Goblet
Goblet, made in Brierley Hill, with a deep, trumpet bowl, decorated with cut fronded leaves and a faceted stem, c.1963.
Goblet
Goblet, made in Brierley Hill, engraved with a Zodiac Scorpio decoration. The glass has a light baluster stem, c.1963.
Goblet
Straight-sided bowl drinking glass, on a heavy inverted baluster stem and plain foot, c.1700-1725.
Goblet
Drinking glass with an ogee-shaped bowl. It is richly engraved with polished flowers and an initial with a bee hovering. It has a plain stem and foot, c.1750-1800.
Goblet
Drinking glass with a straight-sided bowl which is slightly splayed at the top. It has a plain stem narrowing towards the base and a folded foot, c.1800.
Goblet
Cup-shaped goblet on an unusual tear-knopped stem over a domed foot, c.1725.
Harborough Magna. Village street
Village street with the horse drawn cart belonging to J.L. Clarke, family butcher, Harborough Magna. 1940s
Hock Glass
Drinking glass from Stourbridge, c.1963. A crystal hock glass with a tall straight-sided bowl over a mercurial air twist stem.
Hock Glass
Plain glass, made in Brierley Hill, with a pinch shoulder, slender round stem, c.1963.
Horn beaker
This tapered beaker is decorated with a scene of a coach and a manor house. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and inexpensive. Its transparency highlights the decoration, ...
Horn beaker
This tapered beaker is decorated with a scene of a coach and various buildings, including an inn, with a leaf design around the rim. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and ...
Horn beaker
This tapered beaker is decorated with a coach, buildings and trees, and with initials I.P. and J.F. on the side. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and inexpensive. Its transparency ...
Horn beaker - rotation 1
This tapered beaker is decorated with a scene of a coach and a gentleman riding his horse, with buildings beyond. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and inexpensive. Its transparency ...
Horn beakers - four examples
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Beaker with a coach and a gentleman riding his horse, with buildings beyond
Beaker with a coach and various buildings, including an inn, and a leaf design around the rim
Beaker with a ...
Hunningham. Red Lion with drinkers outside
Three men drinking outside The Red Lion, Hunningham. Terrier dog. 1930s
Iced Tea Glass
Crystal iced tea glass, made in Stourbridge, with a tall, straight-sided bowl. The glass has a mercurial air twist stem, c.1963.
John Gerarde, The Herball, 1597 - Apples are described, p.1275, detail.
The uses of apples: Shakespeare's references to fruit.
The Herball of John Gerarde explains how apple trees cost little to maintain, but produce a fine crop for everyone. The orchards of Kent and of ...
John Gerarde, The Herball, 1597 - apples woodcut, p.1274, detail.
Apples, at the end of a meal are mentioned in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Gerarde’s herbal includes all kinds of fruit and trees as well as flowers and vegetables, many of which ...