MEREM:2014.29
Brief description: printed envelope commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day (‘Operation Overlord’), with a coloured photograph of Bernard Howell of Mere (2014) and a black and white photograph of Bernard Howell as a young man in his naval uniform, signed by him. Classifications: events / personalia Identifications: envelope / first day cover envelope Measurements: height […]
MEREM:2014.30
Brief description: framed, hand-tinted engraving of the Market Place, Mere by S. J. Lander after Joseph Lander, mid 19th century Classifications: environment / buildings Identifications: engraving / hand-tinted engraving Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 22.6 cm Material: paper / card / ink 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:2014.28.1
Brief description: folded buff card, inscribed on the front: ‘Greetings for Christmas and Best Wishes for 1945’ and with the 43rd Wessex Division cap badge, all printed in blue.Inside a humorous drawing of the exploits of the Division Classifications: society / custom and folklore / events / WW2 Identifications: christmas card Measurements: height 14.8 cm […]
MEREM:2014.28.2
Brief description: newspaper cutting with description of a Christmas card, depicting their victories, designed and sent home by men of the 43rd ~Wessex Division , c.1950 Classifications: event / / / Identifications: newspaper cutting / Place: Measurements: height 13 cm Material: paper Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:2013.31.2
Brief description: One of two sheets of architectural drawings for W. Fanner and Sons Ltd., builders of Compton Abbas, Dorset showing proposed pair of farm cottages at Higher Park Farm, Mere, for the Duchy of Cornwall Classifications: fine art / architecture Identifications: drawing / Place: Measurements: height 50cm Material: paper Completeness: complete
MEREM:2013.31.1
Brief description: One of two sheets of architectural drawings for W. Fanner and Sons Ltd., builders of Compton Abbas, Dorset showing proposed alterations at Burton Field, Mere for Mr W. Burden (1957) Classifications: fine art / architecture Identifications: drawing / Place: Measurements: height 48cm Material: paper Completeness: complete
MEREM:2013.28
Brief description: A copy of pages 1-11 of a brochure issued by Waltons of Mere (possibly dated 1930s) Classifications: trade Identifications: brochure / Place: Cheltenham or 125 Measurements: height 18.3cm Material: paper Completeness: complete copy
MEREM:2013.21
Brief description: The Hill Brush Company’s sale catalogue for 2013 Classifications: trade / brush mfr Identifications: catalogue / Place: Measurements: height 24cm Material: paper Completeness: complete
MEREM:2013.22
Brief description: Map of Mere and Tisbury rural districts showing dispositions of units for civil defence (at March 1941) Classifications: environment / maps Identifications: map / Place: Measurements: height 102cm Material: paper Completeness: