Work in metal and decorative arts, domestic and personal appliances, furniture, etc.
Reference code
WAY/01/16
Title
Work in metal and decorative arts, domestic and personal appliances, furniture, etc.
Date
c 1835-1850
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 small folder
Scope and content
This folder contains handwritten notes, drawings and coorespondence relating to objects including: candlesticks, painting and pigments, drinking tea, tripod pots, tables, tapestry Saracenic, Greek, Cypriot and English craftwork, hawking, diceand tallies,watches, the sparver (bed canopy), leather work, tylts, goldsmiths' work.
2 drawings of The Gad Whip, with leather purse and 4 rods of elm, for the traditional Palm Sunday custom in Lincolnshire.
Package on the Clog Almanach which contains notes, several rubbings, illustrations and keys to deciphering the codes on the Swedish rune staff and clog almanach.
Package relating to ornate Staffordshire roundels and plates, the style originating from Holland and Germany, with legends and verses in the middle. Detailed drawings and rubbings of the roundels and plates, and transcriptions of the verses.
2 drawings of The Gad Whip, with leather purse and 4 rods of elm, for the traditional Palm Sunday custom in Lincolnshire.
Package on the Clog Almanach which contains notes, several rubbings, illustrations and keys to deciphering the codes on the Swedish rune staff and clog almanach.
Package relating to ornate Staffordshire roundels and plates, the style originating from Holland and Germany, with legends and verses in the middle. Detailed drawings and rubbings of the roundels and plates, and transcriptions of the verses.
Creator
Way, Albert (1805-1874), antiquary
Language
Latin and English