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Object of the Week 21: Weed Eradicator A tool to inject weedkiller by piercing crown of weed with a sharp hollow needle Patented 1895 Ours sold by Army & Navy Co-op Society others sold as The Wikeham #objectoftheweek #museum #gardening #hassocks @TatesGCs #sussex #onlyaweeklate
Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a small, bronze statuette of a horse from Greece, ca. 750–730 BCE. It was likely created as a devotional gift to a god, with horses being a symbol of wealth at the time. Credit: Art Institute of Chicago. 2016.193.
#Archaeology #Greece #Horses
Object of the Week 20: Budding Spanner - Edwin Budding invented spanner screw adjustment, design registered 1843 Previously spanners were adjusted with a metal wedge We have 2 examples, c1840s & c1860s #objectoftheweek #museum #gardening #hassocks @TatesGCs #sussex #onlyaweeklate
Object of the Week 19: Bird Scarer In 1700s & 1800s, young children employed dawn to dusk to scare birds off crops for penny a day Often used Rattle or Clacker also used by Police & later football fans #ObjectoftheWeek #museum #gardening #hassocks @TatesGCs #sussex #onlyaweeklate
Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a fragmentary wall fresco from Teleilat Ghassul, ca. 4000 BCE (Late Chalcolithic). Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem. Photo by Marsupium, CC by-SA 4.0.
#Archaeology #Fresco #Jordan #Chalcolithic
Object of the Week 18: An extremely rare #mower 'The Coventry' from 1879, 1 of only 2 known to exist Will be exhibited at Milton Keynes museum this weekend at The Old Lawnmower Club (unofficial) annual rally #objectoftheweek #museum #gardening #hassocks @TatesGCs #onlyaweeklate
Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a terracotta kitchen mold of an anthropomorphic woman, found at the Amorite royal palace complex in Mari (modern-day Syria). ca. 1782-1759 BCE. Louvre AO 18913. Credit: 2022 Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaél Chipault
#Archaeology #Amorite
Object of the Week 17: Ransomes Model Lawn Mower 1 of smallest #mowers in #museum sold in the 1990s for model railway enthusiasts, a model of a
@RansomesTurf & Sims Improved 1861-1866, our model carefully built by volunteer Richard #objectoftheweek #gardening #hassocks @TatesGCs
Object of the Week 16: Climax Lawn Mower - 1 of 1st side-wheel lawnmowers patented 1869 We have 2, 6in & 7in early 1870s ‘The Gardeners Chronicle’ 1871 wrote "It is really, and not merely professedly, easy enough for a lady to work!" #objectoftheweek #gardening #museum @TatesGCs
Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a terracotta model of a boat with multiple persons and birds, decorated with geometric patterns. From Cyprus, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2000-1600 BCE. Louvre AM972. Credit: Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaél Chipault
#Archaeology #Cyprus
Object of the Week 15: Pluviette Sprinkler
Invented Paul Zeyssolff, Germany, patented 1912 Later manufactured Lloyds of Letchworth various sizes/designs & we also have larger model. In action in this Gardeners World clip:
https://t.co/CFIADjtw3y
#ObjectoftheWeek #museum @TatesGCs
Happy Passover! Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a hexagonal glass pilgrim's jar from ca. 578-636 CE, with Jewish symbols such as the menorah on it. Such jars were often made for pilgrims visiting holy sites. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1972.118.180
#Archaeology #Byzantine
Object of the Week 13: Terry’s Spring Ring plant supports A clever design using small spring to fix support ring to bamboo cane Patented 1946 by Herbert Terry & Sons famous for manufacturing the first Anglepoise lamp #ObjectoftheWeek #museum #gardening #sussex #hassocks @TatesGCs
Object of the Week 12 - Rare Garden Golf Game
A 9 hole golf game designed to avoid the necessity of cutting holes in the lawn Patented 1922 by Captain WP Dean from #BurgessHill #WestSussex In its original box with instructions #ObjectoftheWeek #museum #hassocks @TatesGCs #sussex
Eid Mubarak! Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a ceramic bowl likely from Samarqand, Uzbekistan—with "blessings, prosperity, well-being, happiness" inscribed in Arabic—dated to late 10th-11th century CE. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 40.170.15
#Archaeology #Uzbekistan #Calligraphy
Object Week 11: Rodine Rat Poison Box Popular 1940s/50s, most garden sheds had tin of Rodine Rat/Mouse poison. Yellow Phosphorus dangerous & banned 1963 (Rodine still sold today) Our box dates 1952 with rat & original instructions showing signs of rodent damage! #objectoftheweek
Object Week 10: Bryant Greenhouse Heater Produced in the 1950s/60s by P J Bryant in Fishponds, Bristol. Paraffin heater, approximately 1.5m wide. Hot air was distributed via the copper tubes to warm up greenhouses. #objectoftheweek #gardening #sussex #hassocks @TatesGCs
Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A shallow faience bowl from New Kingdom Egypt—decorated with a double-sistrum with Hathor heads and blue lotus flowers—dated to ca. 1539-1292 BCE. Credit: Museo Egizio, Turin, Cat. 3368. CC0 1.0.
#Archaeology #Egypt #Hathor
Object Week 9: The Grange Killweeder Patented 1929 lovely brass tool deposits dose of powdered weedkiller directly on weed by simple downward push on sprung mechanism Our #exhibit badged Toll Lawn Dressings Buxted #Sussex #objectoftheweek #museum #gardening #hassocks @TatesGCs
Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A cuneiform tablet recording a land transfer document from ancient Girsu, Iraq dated to ED IIIB period (ca. 2500-2340 BCE). CBS10000. Credit: Penn Museum.
#Archaeology #Iraq #Mesopotamia #Cuneiform
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