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River Scene with Weir and Mill
Description:
River Scene with Weir and Mill, by Francis Danby.
This oil painting shows a mill on the riverside near Bristol.
The mill uses water to power the machinary inside it.
In this instance, the mill is making a form of tobacco called snuff, by grinding tobacco down into a powdered form.
Snuff is snorted instead of smoked.
Tobacco was brought to Bristol from the Caribbean (where it was grown on plantations by enslaved Africans).
Once in Bristol, the tobacco was made into snuff in mills or twists in factories and sold by tobacconists.
Creator: Francis Danby
Date: c 1823
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K2635
Nugent glass.
Description:
Nugent glass.
Creator: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:G3539
Election plate.
Description:
Election plate, Nugent Only.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:G1699
Plate depicting Queen Mary.
Description:
Plate depicting Queen Mary.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:N3366
Plate depicting King James II
Description:
Plate depicting King James II.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:Na 625
Arms of William Penn in punch bowl.
Description:
The arms of William Penn in a punch bowl. William Penn was the son of Admiral Sir William Penn, who took the Caribbean island of Jamaica from the Spainsh in 1655 and opened it up to British settlers. William, his son, established the colony of Pennsylvania, America in 1681.
Date: 1720
Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Object ID:Loan 546A
Uncovering a grave
Description:
Young people from Bristol, help to reveal a grave on the slope above Mountravers, Nevis. It was later found to be that of a child.
Date: 2001
Copyright: Copyright Bruce Williams (BARAS)
Shackle
Description:
Photograph of a shackle found in archaeological excavations in a part of Charlestown, Nevis, believed to have been the slave market.
Date: 2001
Copyright: Copyright Bruce Williams (BARAS)
Lime kiln
Description:
This lime kiln at the New River was used to burn sea shells in order to produce lime to be used in mortar or to prepare lime wash.
Creator: Bruce Williams
Date: 2001
Copyright: Copyright Bruce Williams (BARAS)
Jessops plantation plan
Description:
Photograph of part of an 18th century map showing the extent of the Jessops plantation in Nevis.
Date: 2001
Copyright: Copyright Bruce Williams (BARAS)
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