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Piece of stone, part sawn off

Piece of stone, part sawn off

1790-1819

Piece of rough granite

Piece of rough granite

1790-1819

Two pieces of pumice stone

Two pieces of pumice stone

1790-1819

One sharpening stone

One sharpening stone

1790-1819

Three fragments of stone from St. Pauls Cathedral

Three fragments of stone from St. Pauls Cathedral

Flint shaped like leg with foot

Flint shaped like leg with foot

1871-1915

Felspar used in making bone china

Felspar used in making bone china

Holed stone threaded on string either for suspension inside a door to avert sickness from Holy Island

Holed stone threaded on string either for suspension inside a door to avert sickness from Holy Island

1880-1916

Green stone in glass topped cardboard box

Green stone in glass topped cardboard box

1881-1911

Opaque yellow pebble

Opaque yellow pebble

1880-1933

China stone used in making bone china

China stone used in making bone china

China stone used in making white earthenware

China stone used in making white earthenware

Two stones, "Itiat Uso"

Two stones, "Itiat Uso"

1890-1930

Three fragments of stone from St. Pauls Cathedral

Three fragments of stone from St. Pauls Cathedral

Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method

Object illustrating the Cire Perdue method

1957

1 Large piece of stone

One large piece of stone

1790-1819

8 Pieces of pumice stone

Eight pieces of pumice stone

1790-1819

2 Sharpening stones

Two sharpening stones

1790-1819

1 “Fire stone, Islay”

One “Fire stone, Islay”

1790-1819

Decorative Stone, with the date '1847' within a shield, no provenance.

Decorative Stone

Decorative Stone, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, bearing the date 1892 in a shield, ex Brockley Station, removed from the up side station building, BTC 75/2/71, source: Chief Civil Engineer, Southern Region.

Decorative stone from London Brighton & South Coast Railway

Decorative Stone, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, bearing the quartered shield of the LBSCR company arms, ex Brockley Station, removed from the old up side station building, BTC 75/1/71, source: Chief Civil Engineer, Southern Region.

Decorative stone from London Brighton & South Coast Railway

Boundary stone, Seacombe, Hoylake & Deeside Railway, inscribed "S H & D R". From West Kirby Station, about 1878. Broken into two pieces. Dimensions: 47 x 16 x 5.5 ins.

Seacombe, Hoylake & Deeside Railway boundary stone

circa 1878

Decorative stone, Great North of England Railway, shield shaped carved stone engraved "GNER Co 1843".

Decorative stone - Great North of England Railway

String firebag, containing pipe, stone, tinder and steel, from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

String firebag

1850-1920

Stone (unknown type), oblong shape with rounded corners and ridge running down middle, part of Hildburgh Collection of illuminating and fire making devices, collected by Dr. Walter Leo Hildburgh, F.S.A, London, England, 1910-1950

Stone from collection of fire making devices

1910-1950

Box of stone samples; each has a label. Contains; azurite samples, sandstone, copper slag, shellfish fossil, worm track fossil, and siltstone. Part of coal mining collection.

Box of stone samples; each has a label. Contains; azurite samples

1 Piece of round stone 10” x 2½”

One piece of round stone

1790-1819

One large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from the yard outside William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

one large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from outside the Cruciform building

1793

1 Piece of sand-stone

One piece of sandstone

1790-1819

Stone 3, translucent (3)

Stone 3

Stone (hard, purple) before grinding

Stone (hard, purple) before grinding

3 Pieces of white stone, 3/4", 1" and 2" in length

Three pieces of white stone

1790-1819

Stone (soft) before grinding

Stone (soft) before grinding

Stone (1 & 2) when ground

ground stone

"Heartstone", slaty water-worn pebble, veined with quartz, carried to keep away witches, from South Devon, 1880-1920

"Heartstone", slaty water-worn pebble

1880-1920