Treasures and Curiosities: from the Collection of Carisbrooke Castle Museum - 1966

100 Treasures and Curiosities draws on the extensive collection of Carisbrooke Castle Museum to reveal some of the Isle of Wight's most significant and historic stories, alongside some more unusual tales from the Island's past. Established by Princess Beatrice in 1898, the museum was intended to be 'a treasury of objects illustrative of the history of the island' and in the 125 years since, the museum's collection has grown to comprise of over 35,000 objects, ranging from the everyday to the exotic, from utilitarian to pure novelty. Today, Carisbrooke Castle Museum is a charity-run independent accredited museum and remains dedicated to the Island's rich and varied history. This book offers a unique opportunity for readers to explore the extensive collection in more detail than ever before. Table of Contents Acknowledgements 8 | Foreword 10 | Introduction 12 | 100 Treasures & Curiosities 26 | 1. Ceremonial Key 27 | 2. Palaeolithic hand axes 28 | 3. Bronze Age flanged axe 29 | 4. Bronze Age collared urn 30 | 5. Wolf claw necklace 31 | 6. Roman Vectis Ware pot 32 | 7. Stone Janus head 34 | 8. Anglo-Saxon urn 35 | 9. Anglo-Saxon keystone brooches 36 | 10. Anglo-Saxon bronze disc brooches 37 | 11. Anglo-Saxon glass armlet 38 | 12. Chevron glass bead 39 | 13. Walrus ivory tableman 40 | 14. Charter of Nicholas le Sumpter 42 | 15. Newton Mace 43 | 16. Letter written in code by Charles I 44 | 17. Civil War news sheet 46 | 18. Charles I’s linen nightcap 47 | 19. Locket containing hair of Charles I 48 | 20. The Royal Prisoners by C.W. Cope, 1855 50 | 21. Ring containing a fragment of Princess Elizabeth’s dress 52 | 22. Maquette for a monument to Princess Elizabeth 53 | 23. Locks of Princess Elizabeth’s hair 54 | 24. Alabaster statue of Virgin and child 56 | 25. Decorated tile from the old St Thomas's Church 57 | 26. Elizabethan communion cup 58 | 27. Bible and prayer book 59 | 28. Gold posy ring 60 | 29. Georgian wedding waistcoat 61 | 30. St Dominic’s Vestment 62 | 31. Walter Caws’ sermon timer 64 | 32. Tudor hornbook 65 | 33. Blue Jenny 66 | 34. Embroidered sampler 68 | 35. Nunn’s lace factory pattern book 69 | 36. John Buncombe’s paint box 70 | 37. Newport High Street by John Nixon 72 | 38. Newport trade tokens 74 | 39. Leather hat found at the Green Dragon Inn 75 | 40. Beer firkin 76 | 41. Worker’s smock 77 | 42. Anti-poaching spring gun 78 | 43. Smuggling 'peep tub' 79 | 44. Pewter tankard 80 | 45. Churchwarden's clay pipe, made by Robert Cole 81 | 46. Ale muller 82 | 47. Tin of Mew's Ale 83 | 48. Shipwreck logbook 84 | 49. Fragment of the wreck of the Royal George 86 | 50. Ship's medicine chest 88 | 51. Figurehead of the Auguste of Brake 90 | 52. Sand picture of the wrecked Perlen by Charles Plumley 92 | 53. Ship’s biscuit from the wreck of the Irex 93 | 54. Coastguard helmet 94 | 55. Frank Salter’s RNLI medal 95 | 56. Carisbrooke Castle by J. M. W. Turner, 1828 96 | 57. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “The Dirty Monk” by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1865 98 | 58. Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s pipe rack 100 | 59. Worsley family seal 101 | 60. Charles ‘Pound Hammer’ Kingswell 102 | 61. Ambrotype of Mary Merwood 104 | 62. Watercolour of Pan Down by Fanny Minns 105 | 63. Hairpiece and crocheted bonnet 106 | 64. Emma Denett’s botanical album 108 | 65. Study of bird eggs by Harriet Darwin Fox, 1839 110 | 66. Eel pass tile 111 | 67. Horatio Dennett’s model steam engine 112 | 68. East Cowes Castle Clock 114 | 69. ‘Sunbeam’ lightbulb 115 | 70. Wooden water mains pipe 116 | 71. Nurse Wilson’s typhoid epidemic medal 117 | 72. George Brannon artist’s proof 118 | 73. Professor John Milne’s laboratory at Shide Hill House 120 | 74. Yachting bodice 122 | 75. Redfern and Sons ‘tailor-made’ style jacket 123 | 76. Shanklin beach by Alfred Harcourt, 1874 124 | 77. Empress Eugénie’s bathing shoes 126 | 78. Stereoscopic photograph of the Needles 127 | 79. Princess Beatrice’s drawers 128 | 80. Clockwork swimming doll 129 | 81. Doll's house 130 | 82. Inuit doll made in Lapland 132 | 83. Beads from Ur 133 | 84. Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe’s Dragoon Guards Helmet 134 | 85. Japanese Aikuchi 136 | 86. Miniature portraits of Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice 138 | 87. Prince Henry’s Isle of Wight Rifles sword 140 | 88. George V’s Isle of Wight Rifles jacket 142 | 89. Frederick Nobbs’ Boer War pipe 144 | 90. World War One pith helmet 145 | 91. Private Archibald Warren’s World War One memorial plaque 146 | 92. Lieut. Reginald Denham's World War One compass 148 | 93. Terracotta caricature of Hitler 150 | 94. World War Two shrapnel 152 | 95. Shipyard clog 153 | 96. Pair of ladies’ python skin shoes 154 | 97. Isle of Wight Handcraft Pottery 156 | 98. Ceramic vessel 157 | 99. Love Wins t-shirt 158 | 100. Home-made scrubs 159 | Further Reading & Authors 160
ASIN: 1911487973
VSKU: BVV.1911487973.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Tait, Dr Rachel|Tiley, Kate
Binding: Hardcover