Top 10 objects from Greater London (including the City of London)
There are a total of 3,346 objects from Greater London (including the City of London):
|
Class of object |
Number of objects |
Position |
% of total county collection |
|
Tools [definite] |
929 |
1 |
27 |
|
Toys & Games |
612 |
2 |
18 |
|
Pottery |
560 |
3 |
17 |
|
Technique |
448 |
4 |
14 |
|
Reproductions |
446 |
5 |
13 |
|
Vessels |
444 |
6 |
13 |
|
Boxes |
423 |
7 |
13 |
|
Writing |
246 |
8 |
7 |
|
Weapons |
223 |
9 |
7 |
|
Specimens |
193 |
10 |
6 |
|
Geology |
164 |
||
|
Pictures |
162 |
||
|
Fire |
155 |
||
|
Textiles |
131 |
||
|
Children |
119 |
||
|
Ornaments & beads |
117 |
||
|
Models |
113 |
||
|
Music |
105 |
||
|
Clothing |
101 |
||
|
Tool or weapon |
101 |
||
|
Physical Anthropology |
85 |
||
|
Lock |
72 |
||
|
Animal Gear |
67 |
||
|
Lighting |
60 |
||
|
Insignia |
58 |
||
|
Measurement |
51 |
||
|
Transport |
50 |
||
|
Medicine |
46 |
||
|
Scientific Apparatus |
37 |
||
|
Religion |
32 |
||
|
Dwelling |
24 |
||
|
Narcotic |
23 |
||
|
Food |
19 |
||
|
Figure |
18 |
||
|
Trade |
13 |
||
|
Animalia |
11 |
||
|
Sport |
11 |
||
|
Time |
10 |
||
|
Plant |
9 |
||
|
Death |
8 |
||
|
Fishing |
7 |
||
|
Bag |
5 |
||
|
Commemoration |
5 |
||
|
Currency |
5 |
||
|
Fan |
5 |
||
|
Marriage |
5 |
||
|
Navigation |
4 |
||
|
Punishment & Torture |
3 |
||
|
Agriculture |
2 |
||
|
Hunting |
2 |
||
|
Status |
2 |
||
|
Theatre |
1 |
||
|
Metallurgy |
1 |
Ethnographic and Archaeological split: 47.6 per cent of the Greater London collections are etchnographic, 36.5 per cent are archaeological the remainder are Other.
You are reminded that all artefacts can be classified as more than one type or class, a drinking cup is classified as both a Vessel and Food.