Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a scalloped edge. Each scallop has four small loops at the edge.

Sample of hand-made Maltese straight bobbin lace edging with heart-shaped design.

Samples of hand made off-white Bedfordshire straight bobbin lace edging with the design elements outlined in heavier thread (gimp): (a) a long band of lace with a scalloped edge and a gimp zigzag design; (b) a band of lace; (c) a short band of lace with a scalloped edge and a design consisting of a series of circles with three arms of thread extending upwards at the area where one circle joins the next.

Skein (part b) containing approximately 27 meters of two-ply off-white linen thread called gimp.

One-wick oil lamp made from fairly fine-grained buff clay with a reddish-brown slip. The body is circular as viewed from above, has a rounded shoulder, and walls that taper inwards to a flat base. The top centre is concave with a filling hole set slightly off-centre. There is a vertical pierced disc handle with two shallow incised grooves, the short, rounded nozzle is set off from the body by a faint transverse line, and the flat base is delineated by a faint circle with a trace of a plant impression in the middle.

Lamp made of pale buff, fine-grained clay and coated with a bright orange slip. The body is circular as viewed from the top and has a sunken flat discus enclosed by a shoulder ring broken to form a tapering point towards the nozzle. Two suspension knobs sit on the sloping shoulder nearer the nozzle. The vertical handle is moulded and pierced with a hole. The handle is decorated on the upper side with two shallow incised grooves. The projecting nozzle ends in a rounded termination with a raised plane at the extremity of the wick-hole. The flat base is enclosed by a base-ring and is inscribed. A small wick-adjustment hole is visible at the base of the nozzle.

Lamp made from pale buff, fine-grained clay with traces of a chocolate brown, thin matte slip, unevenly fired. Body has basin-shaped walls resting on a flat base, bordered by a groove. The angled shoulder is set off from the discus at the top centre by three concentric grooves. At the centre of the discus in high relief is the figure of a standing cock depicted in profile. The filling hole is below the figure's chest. The lengthened nozzle has a rounded termination and is flanked by double volutes.

Lion figure covered with shells of various colours and having a wire tail and red fibre whiskers, all fastened with heavy yellow adhesive. Interior of ears and mouth are painted red. Sitting on a pedestal made of various shells.

Bowl with rounded sides and raised foot ring. Exterior decorated with a landscape of trees, temples, birds, and people crossing a bridge. Transfer printed. All blue on white. "blue willow" pattern. Blue Minton's stamp on base.

Small glazed vase with narrow neck and opening. The glaze ranges from beige to dark brown, with the dark brown toward the shoulder and neck; the glaze extends inside to cover the opening. The base is mostly unglazed. The vase has been slightly flattened to form three sides; each side has thicker lines of beige on it. Unsigned.