Collection: Nantwich Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Science and Industry Collection

  Working life includes themes such as water supply (wooden water main from Nantwich), the local mineral and chemical industry (including a Roman salt pan, flagons and bottles), local engineering including Long case Nantwich clocks, steam engine, weighing machine and tin making tools. Items from the footwear and clothing industries also feature such as shoe lasts and examples of shoes and boots made locally. Timber and wooden furniture manufacture includes tools and there are also shop and office fittings such as adding machines and wall signs. Photographic processing, retail distribution (packaging etc) and general commerce is also represented in the collection including Mrs Saint’s Collection from Rhodes, Nantwich toyshop.

  Subjects

  Science and Industry

  Social History Collection

  Community life includes civic items, objects associated with the police and fire services (including a fire engine), the Beam Health trust collection, schools and education. Domestic and family life includes themes such as heating, lighting, water and sanitation, domestic cleaning equipment, food, drink and tobacco, medical supplies, hobbies, crafts and pastimes including toys and games, commemorative items and furnishings and fittings.

  Subjects

  Social History

  Fine Art Collection

  Watercolours, drawings, prints and oil paintings.

  Subjects

  Fine Art

  Personalia Collection

  Spectacles, curling tongs, pipes, snuff box.

  Subjects

  Personalia

  Archaeology Collection

  Pottery, Axe, Roman burial urn, Medieval stylus. Woman’s medieval ring and Bronze Age child’s bracelet. There are also items such as a Roman Salt Pan.

  Subjects

  Archaeology

  Arms and Armour Collection

  Warfare and defence items including Civil War armour, cannon balls and shot and also local items associated with the First and Second World War.

  Subjects

  Arms and Armour

  Costume and Textile Collection

  Men’s clothing includes jackets, trousers, waistcoats, swimming costume and boots. Women’s costume includes dresses, jackets, skirts, capes, wedding dress, aprons, mourning clothes, underwear and nightwear, bonnets, gloves, boots and shoes. There are also various accessories such as spectacles and a range of children’s clothing, including Christening Dresses, footwear and nightwear. Textiles include bedcovers, quilts and samplers.

  Subjects

  Costume and Textile

  Medals Collection

  Medallions (commemorative).

  Subjects

  Medals

  Numismatics Collection

  Coins and tokens.

  Subjects

  Numismatics

  Photographic Collection

  The photographic material includes a large collection of postcards collected by Margaret and Mabel Wooldridge, and mostly from c.1904-1939. The pictures, stamps, postmarks, handwriting and messages provide a valuable insight into life in the early 20th century and during wartime. Images include those of individuals, groups (e.g. members of Nantwich Urban District Council in 1910) and events such as a railway disaster at Shrewsbury in 1907 and a Royal Visit in 1926. There are also images of Nantwich streets, buildings and commercial premises.

  Subjects

  Photography

  Archives Collection

  Books, local directories and guides, documents, programmes, receipts and maps.

  Subjects

  Archives

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC