Design and Crafts

This snuff box is made from marble with a silver gilt lining.

This snuff box is made from marble with a silver gilt lining

Silver caddy spoon, probably by Samuel Pemberton, c.1800.

The box contains two sets of slides. The long, flat rectangular boxwood slides were probably produced between… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

Image from: Luckock Collection, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery A copper gilt button, set with an opaque… read more »

A tapered, square-based oak case houses the Culpepper Compound Microscope. At its base is a drawer which… read more »

The Culpepper company was one of the greatest producers of early microscopes. The first compound microscope was… read more »

Image: James Timmins Chance at the age of 40, from a painting by J.C. Horsley, R A. John… read more »

Directions to Mr Boulton for making a Tea Vase. Friend Boulton take these ingots fine From rich… read more »

This design is made using a filigree technique.

These silver buckles are fitted with steel latchets or fasteners.

These silver buckles have an embossed design and are fitted with steel latchets or fasteners.

Luckock Collection, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery A mother-of-pearl button, produced around 1795, and engraved with concentric… read more »