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Keep Cup

Black coloured keep cup. Replaced the red branded version when Keep Cup decided to no longer make the red version.

Keep Cup

Investment Tombstone

Financial 'tombstone' relating to the financing of Hurricane Energy, a listed company that the College owned a significant number of shares in until 2019. The company was associated with James Huddleston and was involved in North Sea oil exploration.

Plastic

Plastic reusable hot drinks cup in College colours and bearing the College crest, College name and College website address.

Miscellaneous Items

Includes:

Seal of Michaelhouse, c. 1350

Fragment of wallpaper reportedly from the Master's Lodge, c. 1850

Cardboard box for a Super all square die plate dater once used in the College Library, c. 1950

Maroon and a black hard cover folder of type that formerly held committee, Council and Society minutes, c. 1960. Minutes were held in these style folders from the mid 1940s until about 2015

Newspapers found in wall of the foyer at the bottom of stairs to hall by Brittian doors during kitchen renovations 3 March 2022 viz Cambridge Daily News, 18 July 1962, Daily Herald, 20 July 1962 and Evening Standard 20 July 1962. Probably left in the wall at the time the stairs and entrance to hall were created in 1962

Digital photograph of a 1965 Audit Ale bottle

Front cover for 'Jesus College Cambridge Conference pad', c. 1990

Cardboard mask with feathers in College colours

Two clay pig ornaments dressed as porters and in College colours and a small cockerel on an egg ornament, all given by Peter Bacon, former head porter, on his retirement in 2001

Pages from the Sun newspaper dated 20 August 2007 found under the dais in Hall in January 2022 when the floorboards of the dais were lifted as part of wider renovation works

Wrappers for College branded chocolate after dinner mints. c.2000, 2017 and 2018

Fragments of 'wood effect' wallpaper from the Porters Lodge found during renovations in August 2018

College branded paper napkins, 2019

Postcard left anonymously under the Rustat Memorial in he wake of the Church Court decision not to remove the memorial from the Chapel. Writing on back in Haitian.

Muniment Room Keys

Bunches of keys in box stating 'from muniment room desk'. Labels on bunches of keys indicate they were used to open metal boxes used to store documents. Makers of keys include Hobbs & Co London, Yale and Belfry Brand.

College Metal Dyes and Matrices

Includes wooden and metal matrix used to create book plates stuck into books owned by the College, c. 1950; Five matrices showing College crest and Jesus College Cambridge, c. 1970 - 1990; Jesus College Boat Club dye showing initials J. C. B. C., c. 1950-1980; Dyes used for printing Rustat coat of arms on Rustat Dinner menus, c. 1950;

Commemorative Coins (Rustat Dinner)

Presentation coins in individual boxes given to attendees at the end of the Rustat Feast. The coins have the Queen's head on one side and different symbols and wording on the other commemorating: the 80th birthday of The Queen Mother, 4th August 1980; Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee, 1977; 25th anniversary of the marriage of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1947-1972

Wax Sealing Set

Blue fabric covered box with bone toggles enclosing two metal and ivory stamps, bars of sealing wax and a packet of Maid Marian matches.

Jelly Mould

Copper and tin lined jelly mould inscribed with Jes Coll Kit. Design on mould is rounded conical shape, with six half pear shapes to side topped with nipple shape.

Jelly Mould

Jelly Mould

Copper and tin lined jelly mould inscribed with Coll Jes Cant and mould design number 481. Design on mould is round with six pillars topped with four sided domes.

Benham and Froud

Jelly Mould

Copper and tin lined jelly mould inscribed with Jesus Coll and mould design number 583. Design on top of mould shows cross with lion, crown and swag imposed on top.

Benham and Froud

Jelly Mould

Copper and tin lined jelly mould inscribed with Coll. Jes. Cant and mould design number 359. Design on mould is round with eight pillars topped with cross shapes.

Benham and Froud

Copper Saucepan Lids

Three copper saucepan lids (?) that would have been used in the College kitchens. Each engraved with either Jesus College Cambridge or Jesus College kitchen. Graduated sizes - 15cm, 18.5cm and 19.5cm diameters.

Clock Winding Mechanism Part

Part of the Chapel clock’s winding mechanism called a sun and moon maintainer. Maintaining power allows a clock to keep power supplied to it, whilst the barrel with the driving weight is being wound back up.

Keys

Small wooden box containing multiple examples of keys probably dating from 17th century to mid 20th century. Possibly for doors in the Masters' Lodge.

Ceremonial Trowels

Two topping out ceremonial trowels:

(1) Topping out of Chapel Court restoration 11 May 2012;
(2) Topping out of the redevelopment and conversion of Wesley House to West Court, 11 January 2017

Roger North's Mathematical Instruments

Roger North's Mathematical Instruments

Box of mathematical instruments, formerly the property of Roger North and given to the College on his death in 1734. Also includes printed list of instruments in box, probably once used when instruments were included in an exhibition.

Henry Wynne, Chancery Lane, London

Metal Plaques

Two plaques awarded for the construction of the Quincentenary Library. The first is the Royal Institute of British Architects regional architecture award, 1996; the second is the David Urwin Design Award 1997 sponsored by Cambridge City Council, Cambridge Evening News and Rattee and Kett.

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