61. 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

62. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Coronation Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A.
Date: 1953
Image ID MMC_P1171_005

63. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Coronation Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A..
Date: 1953
Image ID MMC_P1171_009

64. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Coronation Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A..
Date: 1953
Image ID MMC_P1171_013

65. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Coronation Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A..
Date: 1953
Image ID MMC_P1171_017

66. Final scene of Queen Elizabeth I and her Court. Painted by Dr Joan Llewellyn-Jones for Mersea Pageant 1953.
MuseumItem P1171 or P1171A.
Date: 1953
Image ID MMC_P1171_021

67. 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

68. 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

69. Digby Bros. General Ironmongers.
Digbys' Corner, West Mersea
Wireless Sets
Efficient Radio Service by E.P Digby
From Digby's Tide Table ...
Date: 1926
Image ID MMC_P608_003_002_001

70. From the Mayor & Mayoress of Colchester Alderman and Mrs W. Gurney Benham, wishing you a Merry Xmas and twelve happy new months. The eight oyster months of ...
Image ID MMC_P809_E

71. Motor Fuel Ration Book. This book is the property of Her Majesty's Government. Captioned else where as Wartime, this probably dates from the 1973 Oil Cr ...
Date: c1973
Image ID MMC_P818C

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

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

74. Valor quick boiling paraffin stove. Operating Instructions.
Date: 30 June 2021
Image ID MMI_VLR_011

75. Valor quick boiling paraffin stove. Operating Instructions page 2
Image ID MMI_VLR_012

76. Ration Book Clothing and other coupons. 1947-48. From O.J. Ponder, Nr The Rose, Peldon
Accession No. 2012.10.005H
Date: 1947
Image ID OJR_101_001

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. The original transom of bumkin WINNIE. Built c1922 by Charles Kidby at Brightlingsea for Frank Elgar Mussett. It was named WINNIE after Elgar's sister Dora ...
Date: 19 April 2009
Image ID TM2_2503

89. Whale bones were discovered by Ralph Merry in May 2008 in the mud off Cobmarsh Island at the entrance to Mersea Quarters. They are the lower jaw bones of a ...
More information about sperm whales. They remain one of the most mysterious of the great whales, living in remote deep waters; They are the largest of the ...
Date: 14 May 2009
Image ID TM2_2610

90. The anchor in Mersea Museum grounds is thought to date from before 1820. It has a wooden stock, with wrought iron shank, arms and flukes. The stock is about ...
Date: 26 July 2009
Image ID TM2_3136