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- Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:46 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Historic Castings (cauldrons) website
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15308
Historic Castings (cauldrons) website
Hello - I've tried to access the Historic Castings site for their cauldrons but the domain name is now used by some-one else. Does anyone know if they are still trading? Thanks.
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:25 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Small bottles in the 16th century
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5624
Small bottles in the 16th century
I've seen the small fluted bottle from the Mary Rose but wondered if anyone else had come across further examples? See this link:
http://bottledigging.org.uk/Topic166148 ... x#bm166196
http://bottledigging.org.uk/Topic166148 ... x#bm166196
- Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:36 pm
- Forum: 1603-1715
- Topic: 17th century boots
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5827
17th century boots
Just visible in the background of this 1930s picture, hanging with civil war armour on the wall. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hereford ... 2397439108
- Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:23 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Pattens - 19th century or earlier?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1887
Pattens - 19th century or earlier?
Interesting pair of pattens apparently found in a cache in a house.
http://holtantiquefurniture.com/index.p ... tem&id=351
http://holtantiquefurniture.com/index.p ... tem&id=351
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:52 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10263
Re: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
Years ago, when a student in Scotland, I went to a private historic house as part of a friend's research project. It had a lovely central hall with black and white marble flags. A large and gracious black and white greyhound rose up langorously and came to greet me. Looking up at the 16th century po...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:23 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Lacemakers
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1954
Lacemakers
I have posted before about a supplier of silk bobbin lace, and going back to the site although I can't find a shop link with this new website there is a very moving film which explains the link between recreating lace for 18th century costume dramas and those women whose families were affected by th...
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:23 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10263
Re: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
I wish these posts had a 'like' button as on FB!
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:13 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10263
Re: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
Well done - I have been wanting to get a rescued greyhound but work full time and have two cats...it's a long-term dream, but there are so many dogs out there that need homes now!
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:13 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10263
Re: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
*Dog envy*
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:02 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10263
Re: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WaterSpagnel1.jpg
Looks a bit like a lion...
Looks a bit like a lion...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:59 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10263
Dog types in Medieval/Tudor/Stuart times
Apparently the tradition English otterhound is in decline. This set me thinking about old breeds of dog. In 'Macbeth' Shakespeare mentions 'hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves.' Some of these are still around, even if a King Charles spaniel looks diff...
- Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:52 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Interesting object on Ebay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3104
Re: Interesting object on Ebay
Yes - I have since found simple screw threads on pewter from the Mary Rose but as a means of fixing, it is like an ivory Victorian mallet I have whose handle is secured in that way.
Nice object, and I wondered if any wood turners out there might have been interested!
Nice object, and I wondered if any wood turners out there might have been interested!
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Interesting object on Ebay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3104
Interesting object on Ebay
Has anyone seen one of these before? I doubt the early date if it has a screw turn base (though some-one out there will know better than me) but it's a lovely thing: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-16th-17th-CENTURY-TURNED-MAPLE-BOX-WOOD-SEARCES-APOTHACARYS-SIEVE-/270950044908?pt=UK_Collectables_Scie...
Re: Pedlars
Now that is a book I have! Thanks for reminding me!
Re: Pedlars
Thanks, both - excellent references. Now for that book-buying overdraft...
Pedlars
Hello - does anyone know how far a pedlar in the 16th century might travel? A couple of parishes? Or is this a how long is a piece of string question? I've seen a German engraving of a pedlar with ribbons, a looking glass and beads amongst other trinkets, and have come across a reference to them sel...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: 1603-1715
- Topic: Slipware - Museum catalogue
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2381
Slipware - Museum catalogue
Nice site, from Stoke-on-Trent museum, showing 17th century and later slipware. You may have already found it, but it was new to me!
http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/collecti ... collection
http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/collecti ... collection
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:36 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Great photo aging program
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11485
Re: Great photo aging program
I must say, I would have been completely fooled by the photo of the Reb in 2006
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:34 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: How to stop nosey tourist.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4779
Re: How to stop nosey tourist.
