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Animal-shoe
PRM.1911.29.100: Horse shoe
Associated Place: St Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.101: Horse shoe
Associated Place: Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.102: Horse shoe
Associated Place: Ferry Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.103: Horse shoe
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.97: Horse shoe
Associated Place: Taston, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.98: Horse shoe
Associated Place: Langford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.99: Horse shoe
Associated Place: Cruel Field (Crowell Road), Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Anvil
PRM.1911.29.80: Anvil of stone.
Associated Place: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
Baby-carrier
PRM.1911.29.86: Wooden 'Baby -runner' to teach children to walk.
Associated Place: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Bit Animal Harness
PRM.1911.29.104: Silver plated snaffle bit.
Associated Place: Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Board Game
PRM.1911.29.67: Wooden board with holes for pegs for the game of 'Merry-peg'.
Associated Place: Baldon-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.68: Twelve wooden pegs [.1-.12] used in the game of 'merry-peg'.
Associated Place: Baldon-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.69: Twelve stones [.1-.12] used in the game of 'merry-peg'.
Associated Place: Baldon-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire
Bottle
PRM.1911.29.106: Glass wine-bottle with embossed stamp, I.C.C.R.
Associated Place: Jesus College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Buckle
PRM.1911.29.70: Shoe buckle, ? silver decoration with iron buckle
Associated Place: Shotover Hill, Shotover, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.71: Shoe buckle
Associated Place: Shotover Hill, Shotover, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.72: Shoe buckle
Associated Place: Shotover Hill, Shotover, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.73: Shoe buckle
Associated Place: Shotover Hill, Shotover, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.74: Shoe buckle
Associated Place: Shotover Hill, Shotover, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.75: Buckle
Associated Place: North Hinksey, Oxfordshire
Candle
PRM.1911.29.29: Candle box
Associated Place: Iffley, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.30: Rush-light candle
Associated Place: Wheatley, Oxfordshire
Candlestick
PRM.1911.29.24: Candlestick
Associated Place: Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.25.1-2: Candlestick & tallow candle
Associated Place: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
PRM.1911.29.26: Metal candlestick with candle-raising device.
Associated Place: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
PRM.1911.29.27: Candlestick
Associated Place: Elsfield, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.28: Candlestick for church pew
Associated Place: St Andrew's Church, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.32: Rush-light candle holder, cylindrical, perforated with holes, with hinged door.
Associated Place: Burford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.37: Hanging candlestick
Associated Place: Taston, Oxfordshire
Cooking Tool
Digging Stick
PRM.1911.29.53: Digging tool
Associated Place: Sansom's Platt, Hensington, Oxfordshire
Fire Accessory
PRM.1911.29.35: Wooden tinder box [.1] with steel [.2], flint [.3], matches [.4-8], tinder [.9] and damper [.10].
Associated Place: Pennyfarthing Street (renamed Pembroke Street by 1850), Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.41: Pair of firedogs
Associated Place: Wheatley, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.42: Pair of large brass fire tongs.
Associated Place: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Flail
PRM.1911.29.51: Threshing-flail
Associated Place: Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.52: Threshing-flail
Associated Place: Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Food Accessory
PRM.1911.29.50: Leather bottle used as salt box.
Associated Place: Burford, Oxfordshire
Hammer
PRM.1911.29.81: Cutting hammer
Associated Place: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
Handgear
PRM.1911.29.84: Slate-workers’ hand guard, a dome-shaped piece of leather with four slits cut in one side to create two loops.
Associated Place: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
Hook
PRM.1911.29.48: “Fagging-hook” A curved iron blade with a wooden handle.
Associated Place: Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Human Body Part / Amulet
PRM.1921.71: Caul with which John Simmonds was born in Pembroke Street, Oxford, c. 1830.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Jug
PRM.1911.29.94: Frechen stoneware Bartmann (aka 'Bellarmine', 'Greybeard') jug.
Associated Place: High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.95: Frechen stoneware Bartmann (aka 'Bellarmine', 'Greybeard') jug.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.96: Stoneware jug
Associated Place: Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Key
PRM.1911.29.107: Small flat brass key with circular bow.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.108: Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, tubular stem with a central rod and scroll bit, with traces of gilding.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.109: Iron key with circular bow with peak at base, tubular stem and bit with three-toothed comb, with traces of gilding
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.110: Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, tubular stem and S-shaped bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.111: Iron key with circular bow, tubular stem and S-shaped bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.112: Iron key with oval bow, tubular stem and bit with a cross-cut and a simple cut.
Associated Place: Asthall Vicarage, Asthall, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.113: Iron key, oval bow with peak at the bottom, tubular stem and bit with a T-shaped cut, two L-shaped cuts and comb.
Associated Place: Asthall Vicarage, Asthall, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.114: Iron key with oval bow, tubular stem and bit almost as long as the stem.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.115: Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, solid stem and bit with rectangular slot and comb.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.116: Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, solid stem and bit with two rectangular slots and comb.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.117: Iron key, oval bow with horns, tubular stem and S-shaped bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.118: Iron key with almost circular bow, tubular stem and S-shaped bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.119: Iron key with oval bow, tubular stem and bit with a cross-cut and a simple cut.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.120: Iron key with oval bow, stem flaring towards the end, no bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.121: Iron key with almost circular bow, tubular stem and double scroll bit.
