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Open filters- Object name(s):
- axe; Flat Axe
- Brief description:
- This axe, made of copper or bronze, was found in the adjacent field to Broadsands Chamber Tomb through the PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme).
- Collection:
- Torquay Museum
- Field collection place:
- Broadsands
- Material:
- Copper or bronze
- Object name:
- axe; Flat Axe
- Object number:
- A7183
- Object production place:
- Churston
- Reproduction number:
- A7183.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Archaeology
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5c7e27ef-97b9-3f92-a594-df7392d67d7d
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5c7e27ef-97b9-3f92-a594-df7392d67d7d, Torquay Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- hand; Mummified Hand
- Brief description:
- Mummified human body parts are more easily preserved than whole mummies. We can tell from the well-manicured nails of this hand that he or she was of quite high status.
- Collection:
- Torquay Museum
- Material:
- Human remains
- Object name:
- hand; Mummified Hand
- Object number:
- A5344
- Reproduction number:
- A5344.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Archaeology
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f73aacbe-a28e-34fe-8233-04163538dfc8
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f73aacbe-a28e-34fe-8233-04163538dfc8, Torquay Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- 'Torquay' Collier General Arrangement Plan
- Object name(s):
- Plan
- Brief description:
- Scale 1/8"=1ft (1:96)
- Collection:
- Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
- Accession date:
- 09/02/1997
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Associated concept:
- Shipbuilding
- Associated date:
- 1930
- Associated person:
- Smiths Dock
- Current location:
- View by Appointment
- Material:
- Blue print
- Object name:
- Plan
- Object number:
- ABDMS047414
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1930
- Date - latest:
- 1930
- Object status:
- Accessioned object
- Responsible department/section:
- Maritime History
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0e69187c-b095-306a-9277-93d07d958b0a
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0e69187c-b095-306a-9277-93d07d958b0a, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, CC 0
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- Object name(s):
- postcard
- Brief description:
- postcard from Torquay to Daisy Mead of West Ashton, Wiltshire, 1920s
- Collection:
- Trowbridge Museum
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Associated concept:
- recreation
- Associated concept:
- holiday
- Associated person:
- Mead, Daisy, Miss
- Associated place:
- West Ashton
- Place status:
- Parish
- Associated place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- County
- Associated place:
- Devon
- Place status:
- County
- Associated place:
- post office
- Associated place:
- Torquay
- Condition:
- fair
- Object name:
- postcard
- Object number:
- TRWBM:1977.669
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b8ee9d3e-74a1-3162-b252-3382293a86b3
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b8ee9d3e-74a1-3162-b252-3382293a86b3, Trowbridge Museum, CC BY
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- Title:
- Photograph (black and white)
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Photograph of 30 older people and a driver outside a building in Torquay, with a folder of the 'Warberry Hotel, Torquay'
- Collection:
- Hackney Museum
- Associated date:
- 1955 = 1965
- Associated organisation:
- Fallowfield
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- 1987.50
- Object production date:
- 1955 = 1965
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fa43dc45-a82d-38af-9c64-2493196fb787
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fa43dc45-a82d-38af-9c64-2493196fb787, Hackney Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Warren Jones Collection; plate
- Brief description:
- 1 English terracotta ornamental plate, its surface slip decorated with sprigs of ivy, daisies and gypsophilla, 2 holes to footing for hanging, manufactured by Watcombe Pottery Co, St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon, 1867 - 1901, acquired from the McLaren Foundation, Clouds Estate, East Knoyle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2005.
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- decorative art
- Associated concept:
- ceramics
- Associated concept:
- terracotta
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 162
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 162
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 162
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 162
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Inscription content:
- impressed marks to base 'WATCOMBE TORQUAY', a circle containing
a plus sign, '787'
- Material:
- pottery
- Material:
- earthenware
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Warren Jones Collection; plate
- Object number:
- DZSWS:2006.22.75
- Object production organisation:
- Watcombe Pottery Co
- Organisation's function:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- St Mary Church, Torquay
- Object production place:
- Devon
- User's reference:
- Brannam, P. 1982. A Family Business. The Story of a Pottery.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/890eaa39-d77f-30c1-92eb-ce3492b574c9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/890eaa39-d77f-30c1-92eb-ce3492b574c9, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Scottish wildcat; Scottish Wildcat
- Brief description:
- Wildcats are elusive carnivores that are now confined to Scotland. Persecution, habitat destruction and breeding with feral cats have led to critically low numbers of only 100 individuals remaining in the wild.
