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:
1) China dinner plate. Blue and gold, with the Salt coat of arms motto 'Quid Non Deo Juvante' ('What not by the help of God?') and alpaca image. Hallmarked 'Davenport Longport Staffordshire'. [1870-1886].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'
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.
Round spectacles with translucent orange frames in a Animal skin case. Chamois glasses cleaning cloth. The case is labeled 'Norman J. Fordham. 5 Station Approach, Oxted'. Early-mid 20th century.
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.
Five hardback books, with signatures and notes. Comprises:
1) Milton, John, 'Milton: Select poems with notes by the Rev. H. R. Huckin M.A.' (London: Seeley & Co., undated). Title page signed 'I Salt'.
2) Seeley, J.R., 'The Expansion of England' (London: Macmillan And Co, 1886). Flyleaf signed 'H.C. Salt Trin. Coll. Cambs. May '88' [Trinity College, Cambridge].
3) Spencer, Herbert, 'Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical' (London: Williams and Norgate, [1861]). Title page signed 'Titus Salt'. Loose spine.
4) Stone, Henry J., 'Towards Spiritual Democracy' (London: The Swarthmore Press Ltd, undated). With notes on inside back cover [October 1884].
5) Tennyson, Alfred (Lord), 'Tennyson's Poetical Works' (London: Macmillan And Co, 1887). Flyleaf signed 'Mary Isabel Salt'.
Book by J.R. Seeley entitled 'The Expansion of England'. The book contains two courses of lectures. Course I relates to England, English History and the expansion of the Empire. Course II relates to India and the British Empire.
Compilation book of the writtings of Herbert Spencer titled the 'Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical' (London: Williams and Norgate, [1861]). Title page signed 'Titus Salt'.
Book compiled by Henry Stone with a Preface entitled 'Towards Spiritual Democracy'. The book is about Religion and its place in modern society and relating it to politics. The Preface discusses the place of religion in life especially in the light of War.
The works of Alfred Lord Tennyson poet Laureate, with the alternative title 'Tennyson's Poetical Works' on the front cover. This is an anthology of Tennyson's poems. The pages are printed in two columns. Flyleaf signed ‘Mary Isabel Salt’.