MEREM:2014.24.2
Brief description: small clear graduated measuring glass marked for tablespoons, 2-12. c.1950 Classifications: society / health and social services / / Identifications: measuring glass / Place: Measurements: height 5.4 cm Material: glass Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:2014.26
Brief description: framed and signed watercolour painting by Walter Goldsmith of The Chantry, Mere, once the home of William Barnes, the Dorset poet, 1927 Classifications: fine art / painting / environment / buildings Identifications: painting / watercolour painting Place: Shaftesbury Dorset Measurements: height 40.2 cm Material: wood, paper, watercolour pigments, glass Completeness: complete Additional images: […]
MEREM:2014.23
Brief description: clear glass eye washer with handle and spout Classifications: society & health / Identifications: clear glass eye washer / undine Place: Measurements: height 8.08cm Material: glass Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:2013.40.2
Brief description: One of two small glass bottles dug up in the garden of Lordsmead House, Mere. A small, flasked shaped bottle, no stopper Classifications: trade / glass mfr Identifications: bottle / Place: Measurements: height 4.7cm Material: glass Completeness: missing stopper
MEREM:2013.40.1
Brief description: One of two small glass bottles dug up in the garden of Lordsmead House, Mere. A broken-top bottle embossed with “Dr Steer’s Nitre Drops.(This is mentioned in “The Gentleman’s Magazine of 1789.) Classifications: trade / glass mfr Identifications: bottle / Place: Measurements: height 7.5cm Material: glass Completeness: missing top
MEREM:2010.70.1
Brief description: cardboard case in two parts containing a pair of bone-framed spectacles, made by Herbert Hooper of Mere for Mrs Toogood, early 20th century Classifications: person / accessory / society / health Identifications: spectacles Place: Castle Works Wiltshire Measurements: height 13 cm (case closed) Material: cardboard, paper, bone, glass Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.63.10
Brief description: framed certificate of service awarded to Observer T. W. Wheeler of The Royal Observer Corps, on the occasion of the Stand Down, 30th September 1991 Classifications: arms / books Identifications: certificate / Place: Measurements: height 22.5 cm Material: paper, glass, wood, cord, metal Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.60.10
Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of the two girls making notes in front of the tombstone of Edward Dolling, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, tenth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / crafts and hobbies / environment / buildings Identifications: […]
MEREM:2010.60.7
Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph (made by H.H. Edmunds, publisher, of Mere) of the bridge and millwheel at Lordsmead, Mere c.1900, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, seventh of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / buildings Identifications: […]
MEREM:2010.60.8
Brief description: glass negative for picture of a drawing (published by Waltons of Mere) of the London to Exeter mail coach through Mere in c.1840, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, eighth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / transport / road Identifications: […]