Baby's Bonnet
This bonnet was possibly handmade and used for Christenings or formal occasions. It has broderie anglaise along the neck and the long ribbon ties were used for extra decoration, as they would have been ...
Badge Watch
Made from re-cycled metals, leather, wood, circuit board and electrical wire.
Made by John Todd, an artist based in Stafford who specialises in recycling waste materials to produce watches, clocks, ...
Bag, 19th century
Blue silk bag with drawstring fastening and silk tassels. The bag is embellished with floral ribbon work and embroidery.
Bag, 19th century
Black silk bag with drawstring fastening and painted decoration.
Baguley (Engineers) Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent
Baguley employees are pictured posing for the camera outside the foundry workshop at the factory in Burton-upon-Trent. This is the last locomotive built before the company closed in 1931
Baguley Cars ...
Bangle
Square shape, built up from layers of wood in shades of green and purple, the centre filled with tufts of lime green nylon filament.
Designed and made by Caroline Broadhead, a London based craft jeweller.
85mm ...
Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close
Mrs Fanny Barlow and her family in the garden of Highcroft. Her husband, Charles Barlow died in 1897.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. ...
Barlow family, Highcroft, Rough Close
Charles Barlow, pottery manufacturer, with three other men, pictured at the family home at Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. Seated left is probably Thomas barlow, his eldest son.
This is one ...
Barlow family, Highcroft, Rough Close
Mrs Fanny Barlow (seated, centre) with four of her children.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. The Barlows were pottery manufacturers ...
Basford Bridge Lane, Cheddleton
Onlookers survey flood damage on Basford Bridge Lane, Cheddleton.
BBC Midlands Today visits RAF Mountain Rescue Team at RAF Stafford
The BBC Midlands Today Team with presenter Kay Alexander (Kay is in the centre of the photograph, under the Mountain Rescue sign) are pictured with the RAF Mountain Rescue Team at their base at RAF Stafford. ...
Beaded purse, 19th century
Small beaded purse with floral decoration and metal clasp.
Beekeeper's hat, 1930s
Cotton beekeeper's hat with printed floral and bird design manufactured by 'Fairylite'. A net would have been attached to the brim of the hat to protect the face.
Bible Study Class, Stafford,
Group photograph from a bible study class outing.
Bi-centenary Souvenir, John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, Stone,
Souvenir card celebrating the bi-centenary of the birth of Admiral John Jervis.
John Jervis was born in 1735 at Meaford Hall, just outside Stone. He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1801 to 1804 ...
Bicorn Hat, Victorian
The bicorn developed from the tricorn hat and is mostly associated with Napoléon Bonaparte, although most military generals and officers in Europe and America wore it throughout the nineteenth and ...
Black and white feather neckpiece
Made by Katie Clarke, a London-based jewellery maker and former student of Stafford College.
Black Bowler Hat
The bowler hat was originally made in 1848 and was considered sturdier than the top hat, (as it could easily be knocked off and damaged).
The first bowler hat was originally made by brothers Thomas ...