Is the pirate-y person levitating behind the trestle table?
- Sun May 08, 2011 4:12 pm
- Forum: 1485-1603
- Topic: Butchers- can you recommend any books?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11734
Re: Butchers- can you recommend any books?
Brilliant! I can witter on about tallow candles now! (But not make them, as it's very much a museum we're working in, and sources of heat and atmospheric pollution are right out of the question... But as it's a smelly procedure, I'm not too sad!) I did see the part of the filthy cities but must have...
- Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:56 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Interesting bucket?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4448
Re: Interesting bucket?
So William Morris might have said "Have no bucket in your tent unless you believe it to be beautiful or know it to be useful?'
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:52 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Interesting bucket?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4448
Interesting bucket?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-16th-Century-original-Rare-english-oak-wellbucket-/270738277586?pt=UK_Antiques_AntiqueFurniture_SM&hash=item3f094244d2 My first thought was, another of those Chinese buckets you find in antique centres, but I'm not sure now. I have never seen a weighted bucket like this, s...
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:30 pm
- Forum: 1485-1603
- Topic: Butchers- can you recommend any books?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11734
Re: Butchers- can you recommend any books?
Thank-you, both. Merlon, the region is Herefordshire and Bevis, I have found out about early references ot the glove trade in Herefordshire thanks to the article. Merlon, I will pm you.
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:20 pm
- Forum: 1485-1603
- Topic: Butchers- can you recommend any books?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11734
Butchers- can you recommend any books?
I'm trying to find out more about what it was like to be a butcher in the late 16th/early 17th century. Can anyone recommend useful books/source material? Or is anyone out there a specialist? The things I really need to know are: - are there any images of a butchers shop from the period? (I have see...
- Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:38 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Wambuis van 'zwartsaaijen' in the Rijkmusuem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3566
Re: Wambuis van 'zwartsaaijen' in the Rijkmusuem
How do you think the buttons were made, and of what? They look like the knots of braid you get in modern cufflinks to me, squinting hard at the photo.
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:31 pm
- Forum: 1485-1603
- Topic: Looking for sources about Early Modern Charcoal Making
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6452
Re: Looking for sources about Early Modern Charcoal Making
I was reading Arthur Ransome's autobiography, and in the early 1900s charcoal burners in the Lake District would take a new clay pipe and put it in their charcoal stack to season, as otherwise a brand-new clay pipe would be raw and unpleasant on its first smoke, whereas a blackened one was just 'run...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:03 pm
- Forum: Book, Film, TV & Music Reviews
- Topic: Great children's book - the Crowfield Curse, by Pat Walsh
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1141
Great children's book - the Crowfield Curse, by Pat Walsh
My eleven-year old brought this home, and I went from reading it over his shoulder to blatantly stealing it and locking myself in the bathroom until I'd finished it. (Luckily for all, I'm a quick reader!) It's a Medieval/fantasy story which is utterly gripping. An orphaned boy lives at a monastery a...
- Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:11 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: Does anyone Georgian period living history in the Midlands?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5166
Re: Does anyone Georgian period living history in the Midlands?
It was simply a matter of finance, I think, in the end. There was meant to be some coming from another source, but it dried up, and so as she hadn't been able to find a Georgian group she just decided to do two periods instead of four (which was probably a bit ambitious at this point anyway due to t...
- Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:51 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: The Kedleston Medieval Garden
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8532
Re: The Kedleston Medieval Garden
This sounds brilliant. I just wanted to say be careful with the comfrey- I planted some and it's become a bit of a pest. The borage has seeded itself everywhere too but I don't mind that - it's gorgeous. I didn't know it was a green manure too, so thanks for that!
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:50 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: Does anyone Georgian period living history in the Midlands?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5166
Re: Does anyone Georgian period living history in the Midlands?
Hi Bucket - thanks very much, but the Visitor Service Officer decided to drop the Georgian as a bit of a non-starter, and is concentrating on Tudor and Victorian instead. (The Tudor is covered, but I'm not sure about the Victorian.) I'll let her know, though, just in case.