MEREM:2009.106

Brief description: engraved brass plate; ‘John Walton and Company Limited’, once above the doorway of Walton’s Post Office in The Square, Mere, c.1900 Classifications: trade / shopkeeper Identifications: brass plate / Place: Measurements: height 6.5 cm Material: brass Completeness: complete

MEREM:2009.82

Brief description: 1926 ordnance survey map of Mere and surrounding villages, printed onto thick paper/linen (heliozincographed), with red edging tapes and wooden bars at top and bottom for suspension of the map, annotated in red ink by Miss Joyce Rutter to record field names in Mere, c.1952. Classifications: environment / maps Identifications: map / ordnance […]

MEREM:2006.72

Brief description: a pair of brown leather blinkers, part of a carthorse harness, stitched with white cord and decorated with a pattern made with small stiches, each with a chain attached and teminating in a metal hook and ring. Each blinker bears a small brass plate inscribed with a monogram: I [or J] A B. […]

MEREM:2006.73

Brief description: a brass ring with a threaded screw and nut, used to attach the reins to a carthorse harness, 19th century [?] Classifications: agriculture / horse / trade / harness maker Identifications: brass ring / part of carthorse harness Measurements: depth 3.5 cm Material: brass Completeness: probably one of a pair, the second missing

MEREM:1994.22

Brief description: brass button marked `John Walton and Co’, found in Mere, Wiltshire, 6.1994 Classifications: person / costume Identifications: button Measurements: diameter 1.5cm Material: brass

MEREM:1994.17

Brief description: commemorative trinket [perfume box?] made of brass, for the jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary, 1935 Classifications: events / society / government Identifications: trinket / perfume box Measurements: diameter 3.3cm Material: brass Additional images: Click the images to view larger image

MEREM:1994.18

Brief description: commemorative trinket, box for miniature photographs, for the jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary, 1935 Classifications: events / society / government Identifications: trinket / box Measurements: height 3.5cm Material: brass