- Collection:
- Torquay Museum
- Object name:
- Scottish wildcat; Scottish Wildcat
- Object number:
- Z10115
- Reproduction number:
- Z10115.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Zoology
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bc3f2f13-c905-3c64-a91a-1c7553002939
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bc3f2f13-c905-3c64-a91a-1c7553002939, Torquay Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- roller; Barkcloth Roller
- Brief description:
- This bamboo roller was used in the highland areas of Viti Levu to apply a pattern to plain barkcloth, usually in the deep red colour which came from a dye made of candle-nuts.
- Collection:
- Torquay Museum
- Material:
- Bamboo
- Object name:
- roller; Barkcloth Roller
- Object number:
- E1354
- Reproduction number:
- E1354.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Ethnography
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c29b7af8-837a-3c47-80f6-6ef6a4a608f5
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c29b7af8-837a-3c47-80f6-6ef6a4a608f5, Torquay Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- badge; Cap Badge
- Brief description:
- This is a royal marines cap badge with a royal crest of England, a crowned golden lion statant standing on an Imperial crown, which was replaced in 1953 by the Queen for St. Edward's crown.
- Collection:
- Torquay Museum
- Object name:
- badge; Cap Badge
- Object number:
- V4404
- Reproduction number:
- V4404.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Social History
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d00734ff-b445-3324-b11e-2d78c7e4a157
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d00734ff-b445-3324-b11e-2d78c7e4a157, Torquay Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Yachts at Torquay
- Object name(s):
- Print
- Brief description:
- Subscription plate for Lay Members of the Senefelder Club, depicting yachts in Torquay.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Content - concept:
- yachts
- Content - place:
- Torquay
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 12
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 17
- Inscription content:
- G S Pryse
- Inscription interpretation:
- signed in pencil
- Material:
- paper (fiber product)
- Object name:
- Print
- Object number:
- E.1331-1925
- Object production date:
- 1925
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1925-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1925-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Senefelder Club
- Organisation's association:
- issued by
- Object production person:
- Pryse, Gerald Spencer
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- Great Britain
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Subscription plate for Lay Members of the Senefelder Club, depicting yachts in Torquay.
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- colour lithography
- Technique:
- colour lithograph
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9df29a5c-67ef-3fb5-91a3-6a53f255accd
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9df29a5c-67ef-3fb5-91a3-6a53f255accd, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Terrace Gardens Torquay
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- From James Shepherd to wife Nellie (Helen) Shepherd; posted Corfou?.
- Collection:
- Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
- Accession date:
- 31/03/2007
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Associated concept:
- Museum General
- Associated date:
- Feb-09
- Associated person:
- George Shepherd
- Credit line:
- The George Shepherd Pharmaceutical Collection.
- Current location:
- View by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
- Dimension:
- 8.8 x 13.9cm
- Material:
- Paper
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- ABDMS079270
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1909
- Date - latest:
- 1909
- Object status:
- Accessioned object
- Responsible department/section:
- Science and Industry
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8a5bedce-098a-325a-9999-c8358a2820d9
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8a5bedce-098a-325a-9999-c8358a2820d9, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, CC 0
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- Object name(s):
- Warren Jones Collection; plate
- Brief description:
- 1 English terracotta ornamental plate with front of plate decorated with painted flower, base of the plate used for practising flower drawing, manufactured by Watcombe Pottery Co, St Mary Church, Torquay, South Devon, 1867 - 1901, acquired from the McLaren Foundation, Clouds Estate, East Knoyle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2005.
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- decorative art
- Associated concept:
- ceramics
- Associated concept:
- terracotta
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 110
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 110
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 110
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 110
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 15
- Inscription content:
- impressed mark to base 'WATCOMBE TORQUAY'
- Material:
- pottery
- Material:
- earthenware
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Warren Jones Collection; plate
- Object number:
- DZSWS:2006.22.72
- Object production organisation:
- Watcombe Pottery
- Organisation's function:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- St Mary Church, Torquay
- Object production place:
- Devon
- User's reference:
- Brannam, P. 1982. A Family Business. The Story of a Pottery.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4d5b1b5e-789e-3ab3-b16b-f54f8765c72b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4d5b1b5e-789e-3ab3-b16b-f54f8765c72b, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Anstey's Cove, Torquay.
