Continental Cauldron
Materials: leaded bronze. Dimensions: height 15.25 cm / 6 in, diameter 13.5 cm / 5 ¼ in. Place of Origin: Low Countries. Date: circa 1660. Maker: unknown. Present Location: private collection. Explanation Unlike the...
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‘Dutch’ Style Fireback
Material: Cast iron. Dimensions: Width 47.5cm (1ft 6½ in) Height 72cm (2 ft 4 in) Thickness: 3.5cm (1½ in). Place of origin: Ashburnham Furnace, East Sussex, England. Date: 18th to early-19th century (before 1813)....
English Mortar
Material: Leaded bronze. Dimensions: Height: 5 5/8″ (14.3cm), Diameter: 6 7/8″ (17.5cm). Place of Origin: England. Date: circa 1550-1600. Maker or Retailer: Unknown. Present Location: Private Collection. Explanation: The simplicity of decoration and the...
Lever Nutcracker Combined with a Tobacco Stopper
Materials: Brass. Dimensions: length 10 cms. Place of Origin: England. Date: early 18th century. Maker: unknown. Present Location: Nutcracker Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Explanation: It was a long established custom for nuts to be...
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore, an Ironmonger from Stamford in Lincolnshire, published an advertisement in the Stamford Mercury on 24th April 1729 in which he listed what was probably the entire range of his stock:
Unknown Maker’s Mark
An AMS members asks, ‘I recently acquired this brass fireplace Tidy Betty from what looks to be the late 1800s. It is a very weighty object and is well made. I was wondering whether...
Screw Action Nutcracker in an Openwork Case
Materials: Brass. Dimensions: length 8.6 cms, diameter 2 cms. Place of Origin: France. Date: 18th century. Maker: unknown. Present Location: Nutcracker Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Explanation: A thumbpiece shaped as a heart and an...
Screw Action Cage Style Nutcracker
Materials: Steel. Dimensions: length 11.5 cms. Place of Origin: France. Date: late 18th century. Maker: unknown. Present Location: Nutcracker Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Explanation: This finely made piece demonstrates one particular feature typical to...
