The collection comprises original artwork and manuscript material by Clare Leighton for a series of 12 Queen's ware plates representing New England industries, produced by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons in 1952.
Two harpoon heads, a knife and a whaling lance. The lance is labeled "lance" and next to it, Leighton has written what looks like "Cutting in Rock" (which is crossed out).
Sketch of whalers in a whaling boat, with a large toothy sperm whale behind them. To the right, squiggles to test the thickness of different graphite pencils.