Social History (TD5009)

Military button.

Social History (TB3373)

Souvenir of World War One. Blue card marked "Christmas Prescription - Health - Happiness", "R.R E.H.C H.M, a.a 1918" attached to a stick (walking stick) with red ribbon bow and brass safety pin.

Social History (TD2594)

Baby doll - Armand Marseille, Germany. c.1920. Composition doll. Moulded. Short hair. Opening/closing eyes (Stuck at half-closed). Hand knitted vest and knickers. Long, white cotten petticoat gathered into waist. Bottom edged with broderie anglaise frill. Dress long white cotton. Main part formed from white open-work cotten with the columns running vertically with a front central insetion of white open-work tape,bordered on each side with a similar tape frill. There is a wider but similar pattern frill running along the bottom. All gathered into waist band. Bodice of same materials. Knitted jacket-cream wool, fastened with 2 bows of white satin ribbon.

Social History (TB585)

Ice skate.

Social History (TB796)

Pair of ice skates.

Social History (TB4071)

Cream silk handkerchief with printed design of two cartoon babies, holding Union Jacks, dancing or trampling on WWI German Army helmet. WWI.

Social History ( TA6033)

Miniature doll - Doctor of Music, Oxford. Red,gold and black gown. Positioned on a stand made up of 6 pieces of tweed/felt fabric.

Social History (TD3377)

Stoneware jar with handle and cork stopper. Labelled "PICKUP & CO. BRISTOL", "To Buy, Sell or make use of this bottle is illegal. 1936."

Social History (T9109)

Rectangular musical box. Inlaid mahogany. In working order. (Said to play 8 tunes.)

Social History (T9321)

Spice box

Social History (Ta928)

Cage crinoline, 1860's -innovations in the late 1850's lead to the cage crinoline and freedom from layers and layers of skirts. Garments such as this would have bought through a shop or sent away for.

Social History (TA1226)

Straw hat with fruit and ribbons.

Social History (TA6057)

Doll - wearing Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) national dress. Jointed. Wearing blue trousers, blue/green jacket and a straw hat. Black hair plaited in single pony tail.

Social History (TC1800)

Sepia real photo postcard, titled "Muller's No. 5 Orphanage, Ashley Down, Bristol" at bottom left corner of image, in white. An exterior view of the orphanage building, with grounds that appear to be in the process of being landscaped (bare earth instead of grass). Slight vignette effect to edges of image. Broad white borders. Postally unused.

Social History (TB3714)

Pounce pot

Social History (TB2050)

Black and white real photo postcard, titled "The old Wesley Chapel, Bristol" along bottom edge at centre, in white lettering. View shows the entranceway to the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world (opened 1739), (at the time this photograph was taken, it had become the "Welsh Chapel"). Bee Series. Postally unused.

Social History (TB2116)

Oval portrait of George Muller, founder of Ashley Down Orphanage, Bristol (born 1805, died 1898). Pale pink background. "Postcard" size, but with a completely plain reverse.

Social History (TD3341)

School group photograph depicting pupils and staff at The Red Maids School, Westbury-on-Trym. Janet Arnold is pictured sixth from the left, second row down from top. The woman in the middle with no gown but with a hat is thought to be Mrs J A Arrowsmith-Brown (who was on the board of governors).

Social History (TB1865)

Cream coloured card, with semi-arch of raised violets and other flowers, some of which have been covered in silk.

Social History (TC3492)

Circular, made with cream coloured card, covered with gold and white diagonally striped paper. Box held together with staples. Box base has plain card underside rather than the cream of the interior. White twisted cord handle. Lid is constructed of cream card with gold/white striped sides. Topside of lid has white background with design of a rose with the wording "Brights of Bristol".

Social History (TC3361/1)

Academic gown of black silk. It has a very small self lined yoke, concavely curved at the back. Dropping from this the back panel and sleeve heads are very finely finger pleated. The sleeves are extra long. they are of two piece construction and have bound openings at approximately underarm level. The gown has straight revers falling to the hem which are stitched back at the top. Excepting the yoke the robe is unlined. The sleeve seams are bound with wool tape and there is a loose band of folded silk tape running across the inside back yoke. Stitched upside down onto the back yoke is a machine embroidered makers label in black and yellow.

