Axe
Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a double curve shape with an ornate pointed and engraved brass finial at the top. There is a brass cap at the base with metal ...
Axe
Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a double curve shape and is missing the brass finial at the top.There is a brass cap at the base with metal wire wound around ...
Axe
Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a four-pronged blade with an ornate pointed and engraved brass finial at the top. There is a brass cap at the base with metal ...
Axe
Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a four-pronged blade and is missing the brass finial from the top. There is a brass cap at the base with metal wire wound ...
Axe
Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a two-pronged blade with two lateral spikes and is missing the brass finial from the top. There is a brass cap at the base ...
Axe
Iron axe, from Central India, with a long wooden pole handle. The axe-head has a two-pronged blade with two lateral spikes, and is missing the brass finial from the top. There is a brass cap at the base ...
Axe
This is a pipe tomahawk from the Praire and Eastern Woodlands of North America. It is made from an 'English type' metal blade, attached to a long wooden handle. The blade is attached to the shaft of the ...
Backscratcher
This backscratcher is made from a long thin wooden stick with a small ivory human hand at one end. This was a popular design in the 1770s. During this period the fashion for large powdered wigs and the ...
Backscratcher
This backscratcher is made from a long thin wooden stick with a small ivory human hand at one end. This was a popular design in the 1770s. During this period the fashion for large powdered wigs and the ...
Balafon
Balafon from Sierra Leone, probably 1890s. The balafon is a percussion instrument which originated in the Mali empire in the 12th century and is now found across West Africa. A wooden frame supports 14 ...
Ballot Box
A large rectangular wooden ballot box with two drawers at the front and two large funnels on top, one of which is painted black and the other yellow-green.
Bass Recorder, late 17th/early 18th century
This is a bass recorder - a large instrument made of maple, and stained dark brown. The crook, 'fish-tail' key, and mount are of brass. It was probably made by Thomas Stanesby (senior).
late 17th/early ...
Bath Clog
Chinese bath clog on two 'stilts' It is made of wood with a leather strap over the instep and a triangular mother of pearl pattern set in wood on the sole and outsides of both stilts. There is only one ...
Battledore
This Battledore is Victorian and is decorated with a pierced heart shape near the head. Battledore was a popular game among the upper classes in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The game involved two players ...
Bayonet - Model 1874 Epee Bayonet
A slim, long bladed bayonet with a flat top which tapers near to the tip. Engraved onto the blade is Mre. d'armes de St.Etienne 1877. The bayonet has a wooden handle with a brass trim at the end and a ...
Bayonet - Turkish Sword Bayonet
A double-sided long bayonet with a narrow blade which widens towards the tip. There is a groove along the centre of the flat edges. The metal guard curves on one side to a large quillon. The bayonet has ...
Bell
Town Crier's bell from Leamington Spa. It is a large brass bell with a turned dark wooden handle. Inside is a brass clapper on an iron rod.
Block
Small, square, Japanese wooden block, which is painted black with speckled gold decoration. The sides of the block have gilded stars.