Newspaper-Cutting
Newspaper-Cutting
Object name: Newspaper-Cutting
Date: 1929-1930
Medium: Paper, card, ink
Object number: TN07791
DescriptionTen newspaper cuttings mounted together on acidic paper. Seven are from The Evening News:
'All Begun by One Small Boy', 8/3/1929 - an article about Richard Cuming and the collection;
'Veterans', 20/3/1929 - an article about the block toy soldiers (C04666-95) on display at the Cuming Museum;
'Fun at Table', 22/3/29 - an article about the mediaeval wooden tableware on display at the Cuming Museum. It is related to a Mazer cup (C01861), a Livery Company beechwood cup (C01868), and a Trencher (C01865) donated by Lovett;
'April Fool Jug', 1/4/1929 - an article about a Doulton puzzle jug (C13067);
'The Little People's Spell', 9/4/1929 - an article and picture of the flint 'elf-dart' from County Antrim used to cure cows, on display at the Cuming Museum;
'Magic and Spells' - an article about objects of superstition on display at the Cuming Museum, with a picture of one of the miniature broom charms (C05273-4, 1916.001.034);
'Oliver Twist's Copper', 25/4/1929 -an article about the Parish Pump (C12925) and Copper (C05140), both on display at the Cuming Museum. It has a picture of the copper surrounded by bricks.
On the reverse:
The Nursing Times, 'Some Quaint London Relics', 15/2/1930 - an article about objects on display at the Cuming Museum;
[...] Post, 'Superstitious Londoners. Present Day Belief in Charms. Exhibition of "Cures"', 12/3/1930 - an article about the Lovett Collection of Superstitions at the Cuming Museum;
[...] Post, 'Superstitions', 12/3/1930 - an article about the charms on display at the Cuming Museum.
'All Begun by One Small Boy', 8/3/1929 - an article about Richard Cuming and the collection;
'Veterans', 20/3/1929 - an article about the block toy soldiers (C04666-95) on display at the Cuming Museum;
'Fun at Table', 22/3/29 - an article about the mediaeval wooden tableware on display at the Cuming Museum. It is related to a Mazer cup (C01861), a Livery Company beechwood cup (C01868), and a Trencher (C01865) donated by Lovett;
'April Fool Jug', 1/4/1929 - an article about a Doulton puzzle jug (C13067);
'The Little People's Spell', 9/4/1929 - an article and picture of the flint 'elf-dart' from County Antrim used to cure cows, on display at the Cuming Museum;
'Magic and Spells' - an article about objects of superstition on display at the Cuming Museum, with a picture of one of the miniature broom charms (C05273-4, 1916.001.034);
'Oliver Twist's Copper', 25/4/1929 -an article about the Parish Pump (C12925) and Copper (C05140), both on display at the Cuming Museum. It has a picture of the copper surrounded by bricks.
On the reverse:
The Nursing Times, 'Some Quaint London Relics', 15/2/1930 - an article about objects on display at the Cuming Museum;
[...] Post, 'Superstitious Londoners. Present Day Belief in Charms. Exhibition of "Cures"', 12/3/1930 - an article about the Lovett Collection of Superstitions at the Cuming Museum;
[...] Post, 'Superstitions', 12/3/1930 - an article about the charms on display at the Cuming Museum.