61. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Coronation Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A.. Date: 1953 Image ID MMC_P1171_013 |
62. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Coronation Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A.. Date: 1953 Image ID MMC_P1171_017 |
63. Final scene of Queen Elizabeth I and her Court.
Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A. Date: 1953 Image ID MMC_P1171_021 |
64. Pre-Roman Belgic Cremation burial pottery found in garden in Fairhaven Avenue in 1979. Cup and pedestal urn. AD 40-200.
Described in article in Essex ... Date: 1979 Image ID MMC_P216_001 |
65. Pre-Roman Belgic Cremation burial pottery found in garden in Fairhaven Avenue in 1979. AD 40-200.
Described in article in Essex Archaeology and History, 1981, ... Date: 1979 Image ID MMC_P216_002 |
66. Digby Bros. General Ironmongers.
Digbys' Corner, West Mersea
Wireless Sets
Efficient Radio Service by E.P Digby
From Digby's Tide Table ... Date: 1926 Image ID MMC_P608_003_002_001 |
67. From the Mayor & Mayoress of Colchester Alderman and Mrs W. Gurney Benham, wishing you a Merry Xmas and twelve happy new months. The eight oyster months of ... Image ID MMC_P809_E |
68. Motor Fuel Ration Book. This book is the property of Her Majesty's Government. Captioned else where as Wartime, this probably dates from the 1973 Oil Cr ... Date: c1973 Image ID MMC_P818C |
69. Aladdin paraffin heater. Blue Flame Heater No. H2201. Made in England.
On display in Museum. Date: 30 June 2021 Image ID MMI_ADN_001 |
70. Valor quick boiling paraffin stove.
On display in Museum Date: 30 June 2021 Image ID MMI_VLR_001 |
71. Valor quick boiling paraffin stove. Operating Instructions. Date: 30 June 2021 Image ID MMI_VLR_011 |
72. Valor quick boiling paraffin stove. Operating Instructions page 2 Image ID MMI_VLR_012 |
73. Ration Book Clothing and other coupons. 1947-48. From O.J. Ponder, Nr The Rose, Peldon
Accession No. 2012.10.005H Date: 1947 Image ID OJR_101_001 |
74. Cannon balls in Museum Collection.
Large cannon ball on left is 5,080 grams (11lbs 3oz) and diameter 111mm (4 3/8 inches) and from these dimensions is ... Image ID PAT_CAN_001 |
75. Mersea Island Golf Club. Lady Captain's Prize. Won by Mrs John McLachlan 1930.
One of several trophies which belonged to the late Ivy and John McLachlan ... Date: 2009 Image ID PAT_GOLF_001 |
76. Susan Winch, age 7. Her dress was made by her mother's sister, Mary Notton, 1948 - 1950, for Susan's sister Pauline. In 2014 the dress was donated to Mersea ... Date: May 1954 Image ID PMS_WIN_041 |
77. Dress was made 1948 - 1950 for Pauline Winch by her mother's sister, Mary Notton. In 2014 it was donated to Mersea Museum. Accession No. 2014.11.005A Date: September 2014 Image ID PMS_WIN_043 |
78. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Thought to be from a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. There is no more information on the location found, though it is ... Date: 15 June 2022 Image ID PRP_001_004 |
79. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Unidentified.
Some conservation work was done on this propeller in 2017 - see ... Date: 15 June 2022 Image ID PRP_002_002 |
80. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Thought to be from a Messerschmit Bf109 (often known as the ME109).
The Bf109 was one of the most important ... Date: 15 June 2022 Image ID PRP_003_001 |
81. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Thought to be from a Messerschmitt Bf109. The hole where the cannon fired is clearly visible. Date: 15 June 2022 Image ID PRP_003_002 |
82. A large Amphora. These vessels were made in the Mediterranean area in Roman times and used for storing oil, wine, honey etc. The pointed base was designed to ... Date: 1980s Image ID RLB_005_001 |
83. TID wartime tug. Model built by Barrie Griffin c2012 and donated to Mersea Museum. It is modelled on a typical tug of the class, and is in grey with the White ... Date: c2012 Image ID TDM_001 |
84. The Old Man of the Sea.
Terracotta bust found while oyster dredging on the Nass by Allan Bird and Peter Vince in 2001. In the early 1930s a number of these ... Date: 1 June 2008 Image ID TM2_1377 |
85. Whale bones were discovered by Ralph Merry in May 2008 in the mud off Cobmarsh Island at the entrance to Mersea Quarters. They are the lower jaw bones of a ... More information about sperm whales.
They remain one of the most mysterious of the great whales, living in remote deep waters; They are the largest of the ... Date: 14 May 2009 Image ID TM2_2610 |
86. The anchor in Mersea Museum grounds is thought to date from before 1820. It has a wooden stock, with wrought iron shank, arms and flukes. The stock is about ... Date: 26 July 2009 Image ID TM2_3136 |
87. A piece of ENDEAVOUR's tow rope which was severed on the night of 13th September 1937 at about 11 o'clock at night in the Atlantic, 250 miles off Nantucket on ... Date: 3 November 2009 Image ID TM2_3698 |
88. Strood pile. The wood pile was excavated from under the Strood by workmen in 1978.
This is one of a number of piles recovered. Carbon dating showed them to ... Date: 10 October 2010 Image ID TM2_5550 |
89. The Horned Lizard, by Richard Perry Bedford, 1883-1967. It dates from 1936 and was donated to the Museum by Richard Bedford's widow after his death. It is about ... Date: 4 September 2012 Image ID TM3_3235 |
90. Sculpture by Richard Perry Bedford. The base is not original, and was added to improve the stability. It is known by some as 'Spring Tree' and by others as ... Date: 2013 Image ID TM3_3389 |