31. Sewing machine that was left inside the Museum grounds September 2019 - donor unknown.
The machine is an Essex Miniature Sewing Machine manufactured by The ...
Date: 28 September 2019
Image ID IA01_694

32. Milk bottle from Brierley Hall Dairy, West Mersea, found on the mud at Mersea Hard by David Conway July 2018. The bottle has barnacles on its bottom and was ...
Date: 1 August 2018
Image ID IA01_801

33. Small two burner paraffin stove used by donor's grandmother, Edith Hyam, from Peldon. On display in Mersea Museum.
Accession No. 2010.08.004D donated by ...
Date: 5 September 2018
Image ID IA01_845

34. Bison bones found on the mudflats off East Mersea. They were found by Chris Nower and Julie Shead, and identified by Steve Boreham of the University of ...
Date: 22 April 2011
Image ID IA01_BIS_001

35. Bison bones found off East Mersea by Chris Nower and Julie Shead. They were found approximately 100 yards off the beach near Cosway's caravan park. One small ...
Date: cApril 2011
Image ID IA01_BIS_007

36. Illuminated crown - made of papier mache with light fittings around the edge and on the front. Donated to the Museum Accession No. 2016.05.002.
The crown ...
Date: 13 March 2022
Image ID IA03_701

37. Charles Godfrey Bonner. This Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as ...
Date: 27 August 1918
Image ID IYS_194_005

38. A piece of shrapnel from the land mine which came down in the road in East Mersea.

20 November 1940 Parachute mine dropped on road between West and ...
Date: 21 November 1940
Image ID JAS_001

39. Charles First coin c1297, minted London.
Found by Jim Pullen between Rewsalls Farm and East Mersea Church. Details given to the Finds Officer in Colchester ...
Date: c1297
Image ID JP01_001_001

40. Saxon Sherd found by Jim Pullen by the Monkey Beach 14 March 2020.
It is recorded on Colchester Heritage Explorer ...
Date: c800
Image ID JP01_002_001

41. West Mersea Jubilee 1897 Mug
Date: 1897
Image ID LIL_OPA_039

42. Plaques in memory of Ralph and Susan Luckham at Mersea Museum

Upper
In Memory of Ralph Luckhamd 1920 to 1990 and Susan Luckham 1922 to ...
Date: 6 October 2022
Image ID LUC_PLQ_001

43. Mersea Museum - inside the Cottage, the fisherman mending a net.
Date: June 2011
Image ID MLD_COT_004

44. Victorian Letter box, now part of Mersea Museum collection. It was originally at The Hard in the wall of the shed (now known as the old Lifeboat Shed) in front ...
Date: 20 May 2017
Image ID MMB_021

45. Stanley Hills in 1923 aged 13 with "Family Four" wireless set built by him, including construction of variable condensers etc.
Bright Emitter ...
Date: 1923
Image ID MMC_P1155B

46. Pre-Roman Belgic Cremation burial pottery found in garden in Fairhaven Avenue in 1979. Cup and pedestal urn. AD 40-200.
Described in article in Essex ...
Date: 1979
Image ID MMC_P216_001

47. Pre-Roman Belgic Cremation burial pottery found in garden in Fairhaven Avenue in 1979. AD 40-200. Described in article in Essex Archaeology and History, 1981, ...
Date: 1979
Image ID MMC_P216_002

48. Aladdin paraffin heater. Blue Flame Heater No. H2201. Made in England.
On display in Museum.
Date: 30 June 2021
Image ID MMI_ADN_001

49. Valor quick boiling paraffin stove.
On display in Museum
Date: 30 June 2021
Image ID MMI_VLR_001

50. Cannon balls in Museum Collection.
Large cannon ball on left is 5,080 grams (11lbs 3oz) and diameter 111mm (4 3/8 inches) and from these dimensions is ...
Image ID PAT_CAN_001

51. Mersea Island Golf Club. Lady Captain's Prize. Won by Mrs John McLachlan 1930.
One of several trophies which belonged to the late Ivy and John McLachlan ...
Date: 2009
Image ID PAT_GOLF_001

52. Susan Winch, age 7. Her dress was made by her mother's sister, Mary Notton, 1948 - 1950, for Susan's sister Pauline. In 2014 the dress was donated to Mersea ...
Date: May 1954
Image ID PMS_WIN_041

53. Dress was made 1948 - 1950 for Pauline Winch by her mother's sister, Mary Notton. In 2014 it was donated to Mersea Museum. Accession No. 2014.11.005A
Date: September 2014
Image ID PMS_WIN_043

54. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Thought to be from a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. There is no more information on the location found, though it is ...
Date: 15 June 2022
Image ID PRP_001_004

55. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Unidentified.
Some conservation work was done on this propeller in 2017 - see ...
Date: 15 June 2022
Image ID PRP_002_002

56. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Thought to be from a Messerschmit Bf109 (often known as the ME109).

The Bf109 was one of the most important ...
Date: 15 June 2022
Image ID PRP_003_001

57. WW2 propeller recovered by local fishermen. Thought to be from a Messerschmitt Bf109. The hole where the cannon fired is clearly visible.
Date: 15 June 2022
Image ID PRP_003_002

58. A large Amphora. These vessels were made in the Mediterranean area in Roman times and used for storing oil, wine, honey etc. The pointed base was designed to ...
Date: 1980s
Image ID RLB_005_001

59. TID wartime tug. Model built by Barrie Griffin c2012 and donated to Mersea Museum. It is modelled on a typical tug of the class, and is in grey with the White ...
Date: c2012
Image ID TDM_001

60. The Old Man of the Sea.
Terracotta bust found while oyster dredging on the Nass by Allan Bird and Peter Vince in 2001. In the early 1930s a number of these ...
Date: 1 June 2008
Image ID TM2_1377