Spoon
A Charles II Taunton Apostle spoon, the gilt finial without emblem. Typical plain disc nimbus pricked EK over IC with the date 1669. Fine Tau-and-tun mark in bowl, on stem...
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Painting of Taunton from St Mary's Church tower
This watercolour provides the only pictorial record of the complex of buildings that existed behind Hammett Street, East Street and North Street. The picture predates the earliest detailed map of...
Cider mug
This two handled cider mug features a transfer print view of St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton. The reason for the mug having two handles is to allow for the mug...
Painting of Edmund Wyndham (1601-1683)
Edmund Wyndham was a leading Somerset Royalist during the Civil War. In 1644 he besieged Taunton, bombarding the castle from the west and the town from the east. When Robert...
Painting of an unidentified man
When this portrait was given to the Museum in 1975 it was believed to be of Sir Benjamin Hammet (1737-1800), MP for Taunton. However, the style suggests that it was...
Spoon
A Charles I Taunton Apostle spoon, the gilt finial without emblem. Typical plain disc nimbus pricked MB over AC with date 1652, T mark in bowl, T-D-T on stem for...
Pan
William Cox established Cox's Brass and Iron Foundry in 1810 as a family business. The Foundry was located in Tancred Street, Taunton. The Foundry produced skillets like this one which...
Shoes worn by Joseph Sewell
Joseph Sewell was seven feet four inches (2.2 metres) tall and weighed 37 stone. From an early age he made a living by charging people to see him at fairs...