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Recent
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Down
on the Farm | Nantwich
painting | Two
samplers The
Worleston Ring | The
Turner donation |
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The
Museum has acquired a banner of the Nantwich District of the
Independent Order of Oddfellows. Now called Nantwich and Crewe District
branch, the
order meets in Acton. The large banner (that's the front and back
of it above) would have been carried by two members with four escorts. For more
details of the Order and the local branch, click
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Down on the Farm |

The new farm exhibit |
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WE have acquired a new exhibit that would
appeal to today's children as much as to those who were, or had,
young children in the 1950s. It is a model farm complete with buildings,
animals, equipment and trees. It was made in the days when manufacturers
could used lead in making models - before plastic became the safer
option.
The farm, bought in a local
auction, is dated at around the 1950s, but may be older. Some of the
items, such as the farmhouse and a haystack are home-made - possibly the
starting point for a child's collection, added to at birthdays and
Christmases over the years.
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we have a budget for making new purchases to add to the museum's
collections, it also helps us if people can donate items. We would
particularly like to build up our collection of children's toys. Before
you throw something away, think for a moment about whether it is
something that we might like to receive. Thank you.
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Two samplers |
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TWO samplers by the Tunstall sisters (presumably) of
Nantwich are also in the collection. The first (left, below) was produced by Maria Tunstall in 1824
and the second by Caroline Tunstall in 1825. |
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The
verse reads:
My
work's composed of black and white,
And
various colours somewhat bright.
It
is but small, but I am young.
Slow
moves my needle, fast my tongue.
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Here,
the verse reads:
Jesus!
permit Thy gracious name to stand
As
the first efforts of an infant's hand.
And
as her fingers o'er the canvas move,
Engage
her tender heart to seek Thy love.
With
Thy dear children may she have a part
And
write Thy name Thyself upon her heart. |
The Worleston
Ring |
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AN ancient gold
"snake" ring unearthed at Worleston, near
Nantwich, by a metal detector - and which was declared Treasure Trove -
was
acquired by Nantwich Museum thanks to a bequest and additional donation.
The spiral ring, thought to be unique in Britain, dates from the late Roman or early medieval period.
The ring was bought using a bequest from one of the museum's former
volunteer
workers, Betty Goodwin, which was substantially increased by her family
to cover the
full asking price.
An expert at the British museum said there appeared to be no close British parallel to the
ring although it is similar to a Roman ring found at Hadrian's Wall.
While spiral gold rings are not uncommon in Scandinavia, and are dated
from around AD 200 - 600, they are generally plain. The Worleston Ring is
decorated with triangular punch marks and the British Museum says it
can't therefore be described as typically Scandinavian.
What is not in question is that had Nantwich Museum not
managed to buy the ring the British Museum would have attempted to do
so, such is the interest in it.
The former curator of Nantwich Museum, Susan Pritchard, said at the time
of its acquisition: "We are
thrilled to have been able to acquire this fine piece of ancient
jewellery. It's a very delicate ring which could only have been worn by
someone with very slender fingers and it's fascinating to wonder who
that person might have been."
The ring was discovered by treasure hunter David Beckett who lives near
Crewe.
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Goodwin family were guests at a reception to mark the opening of the
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The Turner
donation
THE Museum
acquired some items from the family of the late Mrs J.R.T.Turner of Nantwich - which includes boudoir caps (an example
is pictured) and a cape decorated with metal beads (picture below).
We believe the caps were donned
by ladies as they awoke to start a new day.
The items donated by Mrs Turner's
family also include an evening skirt, nightdresses and aprons. Another acquisition
was a mourning cape. The beaded cape is
modelled by Nantwich girl, Emily Hopkins (right) who worked in the museum on a
project to catalogue items
in the Museum's reserve collection, including the Turner donation, while studying at university.
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