Social History (TB1268)

Mother of pearl counter with floral/scalloped edge and pair of love bird patterning.

Social History (TB1435)

Wooden cylindrical case covered in brown paper and open at one end and side, containing spindle. Spindle/top rotates. Paper inside depicting in colour the coronation of George IV is tightly wrapped around spindle.

Social History (TB1442)

Panorama: Spooner's perspective view of the great exhibition or the interior of the crystal palace and great industrial exhibition of 1851. Box with ten pieces of card/layers of the scene held together by linen. View taken from near fountain and embraces the whole length of the foreign nouve or eastern end of the exhibition.

Social History (TB1463)

Two mother of pearl fish counters with doves in their bellies. Probably from a Pope Joan game

Social History (TB2279)

Tortoiseshell effect box with push button release. Inside lid covered in light green velvet. Bone Die.

Social History (TA1163)

Wax doll with stuffed body and limbs. Blue leather hands and forearms. Blue glass eyes, blonde wig. Dressed in pale pink dress with cape and bonnet. Blue knitted shoes. c.1855.

Social History (TB3265)

Small ornate empty box for miniature draught set. Label in green and red: 'Superior draught / Made in Bavaria'. Box originally pink but has been painted black.

Social History (TB3680)

Wooden dice cup with ingraving on base

Social History (TC306)

Ivory case with miniature roulette wheel and (no longer freely) 'spinning' needle set in lid. circular ivory counters marked with bulls eyes in black to represent numbers.

Social History (TC338)

Turned hollow wooden ball. Holes at both ends - one of which is twice the size of the other. Fine laurel/leaf patterning on side and scalloped band running around the centre. Possibly part of a toy.

Social History (TC408)

Elaborate ivory piece, probably from chess set

Social History (T8195)

Wax doll dressed in long baby clothes. Given to the donor in 1887. Outer garment is a white cashmere cloak and hood trimmed with swansdown.

Social History (TA3441)

Wax doll. c.1836. Stuffed torso and limbs. Green silk dress. Straw bonnet. White sleeves and underwear. Pink leather shoes, blueglass eyes. Black beads.

Social History (TA6400)

Red carnation made of red and green feathers. Three flowers and seven buds, bright green feather leaves in clusters. Flowers have long white feather stamens.

Social History (TA6417)

Wedding wreath of orange blossom, wax buds, white flowers of waxed cloth, green leaves of waxed cotton on cloth covered wire. Several loose pieces have come detached.

Social History (TB2992)

Three parts of dress trimmings with white wax berries, white, waxed, fabric buds and green fabric leaves.

Social History (TB864.1)

Grey coloured flowers made of fish scales and shells on silk and cotton covered wire vine.

Social History (TB864.3)

Grey coloured flowers made of fish scales and shells on silk and cotton covered wire vine.

Social History (TC294)

Collection of small bird feathers probably from budgerigars for trimming dresses or hats. 24 in total.

Social History (TB864.4)

Grey coloured flowers made of fish scales and shells on silk and cotton covered wire vine.

Social History (TB864.5)

Grey coloured flowers made of fish scales and shells on silk and cotton covered wire vine.

Social History (TB864.6)

Grey coloured flowers made of fish scales and shells on silk and cotton covered wire vine.

Social History (TB864.7)

Grey coloured flowers made of fish scales and shells on silk and cotton covered wire vine.

Social History (TD3237)

Soft rubber like plastic figure of Mickey Mouse with opposable body parts.

Social History (TD3238)

Soft rubber like plastic figure of Minnie Mouse.

Social History (T7438)

The Life of Jesus colour jigsaw puzzle in wooden box. Sliding lid. Paper backed, handcoloured, handcut, non interlocking puzzle pieces with interlocking border. Depicts twenty scenes of Jesus' life.

Social History (T5000)

An instructive game of cards: Geography of England. Original box with sliding lid. Fifty cards with plain backs showing information about fifty-two counties. Eleven possibly bone discs and one larger disc of the same material.

Social History (T7437)

Sallis's mahogany, hand cut, hand coloured lithograph, Alphabet of Animals wooden jigsaw puzzle with interlocking border and non-interlocking pieces. Depicts twenty-five pictures each with a capital and lower case letter and a picture of an animal (except 'Li' and 'Jj' are together): ass, bison, camel, dogs, elephant, fox, giraffe, horse, ibex and jackal, kangaroo, lion, musk ox, nil-ghau, ocelot, porcupine, quagga, rhinoceros, sheep, tiger, ursine baboon, vicuna, wolf, Xanthus sheep, york buffalos, zebra Box with sliding lid. Lid shows 'The dog of St Bernard' caring a child through the snow, to the monks of St Bernard. Embossed/ letterpress descriptive sheet covering each animal depicted. Index/Key picture on thick paper.

