Social History

Objects in Social History collection

Alfred Powell bowl

Alfred H Powell was a renowned Arts and Crafts architect and designer.

Cigarette dog

Model of a dog made of interwoven strips of Wills cigarette packets.

Drum

Large bass drum, wooden with skin drum skins and rope tension strings around the side.

Hat case

Hat case bearing travel labels on the exterior, notably a Cunard white star label for a voyage on the Queen Mary from New York to Southampton on 19th October (year unknown).

Leeches bowl

Bowl with perforated lid for storing leeches for medicinal use.

Printing block

Metal-faced wooden print block from the Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Standard newspaper.

Sign (business)

An advertising panel for Cirencester and District Warship Week to raise the sum of £425,000 to buy a submarine.

Sock driers

Made from white china, these glazed sock driers were hollow and made in the shape of feet.

Spinning wheel

Twentieth-century wooden spinning wheel, owned by the Lloyd-Baker family.

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