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Silver pendant and plaited silver chain

A semi-circle of silver held on a balustered silver pod with a bead of ivory at each end. Hallmarked and makers mark on reverse. Designed and made by Celia Davies, a Cardiff based craft jewellery ...

Staffordshire Equestrienne Figure

Staffordshire figure of a horsewoman. It is likely that this is not a zebra, but rather a patterned horse. Zebras were included in Circuses in the 1830s, though it is unlikely that they were ridden. From ...

Staffordshire Figure - Courtship

Staffordshire figure showing a man offering a reluctant lady a ring. This figure is reflective of the changing attitudes towards marriage at the beginning of the 19th century, with families becoming ...

Staffordshire Figure - Summer

Staffordshire figure of a young woman holding wheat and a sickle, representing the season of Summer. The image of a woman holding a sickle and crops has been used to represent Summer since the Romans. ...

Staffordshire Figure - Tambourine Player

Staffordshire figure in the shape of a tambourine player. Staffordshire figures often depict the playing of traditional or amateur music. It is thought that the mould for this figure was first made ...

Staffordshire Figure - Tambourine Player

Staffordshire figure in the shape of a tambourine player. Staffordshire figures often depict the playing of traditional or amateur music. It is thought that the mould for this figure was first made ...

Staffordshire Figure - The Lost Sheep

Staffordshire figure based on the parable of the Lost Sheep in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Teaching the idea of redemption, the parable tells of a shepherd who leaves his flock of ninety-nine sheep ...

Staffordshire Gardener figure

Staffordshire figure depicting a woman with a watering can. During the early 19th century, gardening was a popular pastime, influenced by the fashionable Pleasure Gardens, public parks and the establishment ...

Staffordshire Sportsman Figure

Staffordshire figure depicting a man with a gun and hunting dog. During the 19th century, shooting was a very popular pastime amongst upper class gentlemen. Shooting was a very class-based activity ...

Stocks of barrels in Burman's Cooperage yard, Burton-upon-Trent

The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...

Sweet wrapper brooch

Silver sweet wrapper brooch with pink paint spots. Designed and made by Tom Saddington (born Birmingham, 1950), a London-based craft jeweller. Length: 42mm.

The Bank Manager Automaton

Carved wooden collecting box for donations: 'The Bank Manager' on a square, wheeled, wooden base with drawer. It was commissioned to collect donations at Stafford Art Gallery. Designed and made by ...

The Nine Orders of Angels, Leek

Embroidery panel by Miss Winterbottom of Stone, a member of Leek School of Embroidery, showing two orders of angels, Angela and Pri Nupatus. Miss Winterbottom was a teacher at the embroidery school, a ...

T-shirt brooch

Sterling silver T-Shirt brooch set with decorative panels of brightly coloured resins. The brooch is fastened with a silver pin and a safety clasp. Hallmarked on base of reverse, with maker's mark. Designed ...

William Pope Rhodes Sketchbook

William Pope Rhodes was born 14 November 1848. He lived in Liverpool Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, with his parents, George and Sarah Rhodes, and three siblings. William attended The Art School in King ...