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Chain mail protective gloves, c. 1960-1975

1960-1975

Protective rubber glove, 1946.

1946

Glove for use with prosthetic hand

1989

Full pressure suit glove

Full pressure suit glove

Leather safety glove

Leather safety glove.

Pair of lead-lined leather gloves

Cotton pathologists' gloves

circa 2016

Pair of signed 'Drawmaster' white gloves

Oven mitt made from cloth offcuts, Philippines, 1982-3

1982-1983

Left mitten, coal mining use.

Pair silk inner gloves used on the 1933 Everest expedition

1933

Gloves Worn by Nurse Bonnett to Receive Her 25 Years Service Badge.

1952-1982
Pair of thick rubber gauntlet type gloves usually worn on top of one pair of latex gloves and beneath another, and taped to the wearers tyvek suit, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Rubber gloves for frontline health workers

circa 2014
Pair of Goalkeeper gloves made by Nike (UK) Ltd.

Pair of Goalkeeper gloves made by Nike (UK) Ltd.

1996
Black leather gloves with stud fastening, made in England.

gloves

Pair of gloves and a single right-hand glove, Winter - Monkey Grip vinyl coated foam insulated, by Edmont Europe, Belgium, 1986

Pair of gloves, Winter - Monkey Grip vinyl coated foam insulated

1986
Pair Cryo-gloves for working in and with cold atmospheres

Pair of Cryo-gloves

Packet containing a pair of long white sterile latex gloves, HM Healthcare brand, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Sterile latex gloves for frontline health workers

2014
A number of long white latex gloves carried within a white plastic container with a screw top, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Several long white latex gloves in screw top container

circa 2014
Packet containing a pair of long white sterile nitrile gloves, Nitritex™ 'Profile PNHS' type, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Sterile nitrile gloves, as used by frontline health workers

2014
Packet containing a pair of long white sterile latex gloves, HM Healthcare brand, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Sterile latex gloves for frontline health workers

2014
Pair of thick rubber gauntlet type gloves usually worn on top of one pair of latex gloves and beneath another, and taped to the wearer's Tyvek suit, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Thick rubber gloves

2010-2014
Pair of white regulation cotton gloves, each with two wrist buttons, English, 1930-1960

Pair of White Regulation Cotton Gloves.

1930-1960
A pair of RAF flying gloves.

Royal Air Force Gloves

1939-1949
Boxer's training gloves, abdominal protector, and headguard made by Bryan-Grasshopper Ltd.

Boxer's Training Protective Equipment.

Racing driver's gloves as used by Alan Jones

Gloves Used by Formula 1 Racing Driver Alan Jones

circa 1981
Pair of tru-touch seamless, vinyl, disposable gloves (inside ready powdered).

Pair of tru-touch seamless

Pair of "Hyd-Tuf" nitrile butadiene rubber coated gloves with safety cuff made by Edmont Europe

Pair of "Hyd-Tuf" gloves

Pair of "Hynit" nitrile butadiene rubber impregnated, knit lined, cut and abrasion resistant gloves made by Edmont Europe

Pair of "Hynit" nitrile butadiene rubber impregnated

Pair of heated inner gloves, as used by Canberra bomber crewmen in the 1950s

Pair of heated inner gloves

Pair of leather gloves, for Forestry worker's tree-felling outfit, unsigned, British, 1981

Pair of leather gloves

1981
Aircrew equipment for high altitude flying, cape leather gloves (size 9), by RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, British, 1980-1984

Aircrew equipment for high altitude flying, pair of cape leather gloves (size 9)

1980-1984
Single right-hand glove, Winter - Monkey Grip vinyl coated foam insulated, by Edmont Europe, Belgium, 1986

Single right-hand glove

1986
Pair of gloves and a single right-hand glove, Winter - Monkey Grip vinyl coated foam insulated, by Edmont Europe, Belgium, 1986

Pair of gloves, Winter - Monkey Grip vinyl coated foam insulated

1986
Pair of gloves, for live line conducting suit, used for 'bare hand' working on electic power transmission lines up to 400 KV.

Pair of gloves for live line conducting suit

Pair of chrome leather and cotton gloves, for coke oven operative's protective suit, unsigned, British, 1981. Clothing used at British Steel Corporation's Redcar works.

Pair of chrome leather and cotton gloves

1981
Pharmaceutical preparation gloves produced by Burroughs Wellcome Pharmaceutical Co.

Pharmaceutical preparation area gloves

Pair "Suregrip" goalkeeper's gloves, knitted nylon with PVC dots on palms made by Bryan-Grasshopper Ltd.

Pair "Suregrip" goalkeeper's gloves

Forestry worker's pair of wire handling gloves, unsigned, British, 1981

Forestry worker's pair of wire handling gloves

1981
Gloves, Japan Railways, white gloves, worn by Shinkansen drivers.

Gloves, Japan Railways

Gloves, BR, Firedroppers gloves

Gloves, BR, Firedroppers gloves

Pair of leather gloves with removable lead linings, by W.S. Rothband and Co. Ltd., Bent Street, Manchester, England.

Pair of leather gloves with removable lead linings

Opened box of Nitrylex classic brand medium size gloves, made by Mercator, part of blood taking equipment, of the type used during the clinical trials of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by the Oxford Vaccine Group, the Jenner Institute and the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM)

Disposable gloves used for blood taking

2021
Firefighting 'Fleet' suit with helmet, boots and gloves (suit type Bristol HS 2/3), designed for use on board ship, by Bristol Uniforms Limited, Bristol, England, 1981. Designed to follow the SOLAS Regulations of 1974 (Safety of Life at Sea) that required vessels to carry specialised safety equipment. Two-piece suit made of Heatshield cloth, a textile that retains its structure in flames up to 1000°C, protecting from intense radiant heat, (though not from flames), and limited protection against cold, most acids, oils and other chemicals. The wrists and ankles are elasticated to avoid exposure to radiant heat. Coat, trousers and gauntlet mittens made of modacrylic beta-glass fibre yarn mixture cloth, lined with non-flammable twill. Helmet made of heavy duty glassfibre with Heatshield cloth neck curtain and polycarbonate visor. Chrome hide leather boots with nitrile rubber sole and steel toe cap.

Shipboard firefighting suit

1981
Four standard length blue latex gloves, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Four standard length blue latex gloves

circa 2014
Packet containing a pair of long white sterile nitrile gloves, Nitritex™ 'Profile PNHS' type, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Sterile nitrile gloves for frontline health workers

2014
Pair of Neoprene 'Seeflex' gloves worn by divers, 1996, made by Aqua-Lung UK Ltd.

Pair of Neoprene 'Seeflex' gloves

1996
Therapeutic heated gloves and socks by Medmek, England, 1970-1990

Therapeutic heated gloves and socks by Medmek

1970-1990