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Alabaster peep egg
GB 3493 117 · Item · c. 1840s

One Victorian alabaster peep egg inscribed 'A Present from Clifton' with hand painted floral decoration and containing rotating views of Clifton Suspension Bridge and Vyvyan Terrace and shell, mineral and coral samples. 16.5 cm high.

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GB 3493 132 · Item · c. 1864-1887

Victorian mug with transfer print of Clifton Suspension Bridge on front and "Thomas Symons / Newnham" in gold. Interior has image of a child reading a newspaper, smoking a pipe with the caption "Our Early Days / Now I'm a Grandfather" and includes two moulded figures of frogs.

Pountney & Co.
GB 3493 199 · Item · c. 1864 - 1887

One side of the jug is decorated with an image of Clifton Suspension Bridge, the other is inscribed with this poem:
'Here Gentlemen, come try your skill,
I’ll hold a wager if you will.
That you don’t drink this liq’r all,
Without you spill or let some fall.'

Pountney & Co.