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    • A photo of a man in a medieval outfit holding a witching bottle at the National Civil War Centre in Newark
      Object of the Week Halloween Object of the Week: A 300-year-old witching bottle containing fingernails and hair
      This spooky 300-year-old glass vessel was discovered intact by an archaeologist in front of the National Civil War Centre’s Old Magnus Building home two years ago.
      28 October 2015
    • A photo of a handwritten 19th century cake recipe
      Object of the Week "Horribly reminiscent of a Paul Hollywood challenge": Archivists reveal recipe by Rebecca Dixon, the Mary Berry of the 19th century
      See a 19th century recipe for a Shrowsbury Cake, directions for Baked Sheep's Heads straight from the pages of Adrian Mole and tips for icing from a time when baking was hard work.
      17 August 2016
    • A photo of a wooden bowls jack from the 16th century found by Crossrail and mentioned by Shakespeare's Cloten
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A 16th century bowling ball used to judge a man's character
      This wooden ball, found by archaeologists working in East London, could have been used in bowls or skittles - and was first referred to by William Shakespeare's Cloten.
      09 March 2016
    • A photo of a small Neolithic human figurine found at Skara Brae in Orkney
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A 5,000-year-old figurine which curators thought was lost forever in Orkney
      This Neolithic human figurine was found at Skara Brae, in Orkney, in the 1860s. But it was only recently rediscovered during a search of the collections at the 17th century Skaill House.
      29 June 2016
    • A photo of a red, brown and gold samurai breastplate
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A breastplate from a set of 18th century samurai armour
      Japan's samurai soldiers may have seemed fearsome through their armour, but they were actually patrons and producers of the arts centuries ago.
      08 June 2016
    • A photo of a Bronze Age vessel discovered in a ditch in the Worcestershire town of Evesham
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A Bronze Age man's pot found in a deep burial pit in Worcestershire
      Archaeologists believe this unexpected discovery was buried with a prominent man from a Bronze Age community as long as 4,500 years ago.
      15 June 2016
    • A photo of a terracotta bust of 18th century scientist sir isaac newton
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A bust based on a cast of Isaac Newton's face made at his death
      John Belchier, a surgeon of the Royal Society, said this bust, made in terracotta in 1731, "esteemed more like than anything extant of Sir Isaac".
      20 January 2016
    • A photo of the vast marble statue of the Buddha Amitābha at London's British Museum
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A colossal Chinese Buddha statue which has just gone on display at the British Museum
      This week it's a 1,400-year-old, 19-foot Buddha which has just taken up residence on the centre well of the North Stairs at the British Museum in London.
      03 March 2016
    • A photo of a section of early medieval gold from the 8th century in Denbighshire, Wales
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A crumpled glimmer of medieval gold discovered in a field in Wales
      This gold from Denbighshire has a glittering-yet-crumpled baseplate decoration – a spherical blue glass bead set in a gold collar, with a pattern of S- and Z-scrolls, beaded wire and various motifs.
      20 July 2016
    • A photo of a long thin gold and silver ancient fumigating torch
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A fumigating torch used to drive off the plague from the 17th century
      This week we bring you a fumigating torch, used in the belief that their scented smoke would drive off the plague and create a "cleansed" space for the carrier to occupy.
      11 November 2015
    • A photo of a green gas mask worn by a German soldier in the trenches during World War One
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A gas mask worn by a German soldier in the First World War trenches
      In 1919, Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum was given a collection of German military equipment gathered by the British War Trophies Commission after the Armistice - including this mask.
      24 September 2015
    • A photo of a large Japanese kiln being fired in the forest of Wytham Woods, near Oxford
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A Japanese potters' kiln inspired by 6th century Koreans and set up in an Oxford wood
      This 11-metre-long, roofed-tunnel kiln promises to look like a large fiery dragon as flames and smoke billow from holes running along both sides.
      12 August 2015
    • A photo of a carved knife showing the head of William Shakespeare on its handle
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A pair of Victorian carving knives with handles modelled as Shakespeare and Lord Byron
      Owned by cutlery collector extraordinaire Bill Brown, these Victorian carving knives are designed in the image of two famous figureheads.
      12 May 2016
    • A photo of a large grey and brown pistol from the 1940s
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A pistol owned by Winston Churchill during World War Two
      See the pistol which was one of a number of firearms owned by Winston Churchill during his tenure as Prime Minister.
      02 December 2015
    • A photo of a British Museum wooden figure of a deity known as A’a from the Polynesian island of Rurutu
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A Polynesian fertility sculpture designed to carry a human skull and bones
      In 1821, islanders on the Polynesian island of Rurutu gave a group of British missionaries this figure of a deity. Lauded by Henry Moore, it is now on display at the British Museum.
      06 April 2016
    • A photo of a wooden box assembled by the Victorian horticulturalist Peter Veitch and held at the Garden Museum
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: A wooden box assembled by a Victorian plant hunter around Europe
      Tenacity and determination were highly prized attributes of plant hunters, as they faced both extreme danger and disappointment. Peter Veitch, of a family horticultural dynasty, was one of the best.
      02 September 2015
    • A photo of a circular memento containing an image of an anti-slavery symbol from the 18th century
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: An 18th century anti-slavery brooch inspired by Josiah Wedgwood
      This plaintive plea encircles the figure of a manacled and kneeling slave on a piece of jewellery which was to become a hugely important part of the British abolition movement.
      29 July 2015
    • A photo of an 18th century dildo from the science museum
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: An 18th century ivory dildo hidden in a Paris convent for 100 years
      Possibly French in origin and owned by a rich woman during the 18th century, this "exceptional" 18th century ivory dildo, in the form of an erect penis, includes a pump to simulate ejaculation
      03 August 2016
    • A photo of a buggy from the 19th century American Civil War at the Ulster Museum in Belfast
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: An American Civil War buggy owned by a priest from Armagh
      Father Arthur Michael McGinnis, who was ordained a Roman Catholic priest and sent to the small town of Gettysburg during the 19th century, owned this buggy, pre-dating the Civil War he witnessed.
      24 February 2016
    • A photo of Elvis Presley's 24K Gold Lead Grand Piano with its lid open in a blue room
      Object of the Week Object of the Week: Elvis Presley's 24K Gold Lead Grand Piano from his Graceland home
      The piano Elvis originally bought for his mother - currently on display at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville - is about to be auctioned for at least half a million dollars.
      07 October 2015
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