Delve into objects illustrating the social, economic and political backdrop to Manchester’s industrial and scientific developments, including major events such as the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the 1887 Royal Jubilee Exhibition.
Local History
A clay toy tankard, painted yellow, made by John Pollock & Co.
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl with metal band on the stem base, made by John Pollock & Co.
A twig mouthpiece for a tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A "cavity claw" clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Tulip" clay pipe.
A clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed Queen Victoria model, made by John Pollock & Co.
A mould cast and stopper for a clay tobacco pipe, by John Pollock & Co.
1901-1930
"Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, unglazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
An unglazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; 1715-1915 bicentennary pipe.
An unglazed clay tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.; either a "Shelley Poet" or "Billiard" model.
A "T.W. C. Cutty" clay tobacco pipe, missing stem, made by John Pollock & Co.
A "Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
1915
A metal heel for a clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A "Churchwarden" clay tobacco pipe, with broken stem, made by John Pollock & Co.
A metal ring designed to be attached to the bowl of a tobacco pipe, No. 531V "Ideal" model, made by John Pollock & Co.
A mould stopper, used by John Pollock & Co., as part of the clay pipe manufacturing process.
A clay toy tankard, unglazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
"Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
1953-1955
A "Elizabethan" clay tobacco pipe, with "1587-1953" and "Gore Hotel London" stamped on the stem, made by John Pollock & Co.
A metal ring designed to be attached to the bowl of a tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.
1902-1910
An unglazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co., in the shape of King Edward VII's head.