Social History (TD3327/2)

Red gingham cotton dress with short sleeves and three white buttons. Belt of self material.

Social History (TD3327/3)

Red cotton dress with short sleeves and belt of self material with white buckle.

Social History (TD3327/4)

Dark navy or black wool felt beret with shield shaped badge.

Social History (TD3327/6)

White cotton blouse with long sleeves and square neck.

Social History (TD3327/7)

White cotton collar.

Social History (TD3327/8)

White cotton collar.

Social History (TC2287)

Cast iron, adjustable height; 'Art Nouveau' style decoration; originally painted black.

Social History (TD3327/1)

Red woollen tunic.

Social History (TD4879)

Painted school motto (Redland Collegiate School) in a black frame. 'YE ARE THAT YE MAY'. Flower design.

Social History (TD2009)

Cylindrical tin used to contain dried milk. Printed on the outisde in gold and blue.

Social History (Tb1898)

Greeting card with the greeting; 'A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND MANY RETURNS OF THE SEASON.' Features a lady's head and shoulders. She is dressed in a bonnet decorated with flowers and ribbons. Red top with a white collar.

Social History (TC3405)

Gas attack poster. "How to put on your gas mask".

Social History (TA3120)

Black and white real photo postcard, titled "Park St., Bristol" at bottom left corner, in white lettering. View shows Park Street, from the bottom of the hill, looking towards the top. Shop fronts are visible, many with awnings on the right hand side. One awning has "H.A. Blake & Co., hosiers" printed on it. Numerous carriages can be seen; at far right the driver wears a top hat. White borders. Series no. 10 appears at bottom right corner. Postally unused.

Social History (TA3396)

Painted paper folding fan. Paper leaf (reverse leaf of chicken skin) with painted and gilded decoration; sticks and guards carved, pierced and gilded. Obverse painted in gouache with pastoral landscape and figures in peasant and shepherdess costumes accompanied by lambs. Each end painted and gilded finely with scrolls, flowers, urns and birds. Reverse painted at centre with two girls in costume as shepherdess. Guards and sticks pierce and gilded finely with quatrefoils, trophies of armour and flowers. Pivot of mother of pearl and metal.

Social History (TA3399)

Painted découpé (punched lace effect pattern) leaf fan with ivory sticks. Oriental style fan. 2 women are shown in a garden design with birds and trees on the front. The back is fairly plain, with some flowers painted in the centre. Very unusual.

Social History (TA3406)

Fan. Ivory guard and sticks. Different painted scenes on either side with painted, carved and gilded decoration to the ivory sticks to the obverse and plain to the reverse. Painted leaf pastoral scene showing 5 figures. Seated woman by a lake on the reverse.

Social History (TA3405)

French, painet folding fan. Paper leaf painted in gouache and gold. Obverse with a large cartouche of two classical figures in pastoral landscape with goat and sheep, all within a grey border with painted and gilded flowers and scrolls. Reverse of leaf painted with cream geso bearing the signature "Alsop Girousc a Paris". Sticks and guards of mother of pearl, carved, pierced painted and gilded. Sticks finely decorated with rococo scrolls and painted with flowers . Central cartouche of a female between two children in 18th C costumes, all backed with thinner mother of pearl. Two sticks refaced at lower end. Guard pierced and gilded with scrolls. Pivot of mother of pearl and metal.

Social History (TA3404)

Painted paper leaf with ivory sticks and piqué of mother of pearl. Painted leaf front and plain on the back. European fan, design depicts “Rape of the Sabines” in gouache.

Social History (T3130)

Valentines card. Rose design on the front, message and flower design inside. 'TRUE/ LOVE/ LOVE IS BEAMING/ IN THINE EYES/ LET THY PROMISES/ BE TRUE/ FAITHFUL HEARTS/ ALONE AND WISE/ SO I SEND MY/ LOVE TO YOU'.