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Steel rod used for assessing a hayrick before purchase in 3 ways - 1. thrust in with a slight upward movement it tested the density of the hay 2. a sharp thrust to the right, and withdrawal extracted a wisp of hay from well inside. This was fingered,…

Material: glass . Condition: good

Weight 24.5 lbs, circa 1750 . Material: lead . Condition: Fair. One 32 cm in length; 2.5 cm thick; 6 cm in depth. At one end a cut channel for a roller around which the rope would have wound. The other is slightly longer at 35 cm; 2.5 cm thick and 6…

Bosun's (boatswain's) call, whistle or pipe with chain . Material: metal . Condition: good

Of the police whistle type. Date stamped 1944. Material: metal . Condition: good

Brown glass, dredged up in Lyme Bay in 1866 by Emsworth Oyster Smack, probably late 18th Century. The Crew were Captain Dusty Miller, Amos Boutell (Mate) and 2 boys, 2 Dutch emigrant ships collided, one sank, the other repaired and continued voyage .…

Mouth operated used by Emsworth oyster smacks as a standby warning. Metal, painted green, some rust evident. Painted red inside horn. 40 cm in length. Comprises a metallic mouthpiece unpainted, an inverted stem and a trumpet-like end.

Alley lemonade bottles (2) These bottles were free, and it was illegal to sell them. An opener - see 17.2 for drawing - was required to open them. A cache of these bottles was stored beside the Slipper Mill Pond by the Royal Oak. When local boys…

Bottle opener for alley lemonade bottles

Framed photograph of James Duncan Foster, Emsworth Shipbuilder, Shipowner, Oyster merchant, and a keen cyclist. His ships proudly bore the initials J.D.F on their sterns. It is believed that he named his ships so that their names began with all the…

Railway guard's oil handlamp . Material: metal

Emsworth Dredgerman's Association - petty cash book of secretary, Mr Prior 1910-1917 . Material: paper . Condition: good

Hull scraper (J D Foster) makers mark JDF on the wooden pole from J D Foster's Boatyard . Comprises a wooden haft with an iron fitting over and secured to the top of the haft. This fitting is hood-shaped at its base with a triangular piece at the…

Photograph of 'Asphodal' at Slipper Mill 30/12/31 with ruins of The Old Brewery in the background . Material: paper . Condition: good

Photograph of Slipper Mill from north with "Asphodal" 30/12/31. Shows chimney of Old Mill at the Floodgates . Material: paper . Condition: good

Photograph of "Nonpareil" a ketch-rigged smack by Foster 22/10/39 . Material: paper . Condition: good

Photograph of "Nonpareil" 22/7/50. Shows Brixham trawler leaning over . Material: paper . Condition: good

Photograph of "Echo" 19/6/49. Top of stack removed . Material: paper . Condition: good

Photograph of Emsworth fishing boat. Know colloquially as "J***kers". Clinker built. Lug sail. October 1935 . Material: paper . Condition: good

Photograph of fishing boat, specially built in Portsmouth for Jack Savage 1952. Shows Emsworth Quay . Material: paper . Condition: good