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Description: | There is a collection of dolls and toys; Valentine cards; a stereoscope; a wind-up gramaphone; memorabilia of Royal visits; the Poor Box from St Peter's church; a selection of Christening cups of the Groves, a local family; ale jars; horse brasses; and a set of servant's bells.
Community items include the town fire engine of 1744; the town chest; the town's bushel measures; and items relating to local schools.
Local trades and crafts are represented by a tinsmith's set of punches; other trade tools; and a collection of Dorset buttons, button making was an important cottage industry in Dorset in the 19th century.
There is a reconstructed farm kitchen with iron firedogs, pot hooks, stands and kettles all made by Mr Miles of Melbury Abbas. Other domestic items include horn lanterns, candle holders, a sugar cutters, and much more. | Subjects: | Social History | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 1 Gold Hill
Shaftesbury,
SP7 8JW | Telephone: | 01747 852157 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2861 | Go to resource |
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