50/1948/17B
This is an ancient Mesopotamian document with cuneiform writing.
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7/1932/2
Fakes of ancient objects are made in historic places across the world for tourists and unsuspecting collectors.
63/1954/5
A device used to record information.
300/1988/2319
This drinking jug was made in Westerwald, Germany, and was discovered in a large household rubbish pit in Exeter.
K120/1
Chinese tankard from the collection of Kent Kingdon.
K120/2
The tankard is decorated in the ‘Mandarin’ style which encompasses both the palette and the subject matter.
73/1921/45/PRIORIS
This sample of tannin is from a collection of specimens and photos chiefly concerned with economic botany belonging to J R Jackson of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
402/2009
Traditional woven tapestry which depicts daily village life upon the banks of the river Nile.
307/1988
This wall-hanging is a rare survival.
E1915
Marks on the skin were made by tapping the blade dipped in black pigment with a hammer.
182/1999
Bluejohn is a fluorspar mineral mostly mined in Derbyshire.
187/1999
188/1999
189/1999
32/1926/3
Engraved with the arms of the Kempthorne family of Cornwall.
26/2016
Clive Bowen moved to Appledore in the 1960s and had a four-year apprenticeship with Michael Leach in Yelland, North Devon, from 1965 to 1959.
25/2016
65/1995
Tea was scarcer than coffee in Britain in the 1600s.
20/1959
Engraved on the side with a griffin and with the inscription FLL under the base.
6/2022
A teapot from one of Deller’s Cafes in Exeter.
K101
34/1997
A note inside the teapot states that this teapot was made in China but then sent to Siam (now Thailand) to be mounted in brass.
Geol3494
In 1868 a Newton Abbot clay merchant called John Phillips took over a pottery at Abbotskerswell, initially making builders’ earthenware, firebricks and kitchen ware.
22/1942/1
This teapot is one of a collection of nearly fifty pieces which were donated to RAMM by the Contemporary Arts Society in 1942 and 1943.