Items

• 2018.9.4.66: Various postcards and photographic images

  Business card from A R Baines dispensing optician with note on Isabel's Cherry Ripe fancy Dress
• 2018.9.4.67: Various postcards and photographic images

  Invitation card from Society of Yorkshire Artisits - note describing dress of silk & lace worn by Isabel Salt on visit of Prince & Princess of Wales
• 2018.9.4.68: Note and sketch

  Note headed The Old Rectory Thorp Arch with sketch of dress from a photograph March 1932
• 2018.9.4.69: Photograph of Isabel Salt

  2 Photographs of Isabel Salt sat near the chair in her Cherry Ripe fancy dress with explanantion of original dress and note from Nick Salt
• 2018.9.4.7: Photographs and postcards

  Large sheet with mounted postcards of Oberammergau Passion Play Germany 1910
• 2018.9.4.8: Oberammergau Passion Play Germany

  Large sheet with mounted postcards of scenes and actors in the Oberammergau Passion Play Germany 1910. There are handwritten captions alongside each image. Collected by Isabel Salt during a trip to Germany,
• 2018.9.6: possessions

  Assorted objects collected and kept by Isabel Salt. Includes: framed sketches, tin box and acorns, handbag, spectacles, party games, ammunition, champagne cork, mirror, pocket calendar and Cremation Society identity card more details below: There is no item 1. 2) Wooden hinged double picture frame. Contains two pencil sketches of a boy and girl [Isabel and Lawrence Salt]. [Late 19th century]. 3) Box. Tin previously containing acorns and accompanying card 10cm wide x 6cm high x 2.5cm deep. Yellow and blue with black lettering: 'The 'Allenburys' Glycerine and Blackcurrant Pastilles. Made from the fresh ripe fruit. Manufactured by Allen & Hanburys Ltd London'. Late 19th or early 20th century. 4) Box. 20cm radius x 8cm deep. Covered in floral fabric. (Faded to brown but original colours on red ground visible under lid). Label on bottom: 'Pomme d'Or Harrogate'. Late 19th or early-mid 20th century. 5) Luggage tag. 12cm wide x 7.5 cm high. Brown leather with embossed S. Strap with buckle. Late 19th or early-mid 20th century. 6) Two hair curling tongs, with case labelled 'Salt. OXTED. Surrey'. Early-mid 20th century. 7) Spectacles and case. Animal skin case, 14cm wide x 6cm high x 2cm deep. Round spectacles with translucent orange frames. Chamois glasses cleaning cloth. 'Norman J. Fordham. 5 Station Approach, Oxted'. Early-mid 20th century. 8) 'Valentine's Party Games. The Shepherd's Garden.' Cardboard box, slightly damaged, 16cm high x 11cm wide, containing 8 cards. Box and cards with coloured picture of shepherd presenting floral wreath to shepherdess. Inside of card contains riddling poem with missing words. Separate sheet listing answers to riddles. Made by Valentine and Sons, Dundee and London. Also contains two handwritten cards 11cm high x 9cm wide with instructions to games, 'Find Me!' and 'Hide and Seek' with blank paper folded round them. Back of cards contain printed advertisement for 'White Elephant' stall for Oxted and Limpsfield Congregational Church. C1915. 9) Twelve acorns and card giving provenance. Previously in 'Allenburys' tin box. Mauve card, 6cm high x 9cm wide, reads: 'These were picked up by ? in the grounds of the Palace of Doorn (Holland) where the Ex Kaiser was living'. (Doorn crossed through. ?illegible written above). Reverse of card printed: 'In Aid of the Harrogate Infirmary Building Fund. Pageant of English Literature by the Girls of the Harrogate College. Saturday, July 23rd, at 8.15 pm. Admission 5s.'. Autumn 1918. 10) Ammunition. Labelled as shrapnel / shell. Card 11 cm high x 9cm wide. 'Oxted Trophies 1940-4', listing 5 labelled items. Original card: 'Lady Benn, At Home'. C1942. 11) Champagne cork. Cork, metal top. 4cm high x 2cm wide x 2cm deep. Veuve Pommery. 1943. 12-16) Handbag. 28cm wide x 21cm high x 3cm deep. Curved wooden handle with wooden clasp. Tapestry fabric. Lined interior with pocket. With four accompanying items: Pair of spectacles (broken). Possibly tortoiseshell frames. Metal arms. Mirror. 8cm long x 6cm wide. Tarnished. Cremation Society membership identity card, belonging to Isabel Salt, Springwood, Oxted, Surrey [1939]. Pocket calendar, 1948. Booklet 6cm high x 4cm wide. Picture of flowers on cover.
• 2018.9.6.10: World War Two shell fragments

