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  • This silver jug was awarded to Private John Rowland, winner of the Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers shooting contest held at Ruthin in 1862. The jug was donated by the local landowner, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. The inscription on the jug reads as follows: 'Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers, Ruthin Contest, Aug 21st & 22nd 1862. First Regimental prize. This silver Cup with a prize of pounds. The Gift of Lieut. Col. Sir W. W. Wynn Bar M.P. Competed for by 8 Company's and won by Private John Rowland of No.1 Wrexham Company'.
Silver presentation jug awarded at shooting contest, Ruthin, 1862 [image 1 of 2]
  • The inscription on this silver trowel reads as follows: 'Presented to Mrs. Dennis on the occasion of her laying Memorial Stone of the Brake Wesleyan Chapel, Moss 18th May 1885'. The English Methodist chapel was opened in 1886 and dedicated to the 'Glory of God'. It was more commonly known as 'The Brake Chapel'. There are few families within the Pentre Broughton district who did not have some connection with the church at one time or another. The chapel became the focus of the community and the schoolroom was used as a soup kitchen during the 1926 General Strike. Wrexham Museum will preserve the foundation stones of Brake Chapel following the demolition of the building in February 2003.
Silver trowel used to lay the memorial stone of the Brake Wesleyan Chapel, near Wrexham, 1885
  • This silver cup was presented to Sir Henry Walton Ellis by the City of Worcester for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. Ellis died of wounds received at the Battle of Waterloo on 20 June 1815, whilst commanding the 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers. Worcester was Walton Ellis's home town and there is an impressive memorial to him in the Cathedral.
Silver cup presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Walton Ellis, Royal Welch Fusiliers, for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, 1815
  • Major G. L. Compton-Smith served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France during the First World War. He commanded 10th Royal Welch Fusiliers at the first battle for the Scarpe, 1917 and was twice wounded. He received the DSO and French Legion of Honour. After the war he served with the 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers in Ireland where he was taken hostage by the IRA in 1921 before being shot in retaliation for the execution of IRA prisoners. This cigarette case contains a letter written by Major G. L. Compton-Smith prior to his execution by the IRA.
Silver cigarette case of Major G. L. Compton-Smith DSO, 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers, 20th century [image 1 of 2]
  • The butler's pantry is where much of the footmen and butlers' work was done, such as polishing the table silver and laying trays, as well as the butler's tasks of decanting wine, cleaning pens, sorting the incoming and outgoing mail, and ironing the daily newspapers (to prevent the ink from rubbing off onto the reader's hands). The butler and footmen would also be responsible for answering the door to visitors.
Butler's pantry, St Fagans Castle, Museum of Welsh Life, late 19th century
  • A selection of the silverware used by the Royal Monmouthshire Militia through the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of the pieces bear the regimental insignia.
Regimental silver selection, 18th and 19th centuries