MEREM:2010.60.9

Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of the wrought iron sign for The Old Ship Hotel, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, ninth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / buildings Identifications: glass negative / photographic plate Place: […]

MEREM:2010.60.1

Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of Edmunds and Son and The Old Ship Hotel, Castle St., Mere by Frederick Holmes, Mere photographer, c.1920s, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, one of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / […]

MEREM:2010.60.2

Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of the Clocktower and The Talbot Inn, The Square, Mere possibly by Frederick Holmes, Mere photographer, c.1920s, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, second of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / buildings […]

MEREM:2010.60.3

Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of The Old House, formerly The Tudor Tea Rooms, Church St., Mere by F. Frith and Co., photographers, c.1920s, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, third of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment […]

MEREM:2010.60.4

Brief description: glass negative for picture of an engraving of The Square, Mere, formerly the Old Market Place,Mere, made by William Lander of Mere, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, fourth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / buildings Identifications: glass […]

MEREM:2010.60.5

Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of the tower and gateway of Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, The Grove Buildings and Glebe House, Church St., Mere, c.1920s, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, fifth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation […]

MEREM:2010.60.6

Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph (made by H. H. Edmunds, publisher, of Mere) of the bridge and millwheel at Burton c.1900, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, sixth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / buildings Identifications: […]

MEREM:2009.104

Brief description: small clear bottle with white screw cap, containing a brown liquid (Friar’s Balsam), and with a label bearing instructions for use and ‘John Walton and Co Ltd, Chemists, Salisbury St., Mere c. 1950 Classifications: society / health and social services / trade / chemist Identifications: bottle / medicine bottle Measurements: height 10.8cm Material: […]

MEREM:2009.88.7

Brief description: moulded drinking glass, for sherry or port, mid 20th century Classifications: domestic / table Identifications: glass / Place: Measurements: height 10.9 cm Material: glass Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.86

Brief description: pair of rimless pince-nez spectacles with a gold bridge, a very fine gold chain and a loop for securing the glasses around the ear, once belonging to the donor’s grandmother, c.1880 Classifications: person / accessory Identifications: spectacles / pince-nez Place: Measurements: height 3 cm Material: gold, glass Completeness: complete