an embossed brass dish depicting " all of you " from old calabar. a framed folk art silk/

a framed folk art silk/ wool work flag styled as the regimental flag/ colours of the 76th west riding regiment

The steam engine was used in situations where speed was critical or wind was absent

the rim is decorated with what appears to be scales maybe representing a serpent swallowing its taii an "ouroboros "

they were items  designed to be seen

an embossed brass dish depicting " all of you " from old calabar. a framed folk art silk/an antique embossed brass dish from old calabar depicting the tortoise named " all of you " the main charecter in the allegorical tale from igbo folklore " the tortoise and the birds " dating from around 1910 350mm diameter. (the dish has a couple of small stress fractures on the tortoise shell.) "The Tortoise and the Birds" is a folktale where the cunning but greedy tortoise tricks the birds into giving him feathers to fly to a feast in the sky.