembles a canoe paddle, it is too weak and decorative to have been used for this purpose. Instead it would ...
Ceremonial Stilts
One of a pair of ceremonial stilts depicting a face, from the Marquesa Islands in Polynesia, made in the early or mid 19th century, 1800-1850. It has been carved from a dark wood into a long, tapering ...
Ceremonial Stilts
One of a pair of ceremonial stilts depicting a face, from the Marquesa Islands in Polynesia, made in the early or mid 19th century, 1800-1850. It has been carved from a dark wood into a long, tapering ...
Chair, early 19th century
Child's wooden Windsor chair. Windsor chairs were usually made of several different woods - beech for the 'turned' parts, like the legs; elm for the seat; ash for the bowed back. Buckinghamshire was the ...
Cheese Vat
A circular wooden cheese vat, with high sides, and bird and foliage decoration carved into the inside base. There are ten holes pierced through the base for drainage.
Chegga
This dagger is from East Africa. It has a metal blade and a plain wooden handle. The ink inscription on the handle reads "Chegga - E. Africa Meta Harvey".
Chest
A carved oak sword chest which dates to the early 17th century, 1600-1625.
Chest Panel
The panel from an Elizabethan chest (1558-1603). It is a long rectangular wooden panel, with carved flowers at the sides and a central stylised floral pattern.
Childs Chair
This is a child's chair that is thought to have come from one of the schools the author George Eliot attended - The Elms in Vicarage Street. Nuneaton.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local ...
Child's Wheelbarrow
This is a child's painted wheelbarrow which has a red background with cream lozenge shapes on the sides and a heart shape on the front.
The stanctions (legs), base and wheel are later replacements, ...
Choka Axe
An African axe called a Choka, made from a long wooden handle with a hole for the iron axe head, which has a flange shaped blade.
Choka Axe
An African axe, called a Choka, with a flange iron axe head which is shafted onto a long wooden handle.
Chopstick
A turned and carved ebony chopstick. It is a tapering piece of wood, with bands and twisted decoration.