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- archaeological archive; human remains; possible cremated human bone; possible cremated human bone
- Brief description:
- A small assemblage of animal bone and shell collected during a development-led excavation at Marldon, near Torquay. The site revealed important archaeological evidence of Mesolithic and Neolithic activity with some evidence for Iron Age and later periods. Some of the assemblage was collected from Neolithic cremation contexts so may be human rather than faunal.
This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Death
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection date:
- 1989
- Field collection place:
- Bulleigh Meadow, Marldon (1989)
- Field collection place:
- Marldon
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Field collector:
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit (archaeological contractor)
- Material:
- bone (human)
- Object name:
- archaeological archive; human remains; possible cremated human bone; possible cremated human bone
- Object number:
- 333/2006/6
- Reproduction number:
- 333-2006-5.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 333-2006-5-shot1.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 333-2006-5-shot2.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Antiquities
- Responsible department/section:
- Devon archaeology
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d8da3270-722f-3cd3-a665-be8b9add69fa
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d8da3270-722f-3cd3-a665-be8b9add69fa, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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- Object name(s):
- programme
- Brief description:
- programme for 39th annual outing for staff of the Great Western Railway, Locomotive Running Superintendent's Staff, 1936 - Torquay.
- Collection:
- Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council)
- Object name:
- programme
- Object number:
- RY 1988/154
- Responsible department/section:
- STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a62128e3-acad-342c-9dd2-f0753992566c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a62128e3-acad-342c-9dd2-f0753992566c, Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council), CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Rock specimen; Rocks; Limestone
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Comments:
- [2 at]
- Condition:
- Good
- Field collection place:
- Torquay, Devon, U.K.
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Rock specimen; Rocks; Limestone
- Other number:
- 85
- Other number:
- ROK002C
- Other number type:
- file name
- Other number:
- RK2668
- Other number type:
- specimen ID
- Stratigraphic unit name:
- Devonian
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e0980f95-b9cd-3137-a2c3-cea744fa2ee5
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e0980f95-b9cd-3137-a2c3-cea744fa2ee5, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- zz; ZZ; CARDINIDAE
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Condition:
- 1 L.
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- zz; ZZ; CARDINIDAE
- Other number:
- MOLL26B
- Other number type:
- file name
- Other number:
- ML 9195
- Other number type:
- baseline number
- Responsible department/section:
- MOLLUSCA COMPOSITE LAMELLIBRANCHIATA
- Sex:
- T
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4cdefa95-f72c-3fa7-b423-2482a3830dc8
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4cdefa95-f72c-3fa7-b423-2482a3830dc8, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- postcard 1957
- Brief description:
- Front : Black/white . Photo of Anstey Cove, Torquay. Back : Blue biro from Cissie. Holiday postcard.
- Collection:
- Craven Museum
- Current reproduction location:
- Curator's office
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- postcard 1957
- Object number:
- SKIPM : 2009.386.1117
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Other number:
- E1043
- Technique:
- hand written
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3aced94f-96ca-3160-88bf-9be76ac2920a
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3aced94f-96ca-3160-88bf-9be76ac2920a, Craven Museum, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- b/w printphotograph; photograph
- Brief description:
- Photograph, b/w print; Mrs Mary Emms, landgirl, in uniform, in Torquay; taken in grounds of Land Army Convalescence Home, 1943; photographer unknown
- Collection:
- Norfolk Museums
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Content - concept:
- Women's Land Army
- Content - concept:
- occupation
- Content - date:
- 1943
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1943
- Date - latest:
- 1943
- Content - description:
- Mrs Mary Emms, landgirl, in uniform, in Torquay; taken in grounds of Land Army Convalescence Home, 1943
- Content - person:
- Emms, Mary, Mrs
- Person's association:
- landgirl
- Content - place:
- England
- Current location:
- Not on display - In store
- Object name:
- b/w printphotograph; photograph
- Object number:
- GRSRM : CP.CP1193
- Other number:
- 1.865
- Other number type:
- SHIC
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Responsible department/section:
- Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/50c5206d-76bf-3f93-b095-8ac8b9903811
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/50c5206d-76bf-3f93-b095-8ac8b9903811, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- 1 black and white photograph. Mrs Frederick Rich, Devizes Castle, Wiltshire.
- Object name(s):
- photograph
- Brief description:
- 1 black and white photograph of Mrs Frederick Rich of Devizes Castle, Wiltshire. this head and shoulders portrait shows the lady as a young woman with her hair in long ringlets. She is wearing a black/dark velvet, long-sleeved gown with ribbon and lace trim. Around her neck hangs a locket, two strings of dark beads and a fine cord that support something hidden under her hands. Anotated on the reverse, "Mrs Frederick Rich, paternal grandmother of Almeric Frederic Conness Rich, buried at ???? church, Berks".
