Postcard
Postcard sent on 30 September 1916 from Jack. It has a silk mesh insert which is decorated with an embroidered inverted horseshoe with four flags behind it. "the Allies" is embroidered in red. This card ...
Postcard
Postcard with a silk mesh insert which is decorated with embroidered blue and yellow butterflies, and flowers in lilac, purple and pink. "MERRY XMAS" is embroidered below in lilac. The silk mesh insert ...
Postcard
Postcard sent from Jack to Ethel on 19 June 1916. It has a silk mesh insert which is decorated with embroidered canon in the centre in brown and yellow. There is a red and yellow crown above the cannon ...
Postcard
Postcard sent from Jack to Ethel on 29 June 1917. It has a silk mesh insert which is decorated with an embroidered image of a boy holding a barrow of orange flowers. The boy is wearing a pale blue shirt ...
Postcard
Postcard sent from Jack to Ethel on 21 June 1917. It has a silk mesh insert which is decorated with embroidered garlands of pink flowers with green leaves. "WITH ALL BEST WISHES OF A HAPPY BIRTHDAY" ...
Postcard
Postcard sent from Fred to Et. The card has an applied white and purple flower on a stem with a red and blue ribbon tied around it. It is printed in red with the words "Flowers from France!" and "Britain ...
Postcard
Greetings card sent from Fred to Et. It has a silk mesh insert which is embroidered with pink flowers and green leaves and stems. "AMITIE" is embroidered below the flowers. There is a pink ribbon at the ...
Postcard Album
Postcard album with a green and brown cover with "POST CARD ALBUM" printed to the left in burgundy. Inside the album has pages made of green card which are cut with slits to mount the postcards. The postcards ...
Pot Head Doll
This doll was made in Staffordshire during World War I (1914 - 1918).
Imported German dolls were not available during the war, and some English porcelain factories made doll heads to fill the gap left ...
Pubic Apron
This is a child's beaded pubic apron. It was made by the Zulu people of Natal in South Africa. It is made from glass beads, cotton and leather. Within South African culture beadwork ornaments were made ...
Pubic Apron
This is a beaded pubic apron. It was made by a Xhosa speaking tribe in South Africa. It is made from glass beads, cotton and leather. Within South African culture beadwork ornaments were made by the women, ...
Purse
This knitted purse is decorated with a tassle at the bottom and two tassles on drawstrings at the top.
Purse
This cream satin purse is decorated with flowers embroidered in sequins and beads.
Purse
A purse made of white felt with gold embroidery. It is diamond-shaped with two gold bobbles suspended from the bottom. There is a strap attached so that it can be suspended from a belt.
Purse
A Victorian purse, knitted in orange and blue. The purse is covered with silver beads with metallic decorations at the ends.
Purse
A knitted purse made from fine green wool with a silver beaded decoration and silver bells at the bottom. The initials 'K.O'are embroidered in beads on the front and the purse has a fine strap, c.1865-1870....
Purse
A knitted purse made from fine green wool with a silver beaded decoration and loops of silver beads at the bottom. The purse has a fine strap, c.1865-1870.
Rag Doll
For hundreds of years rag dolls were made at home, using old scraps of material and trimmings.
Factory-made rag dolls date from the mid 19th century.
This one has been printed onto cotton sheets ...