139 Cheltenhma Spa water

I'm not feeling on top of the world at the minute (I believe I am suffering from 'the lurgy') so, I should probably partake of the spa waters.

138 Money bag

This is a leather money bag from the st james station in Cheltenham. Now a Waitrose store.

137 Uniform - watercolour and pencil

Cheltenham was a popular location for army officers to retire to, primarily because of the spa waters. For my purposes the red dye on the uniforms is both local produced and a wonderful splash of colour for my painting.

136 Weighing Chair

This is one of the very first objects in the Cheltenham museum now 'The Wilson', it was first situated in one of cheltenhams private libraries and patrons could have themselves weighed for a small fee and would receive a little printed ticket with their wieght. None of these tickets seem to have survived. 

I am currently trying to shoehorn the chair into the final painting, I wonder what it might be weighing....

135 Fan -pencil and watercolour

I love this fan it is 18 century, the hieght of fan use, and it depicts a few famous buildings in Cheltenham. It also has a crazy almost modern pattern on it.

134 Cheltenham Toy - watercolour and pencil

This is one of the first souvenirs that you could buy from Cheltenham in the 18th century. They are snuff boxes and other types feature little paintings of Cheltenham. But... Toy?

133 Embroidered Glove

It says in the catalogue entry for this glove that it might be made from chicken skin..... Now, I have gloves I use for cleaning the chickens house out but that is slightly different. I would not have thought chicken skin would be strong enough but I imagine it makes for a fine delicate glove.

This is a perfect candidate for sticking on a pole in the painting like people do in parks....

132 model of a Gloster-whittle E28/39

This is a model of Britains first jet propelled aircraft.

131 three handled vase - pencil and watercolour

As a huge Giorgio Morandi fan I love various sized and shaped vases. The Wilson's collection is thankfully full of 'em....

130 Dr Edward Jenners Pen? - pencil

I love the story that goes with this object from the Wilson's collection. It was gifted to the museum in 1943, but the only documentation is a letter from the curator thanking the donor for the gift of 'Dr Jenners pen' hence the Question mark. Being a bit of an optimist I choose to believe it is the good Dr's pen and that he wrote something very clever about vaccination with it. His house used to stand not that far from where I live and paint. Cheltenham does seem to have attracted some noteworthy bods, Edward Jenner, Gustav Holst, William Pitt, August Rodin, Brian Jones and Dan Young....

I have chosen to draw this doctors implement because Debbie has had carpel tunnel surgery today, it will also definitely make it in to the final composition for that very reason.

129 Cheltenham Ales tray - Sharpie marker

This is a big blue tray, very useful to a painter you know....

128 peacock necklace - watercolour and pencil

I thought I would commemorate my neck treatment today with a necklace. I have had my neck pummelled to within an inch of its life. Coupled with an evening fever dreams where I thought I a was apiece  of electrical cable....all in all a strange day.

127 Candlesticks - pen

These were made from 'Maud's Elm' which was an elm tree that stood on Swindon road in Cheltenham near where I used to live and near where I currently work. These represent the only known pieces made from the tree when it was removed after it was struck by lightening in 1907.

126 Hair Comb

This comb almost has the appearance of stained glass, I am unsure what it is made from. But that blue will be very useful thank you!