MEREM:2014.34
Brief description: small brown purse, inscribed ‘Letter Balance’ in gold, containing a small metal Salter spring balance, measuring up to 4 oz, with postage rates on the reverse in red, c. 1950 Classifications: technology / measures / person / accessory Identifications: small letter balance and purse / Place: Measurements: height 11 cm Material: metal Completeness: […]
MEREM:2009.107.2
Brief description: black and white photograph of a fragment of an Almanak for 1849 produced by Charles Card, grocer, of Mere, once pasted to a partition in the stableyard, Stourhead House. Classifications: technology / time / trade / shopkeeper Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 21 cm
MEREM:2009.91
Brief description: compact disc containing 78 images documenting changes on a site on Castle St., Mere between 1836 and 2009 Classifications: technology / environment / buildings Identifications: compact disc / Place: Measurements: height 12.4 cm Material: plastic Completeness: complete
MEREM:2006.28
Brief description: black bakelite GPO telephone with receiver resting on a cradleand attached by means of twisted brown flex , with circular dialing wheel and and pull-out drawer for notes, c.1947. Classifications: technology / society / communication Identifications: telephone / telephone and receiver Measurements: height 19 cm Material: bakelite, metal, perspex, flex, cord Completeness: complete
MEREM:2001.20
Brief description: Embossing Machine, ‘The Burial Board for the Parish of Mere in the County of Wiltshire, Pinches and Co Patent, 198, London Classifications: technology / society / government Identifications: embossing machine Measurements: width 10cm Material: metal
MEREM:1998.10
Brief description: Fusilier gas burner lighter, made of steel, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: technology / heat and light Identifications: gas burner Measurements: width 3cm Material: metal / iron / steel
MEREM:1998.9
Brief description: Glasmi incandescent gas mantle in a small cardboard box, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: technology / heat and light Identifications: gas mantle Measurements: height 3cm
MEREM:1994.46
Brief description: engraved copper plate of scissor grinder, early 19th century, possibly drawn by William Lander, Brazier of Castle Street, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: technology Identifications: copper plate Measurements: height 7cm
MEREM:1993.27
Brief description: spring scales for weighing letters [includes cap], late 19 cen [?] Classifications: technology / measures / society / communication Identifications: spring scales Measurements: height 10cm Material: tin or aluminium
MEREM:1993.29.1
Brief description: two slide rules used by timber merchant to assess volume of cut timber Classifications: technology / measures / trade / timber merchant Identifications: slide rule Measurements: height 4cm