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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. Publisher's Price US$92.50, Our Price US$80.00
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 US$60.00, Our Price US$19.98
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 US$16.00
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. 51 `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 (BMP 1991)
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$170.00, Our Price US$49.98
The Archaeology of the Clay Tobacco Pipe XVI: Negotiating African-American Ethnicity in the 17th-Century Chesapeake: Colono tobacco pipes and the ethnic uses of style
by J Cameron Monroe
This thesis is based on the analysis of over 1,000 clay pipes, of the Colono type, found at three sites on the east coast of the USA within the Chesapeake Bay. The author discusses the archaeological context of the pipes and examines the types of ...
Paperback. Price US$60.00
The Afterlife of Inscriptions
edited by Alison Cooley
A collection of twelve papers taken from a conference held in Oxford in 1998, on the re-use and recycling of inscriptions after their initial creation. Inscriptions are viewed as textual and historical sources as well as archaeological and aesthetic ...
Paperback. Price US$80.00
Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur
by Donald L. Fennimore and Patricia A. Halfpenny
Written for collectors and the general public alike, this full-color catalogue highlights 121 important tureens and related items from the outstanding collection given to Winterthur by the Campbell Museum in 1996. Comprising both metal and ceramic ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$39.95, Our Price US$14.98
Buckles 1250-1800
by Ross Whitehead
A wide range of documentary and pictorial sources indicate how buckles were used on personal dress, and archaeological and metal-detector discoveries augment this knowledge. This book is a handy guide to identification that will be as useful to curators ...
Paperback. Price US$30.00
Pollocks of Manchester: Three Generations of Clay Tobacco Pipemakers
by S Paul Jung Jr, edited by David A Higgons
In 1879 Edward Pollock opened a pipe works in Manchester that survived for 111 years. This book provides a full exploration not only of one particular family business but also of the clay pipemaking industry in general. The study is based on a wealth of ...
Paperback. Price US$112.50
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