Historical Collections Online

 

lid / Siege of Derry, 1688-89

Goblet with lid, post-1690. Lid of a coconut cup in which the turned stem and foot are said to have been made from the pear tree by which Colonel Lundy fled after the Siege of Derry. A wooden chalice with a wooden lid carved with concentric circles. A finial sits on top, dark and light wood used.

 

goblet / Siege of Derry, 1688-89

Goblet, post-1690. Coconut cup in which the turned stem and foot are said to have been made from the pear tree by which Colonel Lundy fled after the Siege of Derry. A wooden chalice with a wooden lid carved with concentric circles. A finial sits on top, dark and light wood used.

 

jug / King James II, 1689

Jug moulded in bamboo and rope pattern. Attached information claims that it was used by King James II to pour toddy, in the company of his army, at the house of the Cunningham Family at Castle Cooley, near Derry, in 1689. A note on the base reads that during the Siege of Derry King James II made...

 

textile fragment / Siege of Derry, 1689

A portion of the French Colours Captured by the Apprentice Boys at the Siege of Derry, 1689. Small textile fragment, brown in colour, possibly silk. Wilt a note with provenance.

 

book / Reflections on a Paper Pretending to be an Apology / Walker / Siege of London-Derry, 1698

Reflections on a Paper Pretending to be an Apology for the Failures Charged on Mr Walker’s account of the Siege of London-Derry. London, printed for Robert Clavel, and Ralph Simpson, in St. Paul’s Church yard. 1698. Set of seven pamphlets, bound in one volume. Ranging in date from 1643 to...