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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.

Top Hat Box

Leather top hat box with red silk interior. Known to have been used to store Head Porter's top hat c. 1990 - 2018. With initials F. P. painted on outside.

Lincoln, Bennett and Co., London

Sports Clothing

Includes College branded 'stash' consisting of beanie hat, two white t-shirts with red and black striped collars, one red t-shirt with JC printed on the back, two black rowing all in ones, black rugby club rugby shirt, black and red striped rugby club rugby shirt.

Roosters Lampshade

Lampshade decorated with the title 'The Roosters, breakfast at lunchtime, hangover Sunday, 12 June 1960'. Signed by, presumably, members of the Roosters and female guests.

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

Plastic

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

Plaster Cast Medallions

Four deep picture frames containing numerous plaster cast medallions showing classical images, scenes and figures. Each medallion appears to be numbered, the numbers, presumably, once relating to a list. Historic photographs suggest that at one time these hung in the SCR.

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.

Mug

Mug

White mug, 9.5cm high, with College crest printed on one side and College website printed on the other.

Mug

Mug

White mug, 9.5cm high, with 'Jesus College staff forum, working together' and logo printed in red on both sides.

Mug

Commemorative mug celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Jesus College Cambridge Society. Gilded with image of College crest.

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.

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.

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.

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