Category: Featured Objects

Apothecary bottle

A Green Bulbous bottle with tapering stem and short rim.

/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K3 Green glass apothecary bottle, 1500s, only 3cm in height

Magic lantern

Metal box with chimney on the top and hole at the back, lens at the front

/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K99 Magic lantern, used with slides and a flame to project images, made by William Knight, 1800s See Art for more from William Knight

Palace floor tiles

Tile fragments from Otford Palace, © Kent County Council Sevenoaks Museum

/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K1784 Medieval and Tudor floor tile fragments from the site of Otford Palace In 1515, Archbishop Warham built a grand palace, replacing an older manor house. A short lived extravagance, the palace fell into disrepair in the 1600s. Medieval tile glazes were based on scrap lead which was […]

Bodice

Black silk bodice with high collar, bead, sequin and pleat detail

/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2456 Ladies bodice made by Marchant and Wright, Sevenoaks, c.1900 K2456 inside See Household and Personal for more clothing and accesories

Silver hook

/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K4063 Early Medieval silver hooked tag (end broken off) used as a garment or bag fastener. Engraved with decoration in the Trewhiddle Anglo Saxon style, appearing to show a bird in flight. Found in Farningham.