List of Objects
Telling a history of our world through objects
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Material / Mosaic
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old clay tile with face motif age?
Tile found in london on a building site no idea of its date or history think it may be georgian
Contributed by Individual
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Rudston Charioteer Mosaic
A unique Romano-British mosaic showing a victorious charioteer from a villa at Rudston in East Yorkshire.
Contributed by Museum
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Floor Tiles in the Muniments Room
These tiles are the original tiles found in the Muniments room above the Warming Room in Fountains Abbey. The tiles were ...
Contributed by Museum
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Patterned Altar Tiles
These altar tiles are the last remaining tiles inside Fountains Abbey Church. Originally the base of the high altar, ...
Contributed by Museum
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Jury Ballot Box
This jury ballot box was presented to the County of Radnor in 1730 for use in selecting those to sit on trial juries at ...
Contributed by Museum
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Cherhill Roman Mosaic
This fragment of mosaic formed part of an elaborate tessellated pavement which covered the floor of a two-chambered room ...
Contributed by Museum
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Mosaic showing Cupid riding a dolphin
Fishbourne Roman Palace houses the largest collection of in-situ mosaics in Britain, as well as some of the earliest. ...
Contributed by Museum
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Hinton St Mary Mosaic
A mosaic floor from Roman Britain showing one of the oldest surviving depictions of Jesus Christ
Contributed by The British Museum
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Granny's jar
Granny was chief parlourmaid to the gentry in Bath. She saved all broken crockery. When she married she found a large ...
Contributed by Individual
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Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is from one of the world’s first cities. It shows scenes from the life of a king of Ur, ancient Iraq
Contributed by The British Museum
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Tile from the Alhambra Palace
This object was featured on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Wales religious affairs programme "All Things Considered" on behalf of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Roman Seasons mosaic from Cirencester
The Seasons Mosaic was found in Dyer Street, Cirencester in 1849. It dates to the mid 2nd century and is one of the ...
Contributed by Museum
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Ouija Board or Spirit Board
The Ouija Board gives us an instrument or a tool to help us to believe that we are talking to the dead, including famous ...
Contributed by Individual
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Orpheus Pavement from Woodchester
This is one of the most complex and intricate mosaic designs found in northern Europe and is 2,209 square feet. When ...
Contributed by Museum
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Gull picture from rubble of Berlin 1946
This was brought back from Berlin by my uncle as gift for my mum. Written on the back is a description of how a group ...
Contributed by Individual