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Timken tapered roller bearing without outer race

1898

Timken combined journal and thrust tapered roller bearing

1935

Daily Herald Photograph: Coronet cine cameras

1932-08

Veritys jug

circa 1908

Ten 'Maxlume' industrial light fittings made by Verity Ltd

circa 1955

Tylar Magazine Plate Camera

Coronet Flashmaster Camera

1955

Timken tapered roller bearing

1909

Button, brass and gilt

1914-1945

Tylar's 'Tit-Bit' Hand Quarter Plate Camera

1891-1900

Daily Herald Photograph: Coronet camera, lens

1932-07

Coronet Vogue camera

1936

Eagle Range Kitchen with Two Ovens

1900

Convector gas fire with 5 non-aerated burners set underneath 5 large f ireclay block radiants, with chrome-plated reflector below and all enc ased in sheet metal with perforated front and 4 legs, by John Wright of Essex Works, Aston, Birmingham (subsidiary of Radiation Ltd), 1931-1935

Convector gas fire with 5 non-aerated burners set underneath 5 large f ireclay block radiants

1931-1935

Ornate cast iron gas fire with separate pivoted gas ring and trivet for a kettle or pan, and fire with 10 radiants (not original), patent no 18995, by John Wright of Essex Works, Aston, Birmingham, 1900-1920

Ornate cast iron gas fire with separate pivoted gas ring and trivet for a kettle or pan

1900-1920

Coronet Cinecamera. Made in England. Cinecamera for 9.5mm film chargers. Coronet anastigmat lens f/3.9-11. Clockwork drive intermittent sprocket. Direct vision optical finder. Rotary frame counter. No 401.

Coronet Cinecamera

Coronet Flashmaster Camera. A basic moulded-plastic camera for 12 exposures on 120 rollfilm, fitted with a fixed-focus lens and a single-speed shutter. Serail Number H13004. This camera is synchronised for flash - hence the name. Manufactured between 1955 and 1959. A similar camera to the Cadet but with the advantage of flash synchronisation. In 1955 the Coronet Flashmaster retailed for £1 10s 0d.

Coronet Flashmaster Camera

1955-1959

Printing frame for 4 x 5 inch negatives. W Tylar.

Tylars perfect printing frame

Siphon washer for attachment to tank or deep dish. Black enameled. W. Tylar. Includes original carton.

Tylar's current producer and discharger

120 rollfilm, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". 'Use 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" - 6cm x 9cm films'. A cheap, simple folding camera for 120 rollfilm.

Coronet Folding Camera

1930

Ashtray, aluminium, London & North Western Railway, by John Levick, Alma Street, Aston, Birmingham, 1900-1920, inscribed "L&NWR". Overall: 105 mm x 195 mm, 0.36kg.

Ashtray, London & North Western Railway

1900-1920

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Courtyard of sub-standard houses in Aston'. March 1969. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Courtyard of sub-standard houses in Aston

1969-03

Metal carafe holder with half round base and circular top, back has two holes for wall mounting, fair condition, makers mark stamped on base.

Metal carafe holder with half round base and circular top

Coronet Flashmaster camera, made by Coronet Ltd. Birmingham. Plastic 'box' camera for 120 film, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4". Fixed aperture focus and shutter speeds. Flash synchronised, 2 pin socket. Optical direct vision finder. Accidental exposure lock. Neck cord.

Coronet Flashmaster camera

1955

Three screw fitting for up to 40mm lens mount. Rotating plate with eight apertures for 0.8cm-3.8cm in descending then ascending order of size. Operated by spring driven rackwork engaging gear on the plate shaft. Intended to clear softening effect in portraits. To be fitted on existing shutters or lenses. By rapid rotation of the perforated disc during exposure the light waves are so altered that the resulting negative has harsh lines softened, harsh lights subdued and softness and modelling automatically imparted to the image photographed. W. Tylar.c.1905

Tylar's automatic retoucher

1900-1910

Horse-drawn 'Gloucestershire' farm wagon (generically a South Midlands spindle bow wagon) by Long of Aston, Oxfordshire, 1875-1900, with one roller-scotch, and 'ladder' at the front. Maximum frame clearance 44 inches.

Horse-drawn 'Gloucestershire' farm wagon

1875-1900

Ashtray, aluminium, London & North Western Railway, by John Levick, Alma Street, Aston, Birmingham, 1900-1920, inscribed "L&NWR". Overall: 105 mm x 195 mm, 0.35kg.

Ashtray, London & North Western Railway

1900-1920

Tylars pocket titbit camera, made by W. Tylar, Aston, Birmingham. Collapsing camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 plates. Single lens f/11-22. External rotating shutter, 3 tensions. Two built in reflecting finders. Focusing scree. With 6 single metal darkslides, in case.

Tylars pocket Titbit camera

1897

Ornate cast iron gas fire with cobble fuel radiants (perforated egg sh ape) with elaborate perforated iron surround to produce convection eff ect, by H. W. Wright and Co., Essex Works, Aston, Birmingham, 1900-1920

Ornate cast iron gas fire with cobble fuel radiants

1900-1920