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Found 2003 objects in the category Social History
Single bed quilt
white cotton damask quilt. Border of small roses and leaf design. Centre panel has large rose and leaf design.
PEZPH : 1995.46
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Skirt lifter
scissors operating style mechanism with spring loaded canister and rubber grips
PEZPH : 1996.105
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Slab bottle vase
slab bottle stoneware vase made by Bernard Leach. AS depicted in the lithograph previously presented by George Bednar. Square bottle with tapered neck and foot. White glaze with red and blue decoration, look like Chinese symbols. Bernard Leach potters marks on base. Also sticker with lot number on it. Also has the number L1979.8.15 (see 2000.88)
PEZPH : 2000.84
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Slipper
slipper made of cream and brown patterned silk, velvet edge bound with beige silk, lined in red, all in one leather sole, c.1800-10
PEZPH : 1992.38
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Small Lady's Shoe
Cream-coloured lady's shoe with small heel. Blue and yellow Pezance crest. Gilding on the rim.
PEZPH : 1998.291
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Small milk jug
Fluted rim with gilding to rim and handle. Marked "Cyclone H.A.A. andS." on base, possibly wholesaler's mark. See also PEZPH.1998.238.
PEZPH : 1998.240
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Small trinket box and lid
Square cream-coloured box with pink rose decoration on each side and transfer gold roses. Lid has green edges with a blue and yellow Penzance crest set in a gold circle, with four gold transfer roses
PEZPH : 1998.287.1-2
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Small vase with two handles
Vase with two handles and Penzance crest onfront. Gilding to rim and handles.
PEZPH : 1998.284
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Smelting house mark
Tin ingot bar with a depicition of a pelican at the centre, from Williams Harvey and Company Limited smelting house, Mellanear, Hayle.
PEZPH : 1976.421
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Smelting house stamp
Brass stamp with handle, depicting a Lamb and Flag, from Chyandour smelting house
PEZPH : 1976.406
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Smelting house stamp
smelting house stamp with handle, from R.R. Michell and Company, Marazion.
PEZPH : 1976.410
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Smelting house stamp
smelting house stamp of the London Smelting Company Limited.
PEZPH : 1976.413.2
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Smelting house stamp
Brass stamp depicting a Lamb and Flag, from Carvedras smelting house, Truro
PEZPH : 1976.402.1
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Smelting house stamp
Brass stamp depicting a Lamb and Flag, from Chyandour smelting house
PEZPH : 1976.403.1
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Smelting house stamp
Brass stamp depicting a Lamb and Flag, from Bolitho smelting house
PEZPH : 1976.404.1
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Smelting house stamp of L C Daubuz, Truro
circular, rising phoenix with "LCDAUBUZ TRURO"
PEZPH : 1991.3
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