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The 100 Objects

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Georgian

1740

Newsham Fire Pump

This is a very early type of fire engine. It is designed to pour water...
18th Century

Pantile

A small square tile which gives its name to Tunbridge Wells’ iconic colonnade of shops...
1747-1758

Square Meal Plate

18th Century square plate from the HMS Invincible Collection.
1750-1760

Georgian Dress

This silk brocade dress is decorated with coloured silks and silver thread and lace.
1756

HMS Namur (Timbers)

Some 25% of the original oak frame of HMS Namur, a 3rd Rate Ship of...
1774

“A View of Chatham Dockyard, Kent.” Painting

Painting by Elias Martin 1774 showing the Royal Dockyard, Chatham at the height of the...
1775

Miniature of Hughes Minet, 1731-1813

A miniature painting of Hughes Minet by the artist Samuel Shelley. It was painted in...
1796

Seaton Tool Chest

The only surviving complete set of 18th century tools for furniture making in the world.
1803-15

Prisoner of War, Ship Model

Prisoner of war bone ship model.
1807-1809

Tunbridge Ware Face Screen

This piece shows the early whitewood form of Tunbridge ware which preceded the better known...
1809

Silk Sash

This object is a burgundy ‘Red Chinese’ net silk sash, designed for a general and...
1811

The Ropery and the Henry Maudslay Rope Forming Machine, 1811

When constructed, The Ropery was the longest brick building in Europe. The Ropery manufactured ropes...
1814-15

Waterloo Map

The object is a large map which comprises a series of field sketches showing the...
1818

Slavery Indenture

This document records the sale of assets belonging to Tunbridge Wells resident William Lushington.

Victorian

1850s

Shepherd’s Smock

This is a rare working history survival and evidence of a way of life that...
1850s

Chalybeate Spring Flask

A Georgian red and white striped glass flask.
1851

Cricket Ball

This example of a cricket ball, made in Southborough by Philip Wickham, was exhibited at...
1854

Snob the Dog

This object is a taxidermy dog. The live dog was found beside the body of...
1860s

Charles Dickens’ Paperweight

Ceramic paperweight used by Charles Dickens in his study at Gad’s Hill Place; glazed white...
1860

Mantel Piece Maidstone Iguanadon

A cast of the original Maidstone Iguanodon.
1864

Dragon Robe

This object is a “CHAO FU“ Dragon Robe which forms part of the formal dress...
1870-1920

Fly Tool

Spade-like cutting tool; ‘muddies’ fly tool; used for digging & loading mud (clay) on to...
1874-1882

Thomas Sidney Cooper Picture ‘Separated but not Divorced’

Oil on canvas painting “Separated, but not Divorced” by Thomas Sidney Cooper. Painted between 1874...
1874

Brennan Torpedo

This object was the last pattern of the Brennan torpedo, with the Mk I body...
1875

Reverend Henry Lansdell’s Trousers

Large, brown leather trousers, embroidered in coloured threads: white, green, blue, yellow, purple. Foliae and...
1878

HMS Gannet

Three masted warship. Dotterel Class Sloop
1879

Zulu Shield

This object is a large Isihlangu Zulu shield. This shield was used during The Anglo-Zulu...
1888

Taxidermy Wild Cat

Specimen of one of the last Wild Cats living in England.
1890

Percy Powell-Cotton’s World Trip Diary

Scribble diary, from the Army and Navy Store, for the year 1890. Percy Powell-Cotton wrote...

20th Century

1900s

Stereo Plotter

This object is a stereo plotter which uses stereo photographs to determine elevations. The stereo...
1900s

Paper Mould

The mould is in two pieces, the top part made of wood with metal banding...
Early 20th Century

Rook in the Red Coat

There is a simple yet sad tale of how The Beaney came to acquire a...
1901

Section of Cable

A sample of the cable from Tunbridge Wells telephone exchange, the first municipal telephone system...
1902

Doble – ‘May’

This is a Medway doble fishing boat called “May”. May is “clinker built” which means...
1904-07

Giraffe Skeleton in Original Traveling Crate

Wooden crate, labelled ‘Birchington, Kent’ holding the skeleton of a giraffe. This giraffe was collected...
1904-07

