Bursting of the Napton and Warwick Canal
A newspaper cutting of a black and white print illustrating the bursting of the Napton and Warwick canal. A rowing boat is sinking in the foreground while crowds of people watch from the far bank.
Burton-on-Trent Gas Works Book
A paperback book with a black cover, which lists the jobs and the costs for Burton-on-Trent gas works. The book also includes details relating to Leamington Spa and Warwick in the back. The book itself ...
Busk Stay
This finely carved busk stay was made in the 18th Century. Busk stays, also known as broad busks, were worn at the front of a corset to give a smooth line to the bodice and encourage the wearer to stand ...
Butter Pot
A very early example of an earthenware butter pot from Finsbury. It is a narrow vessel almost straight from base to rim. The pot is of a red-brown colour with a yellow-green glaze on the rim and interior. ...
Calendar
A bakelite desk calendar made by Datax of London. This calendar may have been used used in the offices of Watsons Scientific Instruments. The top two knobs on the calendar change the date and the second ...
Calm Day, Mudeford
Arthur J. Cole
Calm Day, Mudeford
Watercolour on paper
290mm x 405mm
A view of the seafront in Mudeford, Dorset.
Candle Snuffer Tray
This papier mache snuffer tray was used to rest candle snuffers on and catch wax.
Candle Snuffers
Candle snuffers are scissor-like metal instruments that were used to cut the snuff. The snuff is the charred piece of wick that has not burnt down on a candle. The point of the candle snuffers could be ...
Candle Snuffers
This pair of candle snuffers was made in Sheffield. The two metal plates at the end of the snuffers come together to extinguish the flame.
Candlestick. Staffordshire
Candlestick
Staffordshire
c.1750-1800
One of a pair of candlesticks, by Greatbach, from Staffordshire. It has a green glaze (cabbage glaze), and a raised pattern of acanthus leaves. There are owl heads ...
Candlestick. Staffordshire
Candlestick
Staffordshire
c.1750-1800
One of a pair of candlesticks, by Greatbach, from Staffordshire. It has a green glaze (cabbage glaze), and a raised pattern of acanthus leaves. There are owl heads ...
Candlestick. Staffordshire. Wedgwood
Candlestick
Wedgewood, Staffordshire
c.1785
A Wedgewood pearlware candlestick, made in Staffordshire. It is white with dark blue onion decoration around the stand at the top. There are blue roses ...
Card Case
Card cases were used by fashionable women to carry visiting cards in the 19th Century. The cards were left at houses to announce the arrival of friends or acquaintances and formed part of the social etiquette ...
Cartoon For Window In Coventry Cathedral
John Piper (1903-1992) Cartoon For Window In Coventry Cathedral Watercolour on paper 1350mm x 650mm Purchased with the assistance of the Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund 1968 In 1958 Piper ...
Carts on the Sussex Downs
T.H. Chin Carts on the Sussex Downs Oil on canvas 490mm x 580mm Landscape view with a haycart to the left.
Carving Knife
The blade of this carving knife was made by Taylor Witness of Sheffield.
Cascade in Langstrath Valley, Borrowdale
Doctor John Haswell (1855-1925) Cascade in Langstrath Valley, Borrowdale Oil on canvas 901mm x 693mm View of a waterfall at Borrowdale, Cumbria.
Castle Rock, Lynmouth, Devon
Richard Gibbs Henry Toovey (1861-1927) Castle Rock, Lynmouth, Devon, February 1876 Watercolour on paper 176mm x 252mm The painting depicts a coastal view at Lynmouth in Devon.