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Family Scrapbook Submission | Bermuda and Napoleon Connect

The photo is of my great-great grandparents, John W.M. Gibbons and Harriet J.B. Pewtherer, married in 1904. John’s mother was…

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Collection Item | Drug Ampoules, c. 1940s

From the Constellation, 1943 Six of 400,000 drug ampules containing adrenaline, anti-tetanus serum, opium, morphine, and penicillin were part of…

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Collection Item | Gorget Breast Plate

From the L’Herminie, 1838 L’Herminie was one of the last frigates built before the shift to auxiliary steam power in…

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Collection Item | Glass Beads

From ‘Manilla’ wreck site, c. 1730s Trade beads were made in Europe—mainly in Venice, Bohemia (Czech Republic), and the Netherlands—and…

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Collection Item | Gold Signet Ring

From the Galgo, 1639 Gold signet rings became increasingly popular from the 17th century as the ultimate portable mark of…

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Collection Item | Majolica Salt Cellar

  From the San Antonio, 1621 This fine dining salt cellar (salero) would have been used by the elite. Majolica,…

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Collection Item | Olive Jar

From the San Antonio, 1621 Olive jars were mainly used as liquid and small victual shipping and storage containers for…

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Collection Item | Pewter Syringe

This is a urethral syringe, used to administer doses of mercury for treating syphilis. Long-term or frequent use led to…

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Collection Item | Gold Ring

From the Sea Venture, 1609 The clasped hands or ‘hands in faith’ are symbolic of a contract between two people,…

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Collection Item | Lead Merchant Weight

From the Sea Venture, 1609 Typical of weights used by merchants to measure out bulk goods, this 1 lb weight…

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Collection Item | English Delft Gallipot or Ointment Pot

From the Sea Venture, 1609 Used for medicines, salves, ointments, and plant material. Similar sherds are the most common items…

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Collection Item | Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jugs

From the Sea Venture, 1609 ‘Bellarmine’ jugs like these were imported to England from production centres along the river Rhine…

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