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BHM collection: a selection


Schooner Harry Emett of Brixham Entering the Port of Naples 1871

C14 Mamluk earthenware bottle

ship's log

line-throwing pistol

man trap

Radar Rat, a WW2 stuffed toy

early C19 Poor Law document

Decca navigation system receiver

pebble of Devonian limestone with a fossil of the colonial tabulate coral Thamnopora

adze, used in the building of Mayflower II

black baby doll

women's buckled shoes

model of a Severn Class RNLI lifeboat

Roman coin from the reign of Gallienus

Sun Insurance firemark plaque

neolithic greenstone axehead

William of Orange as King of England

maritime compass

adze

traverse board

medieval church screen component

document: The Belief and the Ten Commandments

berry collector

book: Abide with Me by HF Lyte

decorative plate depicting John Wesley

inn sign from the George Hotel, Brixham

blacksmith's door with branding-iron tests

fireman's helmet

Noah's Ark

sales receipt

skeleton

percussion-cap pistol

market toll board

model theatre: Brixham Theatre.

hot water bottle

Edison Gem Phonograph

temperance teacup

HMV radio set

model of the sailing trawler Valerian

Swansea Regatta Cup

anti-Hitler teapot

WW2 bomb fragment

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43 objects from the BHM collection, one for each year since the museum was founded in 1958

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