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British Gothic Florin [coin]

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Great Britain 'gothic' florin (two shillings / 24 pence / ⅒£).Obverse design by William Wyon features the crowned head of young Victoria facing left, with hair in a plait around her ear. The legends are in a gothic type-face, with the date shown in…

Singleton's Golden Eye Ointment pedestal

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Ceramic pedestal pot for Singleton's Golden Eye Ointment, with blue printed lettering:'SINGLETON'S GOLDEN EYE OINTMENT'

Burns Cutty clay pipe

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The short kaolin clay pipe favoured by working men was called a 'cutty'. Being made of brittle kaolin clay, the stems broke easily. This pipe is a Burns Cutty pattern tobacco smoking pipe. It is broken in two places, has a plain bowl with no spur,…

Grave Marker, cast iron

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Decorative cast-iron grave marker (a tablet or stele) which contains the embossed inscription: "In Affectionate Remembrance of". There are no further details or identifying marks to determine whose grave it was erected over.

Udolpho Wolfe's Aromatic Schnapps Bottle

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Green glass schnapps bottle. Square in section, with stopper seal. Embossed on three sides with the words: 'UDOLPHO WOLFE's' / 'AROMATIC SCHNAPPS' / 'SCHIEDAM'

Ungemach's Stoneware Beer Bottle

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Two-tone, cream and brown, Chilean stoneware beer bottle.The bottle is stamped:'PREMIADO MEDALLA DE LA EXHIBICIÓN DE SANTIAGO 1872 / A. UNGEMACH Y CÍA, QUILLOTA.Translated as: Awarded Medal at the Santiago Exhibition, 1872 / A[dam] Ungemach and Co.,…

Map C153.017, Tracks to the Hodgkinson Goldfields

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Tracing of a rough sketch of the Hodgkinson goldfields tracks leading to the coast, Sd. [sketched by] W.M. Mowbray, 31 January 1878.

Inquest into the deaths of Robert Jackson Craig & William Smith

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17 pages of blue foolscap paper, containing a transcript of the Inquest into the death of: Robert Jackson Craig & William Smith which was held on 27 December 1877 at Smithfield Police station.

Wright & Co. [glass lid]

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Green glass jar lid, with the following embossed legend:'WRIGHT & Co.' / 'BRIERLEY HILL' / 'STAFFORTDSHIRE'