Hunting Knife
This German hunting knife has a long pointed metal blade and a wooden handle. The black wooden handle is raised and ridged on one side and flat on the other. The knife probably had a sheath, but it is ...
Ice Skate
A Victorian ice skate with a wooden base and attached metal blade. There are leather straps across the toes and wrapped around the ankle with a screw at the heel.
Ice Skate
An ice skate or fen runner. It is a wooden shoe-shaped plate with leather straps for fixing it to a shoe. There is a screw at the heel with a metal blade along the base curving upwards beyond the toe.
Ice Skate
An ice skate or fen runner. It is a wooden shoe-shaped plate with leather straps for fixing it to a shoe. There is a screw at the heel with a metal blade along the base curving upwards beyond the toe.
Knife
This Arab knife and sheath is from Sudan. It has a bone handle with a curving metal blade. The sheath is decorated with black, white, silver and gold beads, and cowrie shells. There are many possible ...
Kukri
This Gurkha's knife with sheath is known as a kukri. The knife has a curving metal blade and a carved wooden handle. There is an engraved decoration along the blunt edge of the knife, and an embossed ...
Kukri
This Gurkha's knife with sheath is known as a kukri. The knife has a curving metal blade and a wooden handle. It has engraved decoration along the blunt edge and on a metal plate at the end of the handle. ...
Leamington Spa Spelling Medal - Box
This is a small square red leather covered box with a burgundy velvet and cream satin lining.The box would normally contain the St Luke's medal for spelling, c.1890.
Leamington Spa Spelling Medal - Box
This is a small square red leather covered box with a burgundy velvet and cream satin lining. The box would normally contain the St Luke's medal for spelling, c.1890.
Leather
A piece of dark brown leather embossed with a lizard skin pattern. It was used to make bags and shoes at Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In ...
Leather Sample Book
Zoecalf leather sampler card from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It is made of a folded piece of card that opens to reveal small square samples of different coloured leather. Southorn was establised ...
Leather Sample Book
Glowcalf leather sampler card from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It is made of a folded piece of card that opens to reveal small square samples of different coloured leather. Southorn was establised ...
Leather Sample Book
A leather sample book from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It contains different coloured samples of leather. The book is fastened together by a piece of string threaded through one corner. Printed ...
Lizard Skin
A piece of lizard skin used to make bags and shoes at Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It is light brown in colour. Southorn was establised in 1825 by William Southorn. In 1847 the company moved ...
Lizard Skin
A piece of lizard skin used to make bags and shoes at Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. It is dark brown in colour. Written on the reverse is: "mink lizigator approx 10 pls? shoes 2 bags". Southorn ...
Locket
An oval gold-rimmed locket fitted with two oval pieces of glass with a lock of dark hair in between.
Medical Scroll
An Armenian medical scroll. It is made from a rolled up piece of leather or hide and an inscription is written in ink on the inside.
Moccasin
One of a pair of mocassins, worn by the Hudson Bay Indians, c.1840. It is made from beige suede with a soft sole and upper. There is a black oval panel on the top of the foot and purple cord edging.