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Empty leather instrument wallet

Richard Phillips', a blood letter, document wallet, England, 1800-1813

1800-1813

Wallet RR100 made from recycled rubber tyre inner tubes

1996

'Bring Back British Rail' rail card wallet featuring the‘reverse arrows’ logo

Wallet. London & North Eastern Railway Gangers Wallet. Leather bound note book with instructions for the laying of permanent way, issued to J Barker, York.

London & North Eastern Railway gangers wallet

British Rail Regional Railways branded wallet, black leather with company name printed in gold coloured ink. Inscription: 'Real Leather' on inside of wallet.

Regional Railways wallet

Leather wallet, Black leather with gold lettering "Paddington Railway Club", Dimensions: 4?"x3"

paddington railway club

Plastic wallet, BR, "Inter-city announce the arrival of the Electric Scots" Blue plastic wallet with motif & lettering printed in white, Dimensions: 4?"x3?" (folded)

Plastic wallet

Wallet, London & North Eastern Railway, "Save to Travel" wallet, for saving for railway tickets, 1930-1940, card wallet containing savings stamp card and 1 shilling stamp.

London & North Eastern Railway save to travel wallet

London & North Eastern Railway and Great Eastern Railway Provident Savings Bank cover for depositor's statement of accounts. Green canvas printed in black lettering with two metal press stud fastenings.

Great Eastern Railway provident savings bank wallet

Wallet, plastic, BR (Manchester Division) card and pass wallet. Wallet issued to employees to hold cards, tickets and passes. Blue plastic cover with Class 87 depicted in gold on front, lettering "Manchester Divison" and BR double arrow logo, 4 clear divisions inside.

British Rail (Manchester Division) card and pass wallet

1980s

Painted folding leather wallet containing Chinese medical instruments, unsigned, Chinese, 1800-1899

Folding wallet for medical instruments

1800-1899

Brown leather rectangular wallet, inscribed ‘COURSES DE PARIS À ROUEN / DONNÉ PAR LA / COMPAGNIE PARISIENNE DES VÉLOCIPÈDES’, unsigned, French, 1870-1873. Presented to James Moore following a velocipede race, believed originally to have contained a 1,000-franc note, French, 1870-1873.

Leather Wallet, Inscribed ‘COURSES DE PARIS À ROUEN / DONNÉ PAR LA / COMPAGNIE PARISIENNE DES VÉLOCIPÈDES

1870-1873

Felt wallet for a syringe case by Eli Lilly & Co. Indianapolis. Early 20th century

Hypodermic syringe, with accessories, in embossed

Wallet, vinyl, Safety, issued by British Rail Safety. Wallet intended to hold cards summarising safety policy. Black, with double arrow logo and 'Safety' in white on the front. Belonged to Robert Hilton, signalman at Whittlesey signal box, Peterborough.

Safety

Wallet, London & North Eastern Railway, Save to Travel by L.N.E.R., a wallet for stamps and vouchers, green and black.

Save to Travel by L.N.E.R.

Leather wallet for syringe and hypodermic vials

Leather wallet for syringe and hypodermic vials

Wallet containing pocket diary, leather cover with paper insert, Midland Railway, issued by the Company to their Directors and Chief Officers, 1893-94, pre-printed with dates of Directors Committees and days of meetings,red ocver with gilt wyvern on front, issued to W H Hodges, Company Accountant 1866-1897.

Leather wallet and diary, Midland Railway

1894

Wallet, For Great Western Railway identity card (2003-8040), Red with gold lettering.

Great Western Railway identity card wallet

Wallet for travel tickets issued by Cook's Wagon-Lits World Travel Service. Blue leather folder embossed in gold, fastened with black tape. Inside paper pocket for tickets (empty).

Cooks Wagons Lits world travel service

North Eastern Railway rule book cover. Leather. T 35293

N.E.R.

Card wallet, MR. Black card-wallet with "MR" in red on front. Dimensions 7"x5 1/2" ( folded)

Card wallet

Record of Apprenticeship, BR, maroon plastic wallet with gold lettering: "[British emblem] Record of Apprenticeship", containing BREL Record Card. Dimensions: 3 3/4"x6"

Record of apprenticeship in plastic wallet

One imitation alligator wallet by Mulberry, 1996

Mulberry Wallet made of Imitation Alligator Skin

1996

Brown leather pouch, held closed by two brown-coloured fasteners, no inscription but with a tooled decorative pattern, the edges bound by leather cord, owned by James Moore, possibly used to hold his Ville de Puteaux medal and found with it in his possessions, unsigned, Europe, 1850-1899

Leather Prize-Money Wallet

1850-1899

Wallet designed by Mandana Macpherson, made from reclaimed automobile and bicycle inner tube.

Wallet made from reclaimed automobile and bicycle inner tube

1996