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Belt Mount

This copper mount used to strengthen a belt or girdle, is beautifully engraved with the figure of a lady.

Henry VIII

A gift of King Henry VIII of England in 1536 to the mayor of Waterford as a reward for loyalty at the time of the rebellion of Silken Thomas FitzGerald in 1534.

Charter of Queen Elizabeth I

This sumptuously decorated charter is one of a series of royal charters that Waterford received through Anglo-Norman and medieval times from the kings and queens of England, beginning with Prince John in 1199.

Weaver

This is a 12th century weaving comb made of yew wood. It has short coarse teeth, three per centimetre.

Money Box

This object has a lustrous deep purple-black sheen and was made on a potter

Gaming board

This gaming board, of oak wood, is undecorated with a perforated wedge handle and a raised edge around a surface of probably seven holes by seven holes.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Bonaparte Wyse

Sir Thomas Wyse was the 19th century representative of the Wyse family of Waterford, a prominent Waterford family since the late Middle Ages

Book of Kells fol. 29r

Book of Kells detail of fol 29r showing interlaced snakes and peacocks in roundels surrounded by spirals.

Board of Trinity College Dublin

Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ní Houlihan (1928) by John Lavery (1856-1941)

Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ní Houlihan (1928) by John Lavery (1856-1941) is an engraving of the painting which appeared on Irish banknotes for fifty years, until 1977. Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Collection. Photographer: Roy Hewson

© Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Photo © The National Gallery of Ireland

A Place with Stones (1979) by Patrick Collins (1911-1984)

A Place with Stones (1979) by Patrick Collins (1911-1984) is a romantic image of megalithic stone forms.

AIB Art Collection