  Ammunition. Labelled as shrapnel / shell. Card 11 cm high x 9cm wide. 'Oxted Trophies 1940-4', listing 5 labelled items. Original card: 'Lady Benn, At Home'. c.1942. Ammunition. Labelled as shrapnel / shell. Card 11 cm high x 9cm wide. 'Oxted Trophies 1940-4', listing 5 labelled items. Original card: 'Lady Benn, At Home'. C1942. Ammunition. Labelled as shrapnel / shell. Card 11 cm high x 9cm wide. 'Oxted Trophies 1940-4', listing 5 labelled items. Original card: 'Lady Benn, At Home'. C1942.
• 2018.9.6.11: Champagne cork

  Champagne cork, metal top labeled Veuve Pommery, 1943.
• 2018.9.6.12: Fabric Clutch bag

  Tapestry fabric Handbag with a curved wooden handle with wooden clasp, lined interior with pocket. With four accompanying items: 2018.9.6.13 - Pair of spectacles (broken). 2018.9.6.12.4 Possibly tortoiseshell frames. Metal arms. 2018.9.6.12.1 - Mirror. 8cm long x 6cm wide. Tarnished. 2018.9.6.12.2 - Cremation Society membership identity card, belonging to Isabel Salt, Springwood, Oxted, Surrey [1939]. 2018.9.6.12.3 - Pocket calendar, 1948. Booklet 6cm high x 4cm wide. Picture of flowers on cover.
• 2018.9.6.12.1: Hand mirror

  Small silvered hand mirror. Partly tarnished. Part of contents of a fabric clutch bag.
• 2018.9.6.12.2: Identity card

  Cremation Society membership identity card, belonging to Isabel Salt, Gives contact deails for the society and Isabel's executors. Part of contents of a fabric clutch bag.
• 2018.9.6.12.3: Pocket calendar

  A small, thin multi-page pocket calendar for 1948. Picture of flowers on cover. Part of contents of a fabric clutch bag.
• 2018.9.6.12.4: Spectacles

  Pair of glasses that are broken and in two parts. Possibly tortoiseshell frames. Metal arms. Part of contents of a fabric clutch bag.
• 2018.9.6.17: Broken glass-plate negative

  Broken glass negative of two unidentified young women.
• 2018.9.6.2: double picture frame

  Hand made and hand decorated wooden hinged double picture frame. Contains two pencil sketches of a boy (with the letter K underneath on the frame) and a little girl (with the letter S underneath on the frame) who are possibly Isabel and Lawrence Salt.
• 2018.9.6.3: Tin box containing acorns

  Tin box containing 12 acorns and accompanying purple card with a written note by Isabel Salt. The tin is decorated with yellow and blue with black lettering: 'The 'Allenburys' Glycerine and Blackcurrant Pastilles. Made from the fresh ripe fruit. Manufactured by Allen & Hanburys Ltd London'. Late 19th or early 20th century. The note is written on the back of a Ticket for the Harrogate Infirmary Building Fund Pageant of English Literature, Saturday July 23rd 1921. The note states 'Autumn 2018. These have been picked up in the grounds of the Palace of Doorn (Amerongen, Holland) where the ex Kaiser was then living'
• 2018.9.6.4: Fabric covered box

  Box covered in floral fabric comprising of a base and a lid that lifts off. The box is now Faded to brown but original colours on red ground visible under lid. Label on the base states: 'Pomme d'Or Harrogate'. Late 19th or early-mid 20th century.
• 2018.9.6.5: Luggage tag

  Luggage tag of brown leather with embossed S decoration, strap with buckle.
• 2018.9.6.6: 2 Hair curling tongs with case

  2 Hair curling tongs with case with card marked 'Salt Oxted - Surrey'