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Box iron

curved supports to turned wood handle

PEZPH : 1990.1945
Social History

Box iron

box iron with shutter at back for heated block, handle painted with aluminium paint

PEZPH : 1984.3
Social History

Boy scout banner with carrying pole of Gulval Troop

Gulval Boy Scout banner with carrying pole in two pieces (top half attached to flag). Green linen with scout emblem.

PEZPH : 1991.909.1-2
Social History

Brandy jar

Stoneware brandy jar with handle. Rhenish stoneware, salt-glazed over an iron-rich wash, thought to be C.17th or early C.18th though may be a replica.

PEZPH : 1975.789
Social History

Brass seal

Seal matrix and wax impression, confraternity of St Augustine and St Mary, Paris, circa 1500, brass, writing around the rim, with three figures in centre, found at St Buryan

PEZPH : 1976.438
Social History

Brass weight

Brass weight dated George IV and marked "Imperial GR standard". Largest of three.

PEZPH : 1976.480.1
Social History

Brass weight

Brass weight dated George IV. One of three.

PEZPH : 1976.480.2
Social History

Brass weight

Brass weight dated George IV. Smallest of three.

PEZPH : 1976.480.3
Social History

British Legion Carnival Programme

British Legion Carnival Programme from 1949. Beige cover with purple writing and British Legion logo. Contains photographs by Harry Penhaul, advertisements for local shops and traders and an article on the Western Union Fleet.

PEZPH : 1996.90
Social History

British life jacket

British life jacket, orange. Old board style. Writing reads 'For persons of 70lb or more'. Head hole and waist ties, as modern jackets are.

PEZPH : 2000.72
Social History

Brochure of Christmas wines and fare 1991/1992

Brochure of Christmas wines and fare 1991/1992 from Safeways

PEZPH : 1992.31
Social History

Broken quern

PEZPH : 1991.578
Social History

Bronco toilet paper

Bronco toilet paper

PEZPH : 1990.543
Social History

Bronze medal

Commemorative bronze medal issued to celebrate the tercentenary of Borough of Penzance 1614-1914. Front reads 'Mayors 1614 John Maddern 1914 A.K.Barnett dec'd George Poole'. Back reads 'Penzance Tercentenary'.

PEZPH : 1976.453.2
Social History

Bronze medal

Commemorative bronze medal for the Coronation of Edward VII. Front depicts heads of king and queen in profile facing right. Back depicts Borough of Penzance, Colenso Mayor. Issued to commemorate the Coronation of their majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra June 26th 1902.

PEZPH : 1976.452.2
Social History

Bronze medal

NRA rifle club bronze medal depiciting two standing figures, one a longbow archer the other a soldier with rifle. Inscription 1300-1500 NRA 1860 Rifle Clubs

PEZPH : 1976.305.11
Social History

Bronze medal

Exposition Universelle (Paris) bronze medal.

NELNG : 1996.6
Social History

Bronze medal

World Colombian Exposition bronze medal.

NELNG : 1996.7
Social History