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The Historical Archaeology of the Sheffield Cutlery and Tableware Industry 1750-1900
edited by James Symonds
For more than 250 years the name Sheffield was synonymous with the cutlery industry, although archaeological evidence shows that the industry goes back as far as the 12th century. With many of the buildings rapidly disappearing or being redeveloped, aside from those that have already been destroyed, this type of publication forms a vital record of an important part of industrial England. The contributors to this volume look at the development of ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00
A History of the Stained Glass of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
edited by Sarah Brown
St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle is one of the most famous buildings in the World, the venue for national pageant and ceremony since the Middle Ages. Created to be the architectural back-drop for the activities of the Order of the Garter, the pre-eminent chivalric order of medieval England, in modern times the chapel has become one of the country's premier tourist destinations. The stained glass of the chapel, dating from the early 16th ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £30.00, Our Price GB £7.95
Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg
by John D Davis
In the 17th and 18th centuries pewter was used extensively in Britain for the manufacture of everyday items such as plates, drinking vessels, religious objects and so forth. The pewter objects amassed by the Foundation at Colonial Williamsburg reflects the popularity and widespread use of pewter in America and it is these objects that form the focus of this illustrated catalogue. Including descriptions and photographs of 403 pewter objects, this ...
Hardback. Price GB £51.50
Glasgow's Great Glass Experiment
edited by Richard Fawcett
In the mid-19th century a resurgence of interest in Glasgow Cathedral prompted one of the most ambitious pieces of artistic patronage in the form of a series of stained glass windows. Amidst local opposition the contract was given to the Royal Bavarian Stained Glass Establishment of Munich but within only a few years the windows were both unfashionable and deteriorating. These six revised papers from a conference held in Glasgow in 2000 re-visit ...
Paperback. Price GB £9.95
Excavations at Chester, 25 Bridge Street 2001: Two Thousand Years of Urban Life in Microcosm
by Dan Garner et al
This report presents the results of excavations which took place in Chester in 2001 which include a wealth of evidence for late medieval urban activity. The earliest activity on the site was associated with the Roman legionary fortress with evidence for continued occupation into the sub-Roman period. The site returned to cultivation in the early medieval period, with urban activity resuming in Norman period; by the later Middle Ages 6 clear plots ...
Paperback. Price GB £53.00
The Doulton Stoneware Pothouse in Lambeth: Excavations at 9 Albert Embankment, London
by Kieron Tyler with John Brown, Terence Paul Smith and Lucy Whittingham
Excavations at 9 Albert Embankment in the London Borough of Lambeth uncovered important new evidence for one of the lesser-known 'pothouses' of the Doulton company. This small pottery factory operated from the 1870s to 1926 and its main products were stoneware bottles, essentially the containers for products such as ginger beer and ink. While these types of stoneware vessel are a common find on archaeological sites, their actual manufacturing ...
Paperback. Price GB £7.95
Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum III. The `Curiosities'
by Hugh Tait
The third of a proposed five volumes describing the Renaissance courtly objects collected by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild and bequesthed to the British Museum. Fifty one exotically jewelled `curiosities' are here illustrated, described and discussed in detail, including exotica made from shell, hardstones, rock-crystals and silver. 392p, 450 b/w and 8 col illus (British Museum Press 1991)
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £95.00, Our Price GB £29.95
Pots and Potters in Tudor Hampshire
by Jacqueline Pearce
This volume presents the work of the Farnborough Hill Project, designed to cast new light on the major pottery production industry centred on the Hampshire/Surrey border in the 16th and 17th centuries. It consists of a re-examination of unpublished data from excavations which took place between 1968 and 1970, and uncovered both significant evidence for kilns and industrial waste. The composition of the pottery fabrics was analysed to enable ...
Paperback. Price GB £19.95
La fatica del bello
by Giorgio Dondi
A study of decorative iron and steel work on the arms and armour of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era. The author discusses the various techniques and production processes in detail as well as materials and decorative styles. Italian text. 155p ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00
Vessels of Influence: China and Porcelain in Medieval and Early Modern Japan
by Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere
This book, while examining in depth the role of Chinese ceramics in Japan, also delves into the meaning, motivation for, and rapid development of Japanese porcelain from many angles, including archaeology, heirloom and documentary evidence. Through an ...
Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £11.99
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