Baby walkers like the one above were used to help a child learn to walk and to protect it from... [Read more...]
Post-Medieval
Museum of Cambridge
c. 1790
Baby walkers like this one were used from as early as the fifteenth century until the nineteenth... [Read more...]
Museum of Cambridge
c. 1850
This sampler was made by Eleanor M.S. when she was around 10 years old. She used thread coloured... [Read more...]
Museum of Cambridge
c. 1830
Eleanor Grey used many more colours in this sampler compared to that of her mother’s. Cross-... [Read more...]
Museum of Cambridge
c. 1800
Eleanor Coulson made the earliest sampler in this group when she was 13 years old. It includes a... [Read more...]
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
16th century
Up to six boys could compete against each other on this gaming board found carved into one of... [Read more...]
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
15th - 17th century
Clay whistles were considered novelties or toys rather than serious musical instruments. Those... [Read more...]
Cambridgeshire Archives
11th May 1764
Apprenticeship Indenture for Amey Basin. At ten years old she was apprenticed to Thomas Wayman... [Read more...]
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
15th - 17th century
Clay whistles were considered novelties or toys rather than serious musical instruments.
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
15th - 17th century
Clay whistles were considered novelties or toys rather than serious musical instruments. Those... [Read more...]