Art
/ The Collection / Decorative K917 Large ceramic bowl decorated with floral patterns, people and ‘Old Ball’, a horse belonging to Westerham maltster Henry Hoade, c.1800 K2247 Textile art jewellery boxes, 1970s See also Soldier’s quilt and Evacuee embroidery Paintings K3522 Tubs Hill, Sevenoaks, by Charles Knight, 1909 K1621 ‘Cottage Scenery in Kent’, oil painting by Adam […]
Photography
/ The Collection / Portraits by William Harold House 1920s – 1940s Mrs Sydney Freeman of Chiddingstone unknown sitter unknown sitter ‘Patricia’ W. Fielder Mrs Besch of Ightham Doctor J. Finlay Alexander of Sevenoaks unknown sitter Sir John Dawson Laurie of Sevenoaks, Lord Mayor of London Chimney sweep ‘Ma’ Beach unknown sitter To learn more, […]
Natural History
/ The Collection / Paleontology Large Mammals and Reptiles K1509/10 Ichthyosaur (large prehistoric marine reptile) vertebrae bones, found in Greatness and Otford brick pits K1508 Shed base of reindeer antler from the Pleistocene, found at Dunton Green brick pits Molluscs and Worms K1546.2 Bivalve cast fossil, Cretaceous K1538 Belemnite cast fossils, Cretaceous, found at Dunton […]
Archaeology
/ The Collection / Stone Age to Iron Age K1750 Palaeolithic pointed chert hand axe, found in Sevenoaks K3678 Flint blades from Benjamin Harrison collection K1850 Neolithic arrowheads from the Benjamin Harrison collection K4045.5 Large flint hand axe K4045.7 Bronze Age axe head, found in Seal K1924 Iron Age pottery fragments with Belgic comb decoration […]