Gavel (hammer), Victorian
Gavel (hammer), Victorian
Music Hall Chairman's gavel, made from wood from a yew tree in Clewer Churchyard. We do not know where the music hall was or when but it is thought this gavel is Victorian in date. This gavel is one of a large collection of objects all relating to Clewer, Windsor, which was originally on display at Clewer Museum in the Lodge of St. Andrews Church, Clewer. The exhibition closed in the early 2000s.
Ascot – The New Racing Game, circa 1900-1910
Ascot – The New Racing Game, circa 1900-1910
These horse and jockey figures 'race' towards the box when the handle is turned. This may have been a game for older children. The game consists of a box containing 6 horses with jockeys on wires which has a mechanism that means a different horse wins each time when the handle is turned.
Pedlar Doll (female), about 1820
Pedlar Doll (female), about 1820
Female pedlar doll, one of a pair of wooden pedlar 'dolls', with a wax face, dressed in costume of about 1820 carrying a basket of goods for sale containing very detailed items. May once have been displayed in a dome glass case, perhaps on a mantelpiece. The dolls were made by the great - grandmother of the donor who lived in Windsor.
Pedlar Doll (male), about 1820
Pedlar Doll (male), about 1820
Male pedlar doll, one of a pair of wooden pedlar 'dolls', with a wax face, dressed in costume of about 1820 also carrying a basket of goods for sale containing very detailed items. May once have been displayed in a dome glass case, perhaps on a mantelpiece. The dolls were made by the great - grandmother of the donor who lived in Windsor.
Uniform, Windsor Volunteer Fire Brigade, about 1925
Uniform, Windsor Volunteer Fire Brigade, about 1925
Windsor Volunteer Fire Brigade dress uniform tunic, with silver epaulettes and crown. possibly owned by Chief Officer John Tull. He was a baker from Peascod Street, Windsor as well as a member of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. In 1930 Tull was honoured for 15 years in the fire service. See also the Fire Brigade helmet WNDRB : 329.55.18.
Diorama, made 1950s
Diorama, made 1950s
Diorama of Windsor Market, Market House and Market Place, based on Norden's map of Windsor of in about 1607 and designed and made by Miss Judith Ackland and Miss Mary Stella Edwards in the 1950s. This shows what occupied the space before the Guildhall was built.
Model, Balloon basket, dated early 20th century
Model, Balloon basket, dated early 20th century
Model balloon basket made for, and formed part of collection of Patrick Young Alexander (28 March 1867 - 7 July 1943). P.Y. Alexander was a pioneer balloonist, meteorologist, aeronautical engineer and friend to the Wright Brothers. This model was probably used as a teaching tool, when he was teaching in his later life at the Imperial Serivce College, Windsor. Seek out the story of P Y Alexander an
Diorama, Bachelors Acre 1809, made in the 1950s
Diorama, Bachelors Acre 1809, made in the 1950s
Diorama of Jubilee Celebrations on Bachelors Acre on the 25th October 1809 celebrating 50 years since since King George III's coronation. There was an ox-roast on Bachelors Acre which was attended by Queen Charlotte and other members of the royal family. The King himself was too ill to attend.
Waywiser, circa 1700
Waywiser, circa 1700
A waywiser is an instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a walker, vehicle or ship. This one was made by John Davis of Windsor, in about 1700. John Davis was a clock maker who made the clock in the Curfew Tower at Windsor Castle.
Bust of William Shakespeare carved from a portion of Herne’s Oak by W. Perry, 1864
Bust of William Shakespeare carved from a portion of Herne’s Oak by W. Perry, 1864
W. Perry, woodcarver to Queen Victoria, purportedly carved this bust of the Bard, William Shakespeare, from a portion of Herne’s Oak: a tree that has been immortalised by Shakespeare’s comedy, ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’. As well as Perry’s commemorative bust, a special casket was also made to hold Shakespeare’s famous ‘First Folio’ inside. The bust was donated to the Guildhall Ex
Pottery sherd, Roman
Pottery sherd, Roman
Sherd of a rim of Roman pot. the sherd was found in soil dump at Clewer Mill. the soil may have come from the site of Caley's, High Street, Windsor.