MEREM:1995.3
Brief description: wire fence makers took for cutting and stretching fence wire, clawing out and hammering nails, handle stamped with solid cast steel, guaranteed British make, patent applied for, 31.535.29 Classifications: agriculture Identifications: fence makers tool Measurements: width 9cm Material: iron
MEREM:1995.4
Brief description: iron and brass soldering iron with methylated spirit burner attached, bought in Bristol in 1920’s by the owners father Mr Sidwell Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: soldering iron Measurements: width 7cm Material: iron / brass
MEREM:2011.45
Brief description: polygonal cast iron boot scraper with moulded lettering ‘Mere Church 1819’, made at Bourton (Dorset) Iron Foundry, proprietor Daniel Maggs, for 15 shillings; two drainage holes, 1819 Classifications: trade / ironfounder Identifications: boot scraper / Place: Bourton Dorset Measurements: height 26 cm Material: iron Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view […]
MEREM:2011.31
Brief description: A “Spring Bell, used to summon a servant (as seen in the “Downstairs rooms of many large houses) This bell came from Kilmington Manor, Wiltshire Classifications: domestic Identifications: bell / Place: Measurements: height 27.5cm Material: iron Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.23
Brief description: 8 large and several other smaller fragments of Iron Pyrites, found on Castle Hill, Mere in 2009. Originally a solid sphere but later fracturing on being dropped. Classifications: natural science Identifications: iron pyrites / Place: Measurements: height 1.9 cm Material: iron Completeness: fragments
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:2006.71
Brief description: a pair of Hames, made of metal and wood, part of the harness of a carthorse, early 20th century Classifications: agriculture / livestock / agriculture / cultivation Identifications: pair of hames / part of carthorse harness Measurements: height 83 cm Material: iron, wood Completeness: complete
MEREM:2006.70
Brief description: black metal hand operated orange cutter, with wooden pressing implement, for making marmalade, with maker’s name and ‘The ‘Rapid’ Marmalade Cutter’ embossed on it. Classifications: domestic / kitchen / domestic Identifications: marmalade cutter with wooden presser Measurements: height 37 cm Material: ?iron, steel, wood Completeness: complete
MEREM:2004.182
Brief description: two samples of iron pyrites found in Mere [near the A 30], 1994 Classifications: natural science Identifications: pyrites Measurements: height 6 cm (item 1) Material: iron Completeness: complete