Tag: Household and personal

Gramophone record

Gramophone record in buff cardboard sleeve with handle from Muriel Aspin shop in Sevenoaks

/ 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

Hand written cards and decorated card boxes

/ 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

Leather document box

Rectangular leather box with strap

/ 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 […]

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.