Inspired by handaxes
Handaxe - by John Carter 1.0.0.20 Varying size and shape, handaxes date from the Paleolithic period (2.6 million -10,000 years ago.) These flint tools were used for a variety of tasks - including butchering meat, cutting and scraping. 1.0.0.20 1.0.0.20 1.0.0.20
Inspired by Beakers
1.0.0.20 1.0.0.20 1.0.0.20 1.0.0.20 Stephan's work is inspired by a beaker in the museum collection. Between the end of the Neolithic period and the beginning of the Bronze Age, a range of influences from the Continent appear to have changed the way people chose to bury their dead in
Inspired by the Golden Lozenge
Golden Lozenge - by Jean Carter and John Carter 1.0.0.20 These pieces are inspired by the Bush Barrow golden lozenge. Less than half a mile to the south of Stonehenge lies Bush Barrow, on the top of the Normanton Down ridge. The barrow was raised over the burial of a
Roundway Abbess – gold and garnet necklace
In 1840, a barrow on Roundway Down was excavated to reveal a Saxon woman buried with various items, including a coin and a beautiful gold and garnet necklace. She had been laid to rest on a wooden bed, wearing a Christian cross on a small enameled disc, mounted on a
White Horse – dummy Puffin book by Eric Ravilious
In 1939 Eric Ravilious was commissioned to create a Puffin book for children about the chalk downs and White Horses. He began a 'dummy' of sketches showing how the book might work and began to paint a series of watercolours that were to be the illustrations. The text was to
Norah Ussher
In 1979, Alexis Taylor was sorting through her Great Aunt Norah’s belongings after her death. In a chocolate box titled ‘A present from Weymouth’ she discovered treasures from Norah’s early 20s when she campaigned for the Vote in Devizes. This ‘gentle Christian woman with a good sense of humour’ had
The tale of Wiltshire Moonrakers
US WUR CLEVERER THAN ‘E-AH, US DIDDLED ‘E ALRIGHT. In a pond up ‘Vizes way – smugglers ‘ad ‘idden a keg ‘o brandy & us wur trying to get at un. Us were scrabbling away with gurt ‘ay rakes when us spied ‘zizeman ‘a’watching. So us pointed to moon’s ‘flection
Sir Richard Colt Hoare – catalogue of books and manuscripts
Sir Richard Colt Hoare was born 9 December 1758 died 19 May 1838. He was a descendant of the famous banking family which was founded in the 17th century and is still in existence. antiquarian, archaeologist, artist and in his youth a keen traveller. He married Hester Lyttelton of Hagley,
Gift of Stonehenge to the Nation – letter from Cecil Chubb
A thank you letter written to Canon Goddard from Cecil Chubb dated 1st October 1918 found whilst cataloguing a book entitled Wiltshire Autographs. The year it was discovered (2018) marked the centenary of Sir Cecil Chubb giving Stonehenge to the nation on 26th October 1918 after buying it for his
Ship Money Tax – Kingsbridge Hundred 1635
Stored in the Archives are over 450 boxes of papers given to the Museum over the years. The papers were donated and often represented research by individuals interested in the history of their part of Wiltshire. Handwritten in ink in 1635 is a list of Ship Money Tax raised for