Mystery object
The owner of the enigmatic device shown in the attached images would be very pleased to know what, precisely, it is. The object is described as follows, and is shown in the images below:...
Antique Metalware Blog
The Journal, Vol 29, 2025
Contents: Wrought-Iron Quants from the River Thames, London, Martin J. D. Brendell and Graham de Heaume Joseph Merlin: A Mechanical Wizard, Jonathan Peacock Ernest Gimson’s Metalwork: ‘Good Workmanship with Happy Thought’, Mary Greensted ‘Couteaux...
The Journal, Vol. 28, 2023
Contents: The Penningtons of Bodmin: Seventeenth-Century Pot-Founders and Bellfounders, Roderick and Valentine Butler, Christopher Green and Neil Bollen English Paktong Chamber Candlesticks 1735-1825, Geoffrey Draughn A Fourteenth-Century Knife with a Well-Preserved Handle from Dordrecht,...
Hooks, Forks and Tormentors
A new article on “Hooks, Forks and Tormentors” has been published on this website. Written by Geoffrey Smaldon and Jonathan Hill and illustrated with excellent photography by Nick Goodwin Sports & Product Photography, the...
Spring Meeting Presentation
Mary Greensted’s presentation on Ernest Gimson’s Metalwork, given at the Spring meeting of the AMS is now ready to be viewed by AMS members.
New Book on West Country Pole Heads
At our recent meeting in which Phillip Hoyland gave a talk on West Country Friendly Society Pole Heads, Dr Michael Ferguson announced this he was producing a new book that he hoped would become...
Nuremberg Candlestick – Maker David Zeltner (after 1684)
A member has asked for our advice on this rather fine candlestick, which has a mark (the letters DZ either side of a crown) on the edge of the base. The candlestick is shown in...
All Journals are now available for members to read.
Dating back 30 years, all volumes of the AMS Journal are now available for members to view online in page-turning format. Once logged onto the website, use the menu system (Publications/Journal/Journal-Issues) to browse the...
