Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - [?18th century] plate, illustration inserted p.67
A disobedient servant in Shakespeare's England.
Every Elizabethan home employed servants to assist with the daily tasks of housekeeping. Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew ...
Pocket Watch
A verge movement from a pocket watch, without a case or face. It has a gold/gilt pierced filigree ornamentation, and was made by Ben Gray of London, 1676-1714.
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a short sleeved linen shirt. It has an open front with embroidered detail on the edges. This is part of a linen swaddling set. There are ten pieces in total and they are thought to ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made out of a long stay. It was used as part of a swaddling set for a baby, to frame the baby's body. It was made of linen between 1675 and 1725.
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of fabric with embroidered detail along one edge. The other edges are raw and this is possibly a spare piece. There are ten pieces in total that are part of a linen swaddling ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of fabric with embroidered detail along the edges. This part of the swaddling set is possible the stayband. It would have been placed under a cap and pinned at the shoulder ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of tubular fabric with embroidered detail and turned up edges. There are draw strings through the cuffs. This is possibly a leg piece, it is one of two similar pieces. There ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of tubular fabric with embroidered detail and turned up edges. There are draw strings through the cuffs. This is possibly a leg piece, it is one of two similar pieces. There ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of rectangular fabric known as a 'bed'. It is decorated with corded patterns along the edges and along the centre. There are ten pieces in total which are part of a linen swaddling ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of semi-circular fabric with heavily embroidered detail along the edges and thread loops at the ends. This is probably part of a collar. There are ten pieces in total which ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of octagonal fabric with embroidered detail along the edges. There are ten pieces in total which make up a linen swaddling set. Thought to be English, c.1675-1725
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of rectangular fabric known as a bed. The edges are seamed and folded and bear embroidered detail. There are ten pieces in total which are part of a linen swaddling set. The ...
Untitled
Ernest Crofts (1847-1911) Untitled drawing Pencil and chalk on paper 230mm x 165mm The drawing depicts a man in seventeenth century costume. His foot is in a stirrup, but the rest of the horse has not ...