Books in this category
Victorian Tinware with Notes on a Nineteenth Century Catalogue
History of Victorian tinware and notes on collecting followed by pages from an illustrated catalogue depicting a very wide range of articles. Hardback. 96 pages. In very good condition in a fine original dustjacket. Cat No 5028
A Sense of Heaven: 16th Century Boxwood Carvings for Private Devotion
Ornate boxwood carvings of rosaries, pomanders and altars described and illustrated. Paperback. 48 pages. In new condition. Cat No 5016
Old and New Worlds: Historical/Post-Medieval Archaeology Papers from the Joint Conferences at Williamsburg and London 1997
A wide ranging collection of forty-two papers from a 1997 conference on post-medieval archaeology - five are concerned with the use and interpretation of evidence; thirteen describe settlements and their communities on both sides of the Atlantic; four are on nautical and military operations
Livre d'Aneaux d'Orfevrerie par Pierre Woeiriot - Reprinted in Facsimile
The Livre d’Aneaux was a pattern book of ornamental jewellery published in 1561 by jeweller to the royal families of Lorraine and France and is the fullest record of the Fontainebleu style as applied to the smallest yet most symbolic of jewels.
The Flower Bowl in the R. H. Warren Collection
Large format four page illustrated booklet describing the scarce dated and signed English delftware bowl in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum written by the leading authority on the subject who draws parallels with other similar bowls and with contemporary engravings that mirror the bowls'
The Bottle Collectors' Dictionary: An Illustrated Identification Aid and Price Guide
A comprehensive alphabetic list of bottle types and associated terminology with definitions and forty-eight illustrated examples. Paperback. 46 pages. Good condition. Cat No 4299
Collecting 'Quack Cures'
A compendium of Victorian medicine bottles embossed with the word 'CURE' or variations thereof to be found in Great Britain. Illustrated. Paperback. 68 pages. Good condition. Cat No 4298
Architectural Heritage
A luxurious sale catalogue published in 2007 by Architectural Heritage Ltd of Taddington and featuring antique garden ornaments - fountains, statuary, garden furniture, sundials, urns, planters, staddle stones, chimney pieces, panelling and Coade stone - from the C18th and C19th.
Tudor Domestic Silver
An illustrated guide to the finest examples of C16th London silver in the Museum's collection. A nine page introductory essay is followed by thirty b&w plates. Very good clean condition. Cat No 3809
A Theatre of Machines
An anthology of fifty-two plates of mechanical inventions dating from 1570 to 1630 and taken from early printed books. Each plate has a facing page of text detailing a history of the invention and an explanation of how the machine or device works and its intended purpose.