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- person
- Condition:
- good
- Content - note:
- Duplicate DZSWS:1995.1467.1.137
- Content - place:
- Devizes
- Place status:
- Parish
- Content - place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- County
- Material:
- photographic paper
- Material:
- mounted on card
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1995.1441
- Object production person:
- Cox, E H
- Person's address:
- 6 Park Crescent, Torquay, Devon
- Person's association:
- producer
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Object production place:
- Devon
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7f67445-9e43-304a-8fb0-89fac9054398
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7f67445-9e43-304a-8fb0-89fac9054398, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- dish and cover; cheese dish and cover; dish and cover
- Brief description:
- Many tourists came to Torbay in the early 20th century. In response, several South Devon potteries designed ranges of ceramics to cater for them. Decorations often included rural cottage scenes or nautical pictures as you can see on this cheese dish from the Longpark Pottery in Torquay.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
below handle incised CHEESE
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Eating and Drinking
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole length 174 mm
- Dimension:
- whole width 138 mm
- Dimension:
- whole height 107 mm
- Material:
- earthenware
- Object name:
- dish and cover; cheese dish and cover; dish and cover
- Object number:
- 347/1980
- Object production date:
- 1930 to 1940
- Date - period:
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Date - period:
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Object production person:
- Longpark Pottery (pottery)
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Object production place:
- S. Devon
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Object production place:
- Northern Europe
- Object production place:
- Europe
- Reproduction number:
- 347-1980.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 347-1980-shot3.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Decorative Art
- Responsible department/section:
- British ceramics
- Technique:
- cover painting sailing boat; dotted borders
- Use title:
- Food: beyond the plate. Exhibition 2025
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ddd3a2fc-a333-3b3b-a585-6b8847a4d02f
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ddd3a2fc-a333-3b3b-a585-6b8847a4d02f, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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- Object name(s):
- insect: moth; SPHINGIDAE: Hyles livornica: striped hawk-moth; striped hawk-moth
- Brief description:
- The striped hawk-moth is an uncommon immigrant to the southern UK. It can be seen April-October but is more common in the summer months. It was found 4 June 1906 in Torquay by W Crocker and came to RAMM in Frank Lees’ collection.
This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Insect
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection date:
- 04 June 1906
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collector:
- Devon & Exeter Institution (from the collection of)
- Field collector:
- Mr Frank H Crocker (collector)
- Field collector:
- W Crocker (collector)
- Object name:
- insect: moth; SPHINGIDAE: Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780): striped hawk-moth; striped hawk-moth
- Object number:
- 9/1997/13
- Reproduction number:
- 9-1997-13.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 9-1997-13-shot1.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Arthropods
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/70fa9201-02d2-33a0-996a-7ea930b94c71
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/70fa9201-02d2-33a0-996a-7ea930b94c71, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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- Object name(s):
- fossil: cave bear; URSIDAE: Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller: cave bear; cave bear tooth
- Brief description:
- Kent’s Cavern is a natural system of caves near Torquay. It was called Kent’s Hole until 1865. Excavations revealed ice-age creatures, and some of the earliest human remains and stone tools in the country. Fossil remains date to the Pleistocene 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago. During the last Ice Age red sediments called 'cave earth' flowed into the cave. They covered earlier layers of crystalline stalagmites, breccia and animal remains. When archaeologists excavated, they found the cave earth to be rich in human and animal bones.
This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Object name:
- fossil: cave bear; URSIDAE: Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller: cave bear; cave bear tooth
- Object number:
- Fos21
- Reproduction number:
- fos21.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Fossils
- Use title:
- Hollow Earth. Exhibition 2023
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6db1ebf7-b5e4-3a68-8940-d6cc7ea3dfad
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6db1ebf7-b5e4-3a68-8940-d6cc7ea3dfad, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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- Object name(s):
- shell specimen; bivalve; shell
- Brief description:
- bivalve shell; cockle-like; cream colour; grooves; smooth interior
- Collection:
- Poole Museum
- Associated concept:
- natural history
- Condition:
- fair
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 2.5 cm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 2 cm
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object history note:
- labelled Cardium Torquay
- Object name:
- shell specimen; bivalve; shell
- Object number:
- T:2001.103
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3f5327e7-3802-3f6c-9cde-467f5514e478
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3f5327e7-3802-3f6c-9cde-467f5514e478, Poole Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Wall-vase
- Brief description:
- Wall-vase of lead-glaze earthenware with moulded decoration and glazed in blues, greens and yellows. Pear-shaped rising from a vertical collar on which are attached lugs. Decorated with bands of mouldings in the form of bands of circles, leaf shapes, lines and squares. From the lugs project leaf-mouldings.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Art Pottery
- Associated concept:
- Earthenware
- Associated concept:
- Scotland
- Content - concept:
- leaves
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.2
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14.5
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7
- Inscription content:
- 'Watcombe, South Devon' and a bird and tree [within a circle]
- Inscription interpretation:
- impressed
- Material:
- lead glaze
- Material:
- earthenware
- Object name:
- Wall-vase
- Object number:
- C.61-1980
- Object production date:
- ca. 1870
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1865-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1874-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Watcombe Pottery Co.
