Collection: Chesterfield Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Decorative and Applied Arts Collection

  The strength of the collection is locally-produced ceramics: 19th and 20th century saltglaze and other stoneware made in Brampton and at Whittington Moor; Gordon collection of 1950’s studio pottery made by Wm Gordon at Brampton and Old Whittington; Eastwood Bequest of fine china including Royal Worcestershire and Derby; early 20th century glassware made in Chesterfield by Dema Glass; stained glass windows from local buildings; 17th, 18th and 19th century furniture, some of local provenance, displayed at Revolution House. Local and regional significance.

  Subjects

  Ceramics; Decorative glass; Furniture; Decorative arts; Stained glass; Fine and Decorative Art

  Fine Art Collection

  Local significance Syddall Collection of oils, pastels and pencil sketches by Joseph Sydall (1864-1942) of Old Whittington; oil portraits of local dignitaries and industrialists; watercolours of churches in Scarsdale Hundred by Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794); various pictures in different media of local scenes, or by locally-based artists. Work by Phyllis Hanson, including documentary pictures of Chesterfield in the 1970s and 80s.

  Subjects

  Watercolour painting; Fine arts; Local history; Churches; Portraits

  Costume and Textiles Collection

  Local significance The collection includes clothing and uniforms, including WWII armed services and Home Front uniforms. Samplers and domestic textiles. Processional banners: Derbyshire Miners Federation and Sunday Schools. Banner made to celebrate centenary of Revolution of 1688, showing the Revolution House.

  Subjects

  Miners; Textile arts; Uniforms; Costume; Banners; Armed forces; Sunday schools

  Social History Collection

  Local significance 17th-20th century domestic kitchen and laundry equipment; small items of furniture; children’s toys; model railway and model engineering collection; straw work and other material associated with Napoleonic POWs; items from Chesterfield shops and businesses, local schools and police and fire services. Civic and commemorative items, including standard measures and civic plate.

  Subjects

  Schools; Domestic life; Trade (practice); Models (miniatures); Furniture; Civic organizations; Fire services; Social history; Police; Shops; Industry

  Music Collection

  Two harmoniums and a harp.

  Subjects

  Musical instruments

  Geology Collection

  Local significance Robinson collection of mineral samples both local and non-local formed by an amateur geologist. Various fossils mostly collected locally from coal seams. Does not normally collect in this field.

  Subjects

  Fossils; Geology

  Biology Collection

  Local significance One item only, Cinnamon starling in case.

  Subjects

  Natural sciences; Biology

  Transport Collection

  Wagon plates from Chesterfield wagon makers; railway material connected with local lines, stations and sheds; material relating to bus transport in Chesterfield. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Railway stations; Railways; Wagons; Transport; Bus services

  Agriculture Collection

  Local significance A small collection of equipment from farms in the area.

  Subjects

  Agriculture; Farms

  Personalia Collection

  Local significance Material relating to George Stephenson and family.

  Subjects

  Family; Personal history; Genealogy; Family archives

  Archaeology Collection

  Excavated material and finds for Chesterfield town, the wider Borough, Brackenfield and South Wingfield Manor. Includes Malvern Road hoard of Roman coins, Morton Hoard of Roman silver denarii, Clay Cross hoard of bronze palstaves. Local and regional significance.

  Subjects

  Archaeology; Coins

  Photography Collection

  Local significance See collections listed under ‘archives’. Also photographs of Chesterfield mayors; photographs taken by Council Departments in advance of development; Roberts collection of cameras. 1930s cinema projector and film stores. Also photographs of Chesterfield mayors; photographs taken by Council Departments in advance of development; Roberts collection of cameras. 1930s cinema projector and film stores.

  Subjects

  Photographic equipment; Photography

  Military Collection

  Local significance Social history collections include some material relating to local regiments. See also uniforms under Costume.

  Subjects

  Regiments; Social history; Armed forces

  Numismatics Collection

  17th-19th century trade tokens. Also see coin hoards under Archaeology. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Numismatics; Tokens

  Archives Collection

  A range of documents, books, maps and photographs. Goodlad collection of ephemera relating to Chesterfield businesses, leisure activities and scenes. 17th and 18th century race cards for Chesterfield races. Photographs and postcards of Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire places and scenes. Chesterfield back notes. Borough extension maps. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Local history; Postcards; Photographs; Maps

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC