Roman finger ring
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2235 Roman gold finger ring in snake form, 1-200AD, found by metal detection in Otford See Archaeology for more Roman objects
Gramophone record
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2290 Gramophone record from Muriel Aspin’s shop, c.1930 See Makers, Merchants and Retailers for more objects like this
Card games
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K3741 Collection of card games hand made by Mary Standen (née Wyatt) in the 1800s See Household and Personal for more objects like this
Bronze axe head
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K1512 Socketed axe head, Bronze Age © Kent County Council Sevenoaks Museum See Archaeology for more objects like this
Leather document box
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K125 Leather document case used at Wickhurst Manor, 1600s © Kent County Council Sevenoaks Museum Wickhurst Manor included a large house and farmland, dating back to Medieval times. In 1611 it had 160 acres. A surviving document from 1642 states that Wickhurst rents were to be received ‘on […]
Early cricket bat
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2030 Cricket bat made by Pett in Sevenoaks, 1745 William Pett, who worked out of premises in Upper High Street, is the earliest recorded cricket bat maker in Kent. This bat was made by Robert, his younger brother, whose name is carved on the end of the handle. […]
Jail cell door
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2370 Jail cell door from the old Sevenoaks Police Station, 1860s See Public Services for more objects like this
Elephas Antiquus tooth
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K1511 Molar tooth from a Straight Tusked Elephant of the Pleistocene, twice the size of a modern African elephant. © Kent County Council Sevenoaks Museum See Natural History for more paleontology objects
Evacuee embroidery
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2020 Section of embroidery panel made by children in 1939, illustrating their journey from Camberwell to Underriver in Sevenoaks K2020 Another section of the evacuee embroidery
Soldier’s quilt
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K1792 Patchwork quilt thought to have been made by Crimean War soldiers, with central panel made by Jane Amherst in the 1700s. It might have been hung at Montreal House for a visit of King George III in 1778. It is likely that the central piece was made […]