- Organisation's association:
- maker
- Object production person:
- Dresser, Christopher
- Person's association:
- designer
- Person's biographical note:
- possibly
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Wall-vase of lead-glaze earthenware with moulded decoration and glazed in blues, greens and yellows. Pear-shaped rising from a vertical collar on which are attached lugs. Decorated with bands of mouldings in the form of bands of circles, leaf shapes, lines and squares. From the lugs project leaf-mouldings.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1463
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EB0764
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1462
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1460
- Reproduction number:
- 2010CX1273
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- moulded
- Technique:
- Lead-glazed earthenware with moulded decoration
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Wall-vase
Designed by Christopher Dresser, made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, about 1870
Marks: 'Watcombe, South Devon' and a bird and tree within a circle, impressed
Lead-glazed earthenware
C.61-1980
- Text date:
- 23/05/2008
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/de3ceda2-0638-3890-bbf4-f7e436fc7534
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/de3ceda2-0638-3890-bbf4-f7e436fc7534, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- poster
- Brief description:
- British Railways poster of Torquay - The International Resort. Colourful poster with man and woman holding tennis rackets.
- Collection:
- Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council)
- Object name:
- poster
- Object number:
- RY 1990/896
- Responsible department/section:
- STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/43826827-c854-3422-9124-dbd1146fc982
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/43826827-c854-3422-9124-dbd1146fc982, Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council), CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Rock specimen; Rocks; Biosparite
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Comments:
- [1 as]
- Condition:
- Good
- Field collection place:
- Torquay, Devon, U.K.
- Object name:
- Rock specimen; Rocks; Biosparite
- Object number:
- 1988.G.167
- Other number:
- ROK001C
- Other number type:
- file name
- Other number:
- RK170
- Other number type:
- specimen ID
- Stratigraphic unit name:
- Devonian
- Stratigraphic unit note:
- A34
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/37eb604f-39a3-37d9-971a-28795c628b3e
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/37eb604f-39a3-37d9-971a-28795c628b3e, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- europaea/Mont.; Cypraea; Rothera; CYPRAEIDAE
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Acquisition reference number:
- 1893.02?
- Condition:
- 1 damaged
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Number of objects:
- 22
- Object name:
- europaea/Mont.; Cypraea; Rothera; CYPRAEIDAE
- Other number:
- MOLL06B
- Other number type:
- file name
- Other number:
- ML 2145
- Other number type:
- baseline number
- Responsible department/section:
- MOLLUSCA (COMPOSITE)
- Sex:
- T.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/13b40654-7db7-3e13-bfba-f6d205e43f5e
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/13b40654-7db7-3e13-bfba-f6d205e43f5e, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- photograph
- Brief description:
- photograph, unidentified portrait, Wiltshire area, late 19th century, part of a collection of 72 photographs, possibly from the whitaker collection
- Collection:
- Trowbridge Museum
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Associated concept:
- personalia
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- w
- Dimension:
- l
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- TRWBM:1977.20.4
- Object production person:
- Callaway
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Object production place:
- Devon
- Place status:
- County
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6491129a-9663-3a2f-8305-e7e2948d4976
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6491129a-9663-3a2f-8305-e7e2948d4976, Trowbridge Museum, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- programme
- Brief description:
- Programme and menu for Chief Mechanical Engineer's Staff & Correspondence Offices 45th Annual Outing, to Newton Abbot and Torquay, 1948.
- Collection:
- Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council)
- Object name:
- programme
- Object number:
- RY 1988/164
- Responsible department/section:
- STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0207951f-101b-3fa5-a982-f289b7a49933
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0207951f-101b-3fa5-a982-f289b7a49933, Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council), CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- poster
- Brief description:
- British Railways Western Region poster for Torquay - Queen of the Riviera. Shows a photo picture of the harbour
- Collection:
- Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council)
- Object name:
- poster
- Object number:
- RY 1988/453
- Responsible department/section:
- STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/016ff133-5dc7-353e-9134-6508c72a54a6
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/016ff133-5dc7-353e-9134-6508c72a54a6, Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council), CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- catena; Natica; Rothera; SOLARIIDAE SCALARIADAE PYRAMIDELLIDAE EULIMIDAE NATICIDAE
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Acquisition reference number:
- 1893.02?
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Number of objects:
- 2
- Object name:
- catena; Natica; Rothera; SOLARIIDAE SCALARIADAE PYRAMIDELLIDAE EULIMIDAE NATICIDAE
- Other number:
- MOLL07B
- Other number type:
- file name
- Other number:
- ML 2553
- Other number type:
- baseline number
- Responsible department/section:
- MOLLUSCA (COMPOSITE)
- Sex:
- T.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/94ef21c5-11e2-353c-9347-7d03aaba14fc
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/94ef21c5-11e2-353c-9347-7d03aaba14fc, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- umbilicatus; Trochus; Rothera; TROCHIDAE
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Acquisition reference number:
- 1893.02?
- Condition:
- 4 damaged
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Number of objects:
- 34
- Object name:
- umbilicatus; Trochus; Rothera; TROCHIDAE
- Other number:
- MOLL13B
- Other number type:
- file name
- Other number:
- ML 4320
- Other number type:
- baseline number
- Responsible department/section:
- MOLLUSCA COMPOSITE GASTROPODA
- Sex:
- T
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1cff811c-4764-3d33-80c1-ca9c4bf04168
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1cff811c-4764-3d33-80c1-ca9c4bf04168, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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