Percy Powell-Cotton’s Safari Suit

Traditional Khaki travelling suit of clothes for use in tropical climates. Made up of a...
1905-20

Camera

One of Percy’s cameras used to take some of the 30,000 photographs held in the...
1905

Kashmir Diorama

The animals in the diorama were all collected by Percy Powell-Cotton during a series of...
1905

Type specimen of the Northern White Rhino

Taxidermy specimen of the Northern White Rhino. Made from the skin of an animal collected...
1909

Panko Suffragette Game

An Edwardian card game.
1914 -18

James McCudden Medals

This object is a set of medals awarded to James McCudden during his army career....
1914-18

Dummy Head

This object is a First World War dummy head representing a Staff officer, used in...
1915

Gas Mask

This object is a British First World War gas mask known as the PH hood....
1915

‘Enemy Country’ First World War Letter

Envelope to an address in Germany dating from 1915 stamped “Undeliverable Enemy Country, Return to...
1917

Bomb Fragments

Fragments of a First World War bomb dropped on the Drill Hall of HMS Pembroke...
1918

The Recall

Painting, oil on Canvas, 1918 depicting HMS Vindictive.  
1919

Portrait of Bugler Timmins RM, the Boy Hero, Painting

A painting of Charles Ernest Timmins, Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry, at age 14 (Born...
1920s

Group of Gorillas

A group of Lowland Gorilla taxidermy specimens.
1924

Aveling and Porter Steam Roller

Aveling and Porter were the largest manufacturers of traction engines and road rollers in the...
1930s

Mbitim Pottery Book Ends

Pair of pottery book ends, one decorated with the figure of a sitting man and...
1930s

Natural History Record Card

Museum record card for an elephant. Printed card with details of this one particular specimen,...
1930s

Pair of Somalian Headrests

Pair of gender specific (one male, one female) headrests. They are manifestations of the differing...
1932

Dockyard Time Clock

Clocking-in machine. The Dockyard Time Clock was used daily by workers of the dockyard. Prior...
1936-7

Doll

Doll, made from scraps of materials found by a girl and turned into a doll...
1930s-40s

Canopus Flying Boat – Steering Column

The only known surviving part from the aircraft Canopus, an ‘Empire Class’ flying boat built...
1936-7

Angolan Model Village

This model of a Kwanyama homestead was built in Angola by Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton,...
1939-1945

Bailey Bridge

Portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed by the British during the Second World War...
1939-45

Butterfly Bomb

This object is a Butterfly Bomb, a German 2 kilogram anti-personnel sub-munition used by the...
1940-1945

RAF D Type Aircrew Gauntlets

A pair of RAF D Type gauntlets as worn by aircrew in bombers or large...
1940's

Sea Mine (Mark 17)

British Mk XVII contact sea mine, the design of which dates from the Second World...
1941

Victory Model. 20th Century model representing Georgian 1765 ship

Large model of Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. This model is now housed...
1943

Jolly Roger Flag

Flag from HM Submarine Trenchant.
1944-1945

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI LF

The Spitfire (ser. No.: TB752) is an original Mk XVI. Built at Castle Bromwich in...
1944

V2 Rocket

This object is a V2 Rocket (technical name Aggregat-4), the world’s first long-range guided ballistic...
1944

HMS Cavalier

The Royal Navy’s last operational Second World War Destroyer. She served in the Second World War...
1945

Centurion Tank

This object is a Centurion AVRE 165, which is a support variant based on the...
1946

Subbuteo Prototype

The prototype for the popular table football game.
1946

“Hop Picking No. 1” Painting

This oil on canvas painting: “Hop Picking No 1” by Dame Laura Knight. Painted in...
1951

RNLB North Foreland. Civil Service No 11

A Margate Lifeboat. RNLB North Foreland is a Watson Class lifeboat, built by J Samuel...
1961

Norman Motorcycle Collection

Model B3 Sports 250cc Norman
1962

HMS Ocelot. Oberon Class Submarine

The ‘O’ class submarine Ocelot, launched from Chatham in 1962 and represents the peak of...
1974

Bagpuss

Bagpuss is a retired star of a series voted ‘The Best Children’s TV Programme Ever’?...
1990

Berlin Wall

Three sections of the Berlin Wall made of reinforced concrete from the area of the...
Lightbulb

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