Posset pot
Used to hold posset (a warm drink of milk curdled with wine or ale), this Staffordshire posset pot is dated 1718. It has eight handles and is decorated with white...
Used to hold posset (a warm drink of milk curdled with wine or ale), this Staffordshire posset pot is dated 1718. It has eight handles and is decorated with white...
This miniature china jug which shows the arms of Weston-super-Mare was made by Swan China as a souvenir popular with tourists....
Dated 1710 this fine, decorative cauldron is the work of John Fathers II of Montacute. It features the decorative motifs of two wires enclosing a double band of lunettes, unusually...
This medallion celebrates the marriage of Prince George to Princess Mary of Teck in 1893....
Alfred Leete designed this image for the front cover of the Weston-super-Mare Town Guide for 1927. He is best known for designing the First World War recruitment image of General...
Dated 1666, this converted skillet is the oldest vessel in the Fathers of Montacute collection. Having lost its original handle and legs this skillet has been converted with the addition...
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...
In 1897 Queen Victoria became the first monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. Aged 78, Victoria celebrated this achievement by attending events across the county. Taunton's Mayor W Lock felt...
This medallion commemorates the centenary of the establishment of the Hannah More Cheddar Sunday School in 1889. Hannah More was a philanthropist and playwright, born in Stapleton in 1745. Along...
Distributed by H W Pollard, Mayor of Bridgwater in 1911, this medallion commemorates the coronation of George V. The obverse side features the busts of George V and Queen Mary,...