Material: Cast iron Dimensions: Height: 83cm / 32 ⅝in, Width: 84cm / 33in Place of Origin: Probably Hamsell Furnace, Rotherfield, East Sussex, England Date: Dated 1582 Maker or Retailer: Possibly Robert Baker, ironmaster at Hamsell Furnace. His grave-slab, now...
Material: Wrought iron Dimensions: Height: 14.3cm / 5 ⅝in, Width of base (max): 12.5cm / 4 ⅞in Place of Origin: England Date: Last quarter of the 17th century (possibly earlier) Maker or Retailer: Unknown Present Location: Private collection Explanation: During...
Material: Cast iron Dimensions: Height: 59.7cm, Width: 144.5cm Place of Origin: East Sussex, England Date: Early to mid-16th century, probably before 1535 Maker or Retailer: Unknown Present Location: Anne of Cleves House, 52 Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7...
Material: Cast brass and wrought iron Dimensions: Width: 24.2cm / 9 ½in Place of Origin: Warrington, England Date: Probably early 19th century Maker or Retailer: Ainsworth Present Location: Private collection Explanation: The footman served the same purpose as the trivet,...
Submitted by, and copyright of, Michael Finlay. Material: See main text Dimensions: Height: 12cm / 4 ¾in Place of Origin: Unknown Date: 14th century Maker or Retailer: Unknown Present Location: Sandwich Museum Explanation: Materials (analysis by X-ray spectrometry): Copper: 84.40%...
Submitted by, and copyright of, Michael Finlay. Material: Copper alloy, wrought iron Dimensions: Various: see main text Place of Origin: Various: see main text Date: 16th and 17th century Maker or Retailer: Unknown Present Location: Private collections Explanation: Pastry jaggers,...
Material: Brass with residual silvering; fruitwood handle and finial. Dimensions: Height: 23cm / 9in Place of Origin: England Date: Circa 1755 Maker or Retailer: Unknown Present Location: Private collection Explanation: This baluster-shaped brass coffee pot is of pure silver form...
Material: Various Dimensions: Various: see illustrations for scale Place of Origin: Recovered from the River Thames Date: Circa 1200 – circa 1500 Maker or Retailer: Unknown Present Location: Private collection Explanation: During the medieval and later periods, small knives were...
