Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 65, a mounted tortoise shell
An Indian starred tortoise shell with seventeenth-century European silver mounts, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Collections. Come, thou tortoise, when? The Tempest, 1.2.317 This post was...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 66, a livery cupboard
“I love not the humour of bread and cheese, and there’s the humour of it.” The Merry Wives of Windsor – Nym, II.I This post is by Elizabeth Sharrett, doctoral researcher at the University of...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 67, an inventory
Happy New Year from everyone at Finding Shakespeare! Our first post of 2013 looks at an inventory from 1602 and comes from Stephanie Appleton, whose doctoral research examines domestic and community...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 68, an Elizabethan Penknife
This week’s 100 objects post looks at the subject of penknives and was written by Victoria Jackson from the History Department at the University of Birmingham. “A Game of Mumblety Peg Anyone?” An...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 69, a Book of Common Prayer and...
Hello everyone, today’s post from the 100 objects series looks at this beautiful Book of Common Prayer and Psalter, published in 1596, from the Library collection of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust....
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 70
This week’s 100 object post was written by Elizabeth Sharrett, studying for her PhD in History at University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute. “Then hadst thou had an excellent head of hair… it...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 71
A Cloak Clasp [1] from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust A cast pewter cloak clasp, decorated with the image of a richly dressed Elizabethan woman Today’s post is by...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects : Number 72, a carved angel
Happy Easter from everyone at Finding Shakespeare! Our blog today looks at a group of fascinating carved oak figures and is by Peter Hewitt who is a Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at the...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 73, a Grain Ark
Today’s blog looks at a late 16th or ealy 17th century grain ark from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and is by Elizabeth Sharrett, a doctoral researcher at the Shakespeare...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 74, a Knife & Fork Set
Today’s 100 objects blog is by Victoria Jackson who is a doctoral researcher from the History Department at the University of Birmingham. Victoria is looking at a Knife and Fork set from the...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 75, Halls Croft
This week’s 100 objects blog is by Peter Hewitt, who is an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at the University of Birmingham. It has a surprising twist! Halls Croft, Old...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 76, a Money Pot
Today’s insight into Shakespeare’s world comes from Stephanie Appleton who is a Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at Birmingham An Elizabethan earthenware money pot from the collections of...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 77, a Bread Peel
Today’s 100 objects blog is by Elizabeth Sharrett, a Doctoral Researcher at the Shakespeare Institute. Elizabeth is looking at an elm wood bread peel from the Collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 78, a ceremonial ‘partizan’ or...
Today’s 100 objects blog is by Peter Hewitt, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at the University of Birmingham. Peter takes a look at a beautiful pike - blade from the...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 79, a Glass ‘Gossip’s Bowl’?
Today’s blog is by Victoria Jackson, Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at Birmingham. Victoria takes a look at a Glass Bowl which may or may not have been a ‘Gossip’s Bowl’! A Glass...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 80, a Butter Churn
Today’s blog is on the subject of butter churns and the manner in which butter was made in the Elizabethan age. It is by Elizabeth Sharrett, Doctoral Researcher at the Shakespeare Institute. Falstaff:...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 81, a Hornbook
A Hornbook (SBT 1993-31/652) This week’s 100 Objects blog comes from Stephanie Appleton who is a Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at Birmingham. How would the young William Shakespeare,...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 82, a bust of Thomas Balsall
Today’s Shakespeare in a 100 objects is a two part video blog by Victoria Jackson, a doctoral researcher from the History Department at the University of Birmingham. In part one, Victoria talks about a...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 83, a ‘Kitchen Scene’
Today’s 100 object blog is by Peter Hewitt, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Researcher with the SBT and the University of Birmingham and is about an interesting oil on bevelled panel from the collections...
View ArticleShakespeare’s World in 100 objects: number 84, a Quill pen
Today’s Shakespeare in 100 objects blog is by Stephanie Appleton, Doctoral Researcher in History at the University of Birmingham. ‘Her maid is gone, and she prepares to write, First hovering o’er the...
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