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7.2
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 11.2
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.385:284-1994
- Object production date:
- 1860-1880
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1860-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1880-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Physical description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2b33db94-c4c7-3413-8225-eebb84cf9e98
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2b33db94-c4c7-3413-8225-eebb84cf9e98, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- St. John's Church, Torquay.
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.9
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.3
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.385:289-1994
- Object production date:
- 1860-1880
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1860-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1880-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Physical description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ea9605c0-0895-32bf-9f17-34f8f0864779
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ea9605c0-0895-32bf-9f17-34f8f0864779, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- St. Luke's, Torquay.
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 5.9
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.385:287-1994
- Object production date:
- 1860-1880
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1860-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1880-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Physical description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a186e07e-9b08-36c3-a213-bc6889c53639
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a186e07e-9b08-36c3-a213-bc6889c53639, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Watcombe Rocks, Torquay 1879.
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.9
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.3
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.385:285-1994
- Object production date:
- 1879
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1879-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1879-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Physical description:
- Techniques: Albumen prints from collodion negatives (unless otherwise stated)
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2ba7d9a0-1117-3588-9905-86e1bfa250f1
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2ba7d9a0-1117-3588-9905-86e1bfa250f1, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Babbacombe & Palace Hotel, film negative
- Object name(s):
- Babbacombe & Palace Hotel, film negative; film negative; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- Aerial view of Babbacombe & Palace Hotel, Torquay.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 1/1983
- Acquisition method:
- donation
- Associated concept:
- Mid Glamorgan
- Associated concept:
- 20th century, mid
- Associated concept:
- social history
- Associated concept:
- hotel
- Dimension:
- length (mm):91
- Dimension:
- width (mm):110
- Entry date:
- 20/2/1986
- Material:
- film (photographic)
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Babbacombe & Palace Hotel, film negative; film negative; accessioned photograph
- Object production date:
- 20th century, mid
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1/1/1925
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1975
- Object production person:
- H. Tempest Ltd
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Person's biographical note:
- person
- Other number:
- 86.34I/699.2
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Ownership place:
- Torquay
- Place status:
- place name
- Technique:
- film negative (black & white)
- Technique:
- film negative
- Technique:
- negative
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cbaaa174-5726-3938-b4aa-c7b4aceeb929
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cbaaa174-5726-3938-b4aa-c7b4aceeb929, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- The Geology of the Country Around Torquay
- Object name(s):
- book
- Collection:
- Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- geology
- Associated place:
- Devon
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- ink
- Object name:
- book
- Object number:
- L.1942.101.1
- Object production date:
- 1933 early 20th Century
- Object production organisation:
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Lloyd, W.
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- London
- Responsible department/section:
- Library
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/963b8628-e254-3b44-abe2-d22f8703ce60
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/963b8628-e254-3b44-abe2-d22f8703ce60, Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- egg cup; souvenir
- Brief description:
- egg cup manufactured by Royal Watcombe, Torquay, Devon, a souvenir of Devizes, Wiltshire, mid 20th century
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- domestic
- Associated concept:
- table
- Associated place:
- Devizes
- Associated place:
- Wiltshire
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- diameter
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 47
- Dimension:
- diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 46
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 47
- Dimension:
- diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 46
- Inscription content:
- DEVIZES/New Laid; with picture of house in coloured glaze
- Inscription type:
- sgraffito
- Material:
- pottery
- Object name:
- egg cup; souvenir
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1988.244
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1970
- Object production person:
- Royal Watcombe
- Person's association:
- potter
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Object production place:
- Devon
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/96cb4383-0228-3079-bec6-ee8abaf5e90b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/96cb4383-0228-3079-bec6-ee8abaf5e90b, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- flageolet; Flageolet
- Brief description:
- This is a typical Bainbridge single flageolet dating from after 1808. The two keys interlock and were patented by Bainbridge in 1803 and the ivory 'bumps' are spacing studs to help the player find the tone-holes.
- Collection:
- Torquay Museum
- Inscription content:
- Patent, Bainbridge
inventor, 35 Holborn Hill London Patent
- Material:
- Ivory, silver, boxwood
- Object name:
- flageolet; Flageolet
- Object number:
- V4942
- Object production person:
- Bainbridge
- Reproduction number:
- V4942.jpg | V4942-shot1.jpg | V4942-shot2.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Social History
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f2964ce7-075d-3e49-82e1-5437d4c3ec15
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f2964ce7-075d-3e49-82e1-5437d4c3ec15, Torquay Museum, CC BY-NC
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