608 – Witch Picture

Physical description:: Reproduction of a 16th century woodcut taken from "news from Scotland" 1591. Shows the North Berwick Witches, plus Dr. John Fian the schoolmaster, a sinking ship and a satanic figure.
Museum classification:: Sea Witchcraft
Information:: Text by Cecil Williamson: 'The belief in the power of witches, to be able to create storms capable of wrecking ships at sea, was not only confined to the coast of Devon and Cornwall. The belief held good for all of Wales, Scotland, the Orkneys and as far down the east coast of England as Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pictures such as this were in circulation and accepted as true in every respect.'
Resource:: Picture
Materials:: Paper
Copyright ownership:: Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.

211 – Glasses

4 wine glasses with goddess figure stems, two with pale green bowls and two with light red bowls. Probably Art Deco. One of the green glasses has a small crack extending down from the rim of the bowl. There were also originally 2 short round red glasses but they were lost in the 2004 flood.

468 – Print

Reproduction of an old woodcut showing a male witch selling the wind (in a knotted rope) to sailors.

476 – Witch picture

Reproduction of wood engraving depicting two witches - a woman with an upturned cauldron and a man with an animal skull on a staff - raising a storm. A ship is sinking in the background.