ORNAMENTS, MINIATURES & FIGURINES

To Celtic people, the boar was a symbol of fearlessness. Some myths portrayed them as the fierce quarry who led their hunters to the Otherworld. Tacitus reported that a Celtic tribe in Germany wore amulets of the wild boar to protect themselves in battle...

This stunning miniature is based on the sculpture found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Originally thought to be based on the jackals that roamed cemeteries at night, Anubis was the god of embalming rituals and adopted a human form with a dog’s...

This fine reproduction bronze is of a cat sacred to the Egyptian goddess of love, fertility and joy, Bast or Bastet. The worship of Bast dates from at least 4000 BC, reaching its height around 1500 BC when thousands of pilgrims poured into the temple at...

Coffins in Egyptian times were highly decorated with inscriptions and representations of gods, like Anubis, who would protect the dead person on the journey to the next world. The body would be mummified before it was placed into the wooden coffin, as it...

The ancient Egyptians believed in many different gods and goddesses. Each one with their own role to play in maintaining peace and harmony across the land. It was important to recognize and worship these gods and goddesses so that life could continue...

Horus was an Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun and his left eye the moon. According to myth, in a fight defeat Setekh of Ombos, Horus’ moon eye was damaged and healed by the god Thoth, but from then onwards the...

The Egyptian scarab is the image of a dung beetle and sacred to the sun god. Dung beetles lay eggs in a pellet which they roll along and the Egyptians regarded this action as an image of the sun and its course through the heavens, rolled by a gigantic...

The Keep Calm and Carry On poster was initially produced by the Ministry of Information, in 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War. It was intended to be distributed in order to strengthen morale of the British public in the event of invasion...

English cannon were first used during the Hundred Years' War, at the Battle of Crécy, in 1346. It was during this period, the Middle Ages, that cannons became more effective in both the anti-infantry and siege roles. This cannon measures 10cm and...

A catapult is a device used to throw or hurl a projectile a great distance. During the Medieval period, when castles and fortified walled cities were common catapults were used as a key siege weapon against them. Catapults were...

The innovative A6 Medieval Magnetic Word Kit contains over 120 Medieval themed magnetic words. Use the words to create fun messages. The information card explains what each Medieval word means.

The standard shape of the medieval sword was the same throughout the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. These swords had a wheel shaped-pommel at the end of the handle, simple cross bar guard and a broad blade. This letter opener is based on the medieval...