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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Everard Bouverie cavalry sword © Delapre Abbey

    Everard Bouverie's Waterloo Sword

    A cavalry officer’s heavy sword carried in the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. It is 102cm long, with a matching scabbard. It is made from metal with decoration on the blade called blue and gilt, which has now faded.

    1812 Stuart to Georgian

  • CPAP medical equipment to assist with paitient's breathing. © NMAG

    CPAP Device

    Designed by engineers at Mercedes HPP the CPAP device was developed in response to the need for a device to assist COVID patients to breathe.

    2020 Modern

  • Painted canal stool in castles and roses style by Frank Nurser © NMAG

    Frank Nurser Canal Stool

    Painted stool in Castles and Roses folkart style, used to decorate everyday items used by bargees, people who lived and worked on Northamptonshire's canal network.

    Georgian 1815 Stuart to Georgian