Social History (T7423)

Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man jigsaw puzzle. Wooden box decorated with figures of all ages and the iconic depiction of Shakespeare. The lid also has 'Narrated' and 'Perfect' written in either corner at its bottom. Wooden jigsaw depicts the seven ages of man and in its centre the verse of As You Like It: Act II, scene 7.

Social History (T7425)

Card game, The Yankee Trader or the Laughable Game of What D'ye Buy, by Dr Busby. Wooden box. Lid picture depicts man with mutton chops with a box of gifts, surrounded by children in hats and bonnets. Twelve picture cards with plain backs, depicting different trades: butcher baker, barber, bookseller, apothecary, hardware dealer, fisherman, musical instruments maker, tin plate worker, farmer, tailora and contains anearly depiction of 'black' person, as a barber. Seventy-two small cards listing items that relate to one of the trades in the picture cards. Instruction sheet and duplicate instructions sheet.

Social History (T7430)

Biblical themed hand cut and coloured, wooden, lithograph jigsaw puzzle. Thirty-three pieces. Plain back. Non interlocking pieces with interlocking border. Puzzle depicts Virtues: Obedience, Faith, Forgiveness of Injuries, Brotherly Love, Holiness, Confidence, in God, Uprightness, (missing piece) Meekness, Prayer, Zeal, Perseverance, Sharing the Affliction of The Pious. Cream booklet with a page on each of the Virtues depicted. paper reference/key picture. Sliding lid with cover that depicts Abraham, Moses, David, Noah, Joseph, Daniel, Samuel and God as an eye above them all.

Social History (T7441)

The Life of Joseph wooden, hand coloured lithograph, jigsaw puzzle with interlocking border and non-interlocking pieces. Religious themes puzzle depicts twelve scenes around life of the Biblical figure Joseph: 1 Joseph telling his dreams, 2 Jacob sendeth his Brethen, 3 Joseph sold, 4 Interpreteth the dreams of the butler and baker, 5 Pharaoh's dream, 6 Joseph before Pharaoh, 9 Jacob reluctantly with Benjamin, 10 Joseph maketh himself known, 11 Jacob before Pharaoh, 12 Egyptian buy corn, 13 Death of Joseph. Box with sliding lid. Key/index picture.

Social History (T9659)

Hornbook with painted black alphabet behind a horn panel, mounted on an oak frame and handle. Alphabet arranged left to right in six rows of four letters. Handle has hole for string.

Social History (T9660)

Hornbook with hand painted alphabet behind a horn panel, mounted with brass studded rim on a oak frame and handle. Handle has hole for string. Engraved border on the reverse. Alphabet arranged left to right in five rows. Only letters N-R T-Z are visible due to possible water damage around the top and edges.

Social History (T9890)

Wooden music box with protruding windable handle. Picture on cover of box is of traditionally dressed Victorian girls and a young boy. Plays two tunes whose names are very faintly written on the base; 'Lily of Laguna' and possibly 'Our slaves'. On the base is also the printed words 'Musique A 2 Airs' and the written number 1324.

Social History (TA934)

Part of series of Alphabet and religious themed jigsaws called 'Grandma Goodsoul's Alphabet: the law of the Sabbath, St Luke, Chapter VI. Double puzzles'. Wooden box. Wooden jigsaw shows scenes depicting the letters N-Z . Box contains key/reference pictures on pieces of paper. Originally the pictures would have formed six larger pictures, possibly from a book, but all bar one have now been ripped in half.

Social History (TA1963)

Forty-eight Old Maid cards depicting contemporary images of a baby, nurse, jester, judge, prince, princess, king and queen of six different 'races': Brit[s], Neg[roes], In[dians], Choc[taws], Turk[s] and Jap[anese]. There is also an Old Maid card. The 'Brit princess' card is missing, forty-eight cards in total.

Social History (TA1987)

Metal gyroscope of two race horses. Not in original box. Box also contains a piece of modern electrical copper wire.

Social History (TA2034)

Ten-sided bone teetotum die. Faded red, even numbers 2-10 marked on the teetotum. Bottom of teetotum screws off, inside of teetotum slightly hollow and containing small bits of possibly paper.

Social History (TA2442)

The New Mechanical Equestrienne gyroscope, in faded box. Gyroscope is of a 'vaulting' gymnast and 'galloping' horse