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Footstool/spittoon, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

Railway Furniture

Blue glass sputum bottle, England, 1871-1920

Public Health & Hygiene

1871-1920

Blue glass sputum bottle, England, 1871-1920

Public Health & Hygiene

1871-1920

Brass syringe

Therapeutics

1601-1630

Chair, Great Northern Railway, wooden with seat upholstered in blue and gold, stamped '164' on leg.

Chair, Great Northern Railway

Railway Furniture

Chair, London Midland & Scottish Railway, swivel chair, interlocking company initials carved in back, with blue velvet cushion and ornate fish design cast iron base, stamped 'Carron Patent No. 10'.

Chair, London Midland & Scottish Railway

Railway Furniture

Chair, Railway Clearing House, curved back with blue leather inset & blue leather seat, 'R.C.H.' carved on back.

Chair, Railway Clearing House

Railway Furniture

Armchair, London & North Western Railway, wooden chair with upholstered seat, back & arms, upholstered in blue & cream leaf design. From Production Engineers Office at Wolverton.

Armchair, London & North Western Railway - Production Engineers Office at Wolverton

Railway Furniture

Child's red typewriter, Mettoy 'Prefect', ca. 1965. (Victoria & Albert Museum number B.203-1993).

typewriter; educational toy; model

Domestic Appliances

c. 1965

Chair, North Eastern Railway, wooden, with blue buttoned leatherette seat, marked '904'.

Chair, North Eastern Railway

Railway Furniture

Card Table, rectangular table with ornately carved legs, top with leather inlay unfolds to reveal blue baize card table, ex Great Eastern Royal Saloon.

Card table, Great Eastern Royal Saloon

Railway Furniture

High-backed chair, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, high-backed wooden armchair with seat, arms and back panel upholstered in blue moquette, top of back has carved wooden panel with interlocked L & YR, formerly used by CME of LYR at Horwich and later by RM & EE at Derby.

High-backed chair, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Railway Furniture

Armchair, London & North Eastern Railway, blue 'jazz pattern' upholstery (with gold loose covers) believed to be from Silver Jubilee Train.

Armchair, London & North Eastern Railway

Railway Furniture

Station Seat, Caledonian Railway, Slatted bench with ornate cast iron supports. CR set into arm rests (Painted blue) ex Gleneagles Station. Overall: 865 mm x 2820 mm x 720 mm.

Station Seat, Caledonian Railway

Railway Furniture

Armchair, Midland Railway, upholstered in blue moquette with curved, buttoned back and scroll arms, wooden legs, ex Invalid Saloon No. 993.M.

Armchair, Midland Railway

Railway Furniture

Chair, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, straight back, blue leather seat with 'M.S.&L.R.' carved across back.

Chair, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Railway Furniture

Pink and blue silk bag to hold a large tooth, possibly dog's, amuletic, to cure toothache, Lovett collection, from Exeter, English, 1901-1910

Pink and blue silk bag to hold an amulet, Exeter, England, 1901-1910

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1910

Maiolica Italian drug jar, water bottle, globular shape, decorated in blue and white flowers and foliage, label panel with 3 scorpions, and in gothic script labelled 'a.apii' for wild celery water, Faenza, Italy, c. 1550

Maiolica drug jar for wild celery water

Medical Ceramic-ware

1545-1555