Associated Place: Osney, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.122: Iron key with oval bow, tubular stem and S-shaped bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.123: Iron key, kidney-shaped bow with horns, solid stem and complicated bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.124: Iron key with oval bow, solid stem and complicated bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.125: Iron key, bow with fused horns, tubular stem and bit with a cross-cut and a simple cut.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.126: Iron key with oval bow, solid stem and narrow twin bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.127: Iron key with oval bow, tubular stem and bit with a cross-cut and a simple cut.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.128: Iron key with oval bow, moulded tubular stem and bit in two parts, one with teeth.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.129: Iron key with oval bow with straight base, solid stem and bit in several parts, partly broken off.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.130: Iron key with oval bow, solid stem and combed bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.131: Iron key with oval bow, solid stem and complicated bit.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.132: Iron key, oval bow with swelling at the top, tubular stem and bit with an L-cut and a simple cut.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.133: Iron key, oval bow with swelling at the top, tubular stem and bit with two L-cuts and a T-cut.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.134: Iron key with circular bow and bit with a curved edge, perforated with a shape like two connected crosses.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Lace accessory
PRM.1911.29.17: Lace bobbin winder
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.18: Lace bobbin winder
Associated Place: Orlingbury, Northamptonshire
PRM.1911.29.19: Lace bobbin winder
Associated Place: Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire
PRM.1911.29.20.1: Lace maker's horse.
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.2: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.3: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.4: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.5: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.6: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.7: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.8: Lace-maker's bobbin
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.20.9: Lace-maker's pillow
Associated Place: Launton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.21: Lace maker’s horse
Associated Place: Orlingbury, Northamptonshire
PRM.1911.29.22.1-5: Lace-makers candle & lens stand [.2] with central candle socket [.6] & 4 sockets for flask-lenses [.2 - .5].
Associated Place: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
PRM.1911.29.23.1-2: Lace maker’s water lens & socket
Associated Place: Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire
PRM.1911.29.45: 'Dick-pot', pottery bowl with side handle.
Associated Place: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Lamp
PRM.1911.29.33: Horn lantern
Associated Place: Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.34: Horn lantern
Associated Place: Bartlemas Farm, Cowley March, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Laundry Accessory
PRM.1911.29.54: Box iron
Associated Place: Great haseley, Oxfordshire
PRM.2002.17.1: Box iron for ironing clothes.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Measuring Device
PRM.1911.29.43: Quartzite stone used to indicate oven temperature.
Associated Place: Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.61: Pair of iron compasses.
Associated Place: Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.62: Pair of small brass compasses.
Associated Place: North Field, Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire
Musical instrument
Musical Instrument / Signal / Bell
Pipe
PRM.1911.29.59: Stone pipe bowl.
Associated Place: 79-84 High Street (site of the Angel Hotel), Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.60: Pipe bowl.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Shield
PRM.1911.29.12: Hide-covered, kite-shaped wooden shield, similar in shape to a Norman shield. An eagle with a halo is painted on the front.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Sickle
PRM.1911.29.47: Reaping sickle
Associated Place: Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Spinning-wheel
PRM.1911.29.14: Spinning-wheel (vertical)
Associated Place: Great Tew, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.15.1: Spinning-wheel and distaff
Associated Place: Great Tew, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.15.2: Distaff [.2] for spinning wheel [see 1911.29.15.1]
Associated Place: Great Tew, Oxfordshire
Spoon
PRM.1911.29.44: Cooking ladle or strainer, with five holes in the spoon.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.46: Cooking ladle or skimmer.
Associated Place: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Sword
PRM.1911.29.9: Two-edged iron rapier blade of lozenge section, grooved near the hilt on both sides and with a perforated tang.
Associated Place: Jesus College, Ship Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thumbguard
PRM.1911.29.85: Slate-workers’ thumb guard, a dome-shaped piece of leather with two slits cut in one side to create a loop.
Associated Place: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
Tinder
PRM.1911.29.78: Circular tinder box [.1] with steel [.2] and flint [.3] and Damper [.4]
Associated Place: Burford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.79: Tinder box
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Toilet/cosmetic equipment
PRM.1911.29.65: Silver ear scoop incised with decoration.
Associated Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Tool/implement
PRM.1911.29.49: “Fagging-stick” made from a curved branch with bark removed and with a grip bound with ?plant fibre string.
Associated Place: Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.56: Pewter squirt (enema).
Associated Place: All Souls College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.57: Pewter squirt (enema clyster).
Associated Place: All Souls College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.58: Pewter squirt (enema clyster)
Associated Place: All Souls College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.82: Peck
Associated Place: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.83: Slate-workers’ leather knee-pad.
Associated Place: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
Vessel
PRM.1911.29.88: Ointment pot of ceramic with light reddish white glaze.
Associated Place: All Souls College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.89: Ointment pot of ceramic with light blueish white glaze.
Associated Place: All Souls College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.90: Ointment pot of ceramic with light blueish white glaze.
Associated Place: The Queen's College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.91: Ointment pot of ceramic with light blueish white glaze.
Associated Place: The Queen's College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.92: Ointment pot of ceramic with light reddish white glaze.
Associated Place: The Queen's College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
PRM.1911.29.93: Ointment pot of ceramic with light blueish white glaze.
Associated Place: The Queen's College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Weaving Accessory?
PRM.1911.29.55: Stone loom weight (?)
Associated Place: Pot Stream, Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire