Material culture in London in an age of transition : Tudor and Stuart period finds c1450-c1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark /

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Author / Creator:Egan, Geoff.
Imprint:London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, c2005.
Description:xix, 257 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Series:MoLAS monograph ; 19
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5844807
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Other authors / contributors:Museum of London. Archaeology Service.
ISBN:190199239X : $36.10
190199239X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The context and significance of the finds
  • 1.2. Sites with finds included in the catalogue
  • 1.3. Organisation of the report
  • 1.4. Textual and graphical conventions
  • 2. Some trends evident among the finds
  • 2.1. Dress and dress accessories
  • 2.2. Tablewares
  • 2.3. Evidence of various manufactures, usage and repair
  • 2.4. Marks of quality control and ownership, and the occurrence of precious metals
  • 2.5. Innovations in a period of transition
  • 2.6. Numismatica
  • 2.7. Aspects of trade
  • 2.8. Men, women and children
  • 2.9. Changes with the Reformation
  • 2.10. Styles in ornament
  • 3. Items of dress
  • 3.1. Jerkins (1-5)
  • 3.2. Shoes
  • Chronological developments
  • Pointed toes (6-10)
  • Wide, round toes (11-12)
  • Square toes (13-21)
  • Rounded toes (22-37)
  • Heeled shoes (38-43)
  • Cork-soled shoes (44-8)
  • Pattens (49-55)
  • Boot (56)
  • 3.3. Gloves (57-8)
  • 3.4. Straps (59-69)
  • 4. Dress accessories
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Buckles
  • Plain circular frames (for shoes) (70-5)
  • Circular with central bar (76-82)
  • Oval with central bar (83)
  • Double oval (84-94)
  • D-shaped (95-9)
  • D-shaped with central bar (100-4)
  • Rectangular/subrectangular (105-10)
  • Rectangular/subrectangular with central bar (111-15)
  • 'Locking buckles' with separate bars (116-18)
  • ?Spur or shoe buckles (119-21)
  • Buckle plates (122-8)
  • 4.3. Mounts (129-45)
  • 4.4. Strapends
  • Folded sheet-metal strapend (146)
  • Cast roundel strapend (147)
  • Strapends with terminal loops (148-50)
  • 4.5. Hooked clasps
  • Cast (one-piece) (151-5)
  • Composite (cast and sheeting) (156)
  • Composite (wire) (157-8)
  • Composite sleeves with internal 'springs' (sheeting and wire) (159-60)
  • Composite (cast and wire) (161-6)
  • Composite sheeting (167-9)
  • Possible hooked clasp (170)
  • Wire double hook (171)
  • S-shaped clasp (172)
  • Connectors for looped or hooked clasps (173-4)
  • 4.6. Brooches
  • Integral-pin forms (175-7)
  • 4.7. Buttons
  • Solid (cast) heads (178-91)
  • Sheet heads (192-8)
  • Hollow heads with two holes from the mould on the back (199-204)
  • Solid heads, with integral loops unless otherwise indicated (205-19)
  • Hook and eye (220)
  • 4.8. Pins (221-6)
  • 4.9. Possible headdress frame (227)
  • 4.10. Lace chapes (228)
  • 4.11. Eyelets (229-31)
  • 4.12. Finger rings (232-7)
  • 4.13. Pendants (238-9)
  • 4.14. Wound-wire accessories (240-2)
  • 4.15. Beads (243-5)
  • 4.16. Bells
  • Closed (rumbler) form (246-60)
  • Open form (261-2)
  • 4.17. Purses
  • Leather purse fragments (263-6)
  • Purse frames (267-70)
  • Twisted loops (271-83)
  • Chatelaine (284)
  • 4.18. Combs (285-97)
  • 4.19. Razors (298-9)
  • 4.20. ?Fingernail grooming tool (300)
  • 5. Fixtures and fittings
  • 5.1. Lead window cames
  • 5.2. Hinges (301-3)
  • 5.3. Pintles (304-6)
  • 5.4. Strapping (307)
  • 5.5. Fixed eyelet (308)
  • 5.6. Mounts (309-10)
  • 5.7. ?Curtain hook (311)
  • 6. Furnishings
  • 6.1. Wooden furniture
  • 6.2. Casket mount (312)
  • 6.3. Handle mount (313)
  • 7. Security equipment
  • 7.1. Keys
  • Slide key (314)
  • Rotary keys (315-20)
  • 7.2. Locks
  • Mounted locks (rotary mechanisms) (321-6)
  • Lock hasps (327-9)
  • 8. Heating and lighting equipment
  • 8.1. Firesteels (330-2)
  • 8.2. Candle holders (333-44)
  • 8.3. Candle snuffer (345)
  • 9. Knives
  • 9.1. Complete (or nearly complete) implements (346-60)
  • 9.2. Fragments of blades and handles (361-83)
  • 9.3. Fragmentary blades (384-97)
  • 9.4. Handles (398-412)
  • 9.5. Handle terminals and other components (413-16)
  • 9.6. Other (417-33)
  • Scale tangs
  • Whittle tangs
  • 9.7. Scabbards (434-6)
  • 10. Kitchen equipment, serving and display vessels
  • 10.1. Kitchen equipment
  • Suspension chain (437)
  • Skimmer (438)
  • Strainer (439)
  • 10.2. Vessels
  • Copper-alloy vessels (440-63)
  • Iron vessels (464)
  • Lead/tin (pewter) vessels (465-75)
  • Wood vessels (476-85)
  • Glass vessels (486-514)
  • Vessel parts (515)
  • Mounts perhaps from vessels (with main parts of unknewn materials) (516-18)
  • 11. Cutlery
  • 11.1. Spoons (519-88)
  • 12. Medical, writing and reading equipment
  • 12.1. Medical equipment
  • Syringe (589)
  • 12.2. Writing and reading equipment
  • Stylus (590)
  • Seal matrix (591)
  • Book cover (592)
  • Book clasp (593)
  • 13. Leisure items
  • 13.1. Whistles (594-7)
  • 13.2. Toys
  • Rattle (598)
  • Buzz disc (599)
  • Uncertain toy component (600)
  • Miniature vessels (601-2)
  • Miniature furniture (603-8)
  • Miniature candlesticks (609-10)
  • 13.3. Gaming pieces (611-13)
  • 13.4. Items for pets
  • Troughs for cage birds (614-17)
  • 14. Tools and production
  • 14.1. Textile working (secondary manufactures)
  • Needles (618-20)
  • Thimbles (621-47)
  • Sewing rings (648-52)
  • 14.2. Metalworking
  • Copper alloy working (653-723)
  • Iron smithing (724-74)
  • Lead/tin working (775-83)
  • Antimony ingot (784)
  • 14.3. Metal-, leather- and woodworking tools
  • Metalworking tools (785-9)
  • Leather working tools (790-6)
  • Woodworking tools (797-806)
  • 14.4. Bone and antler working waste (807-8)
  • 14.5. Glass working waste (809-12)
  • 14.6. Horticultural/agricultural work
  • Spades (813-14)
  • 14.7. Shipbuilding
  • Rivet-making (815)
  • Treenail caulking irons (816-17)
  • 14.8. Fishing
  • Hooks (818-19)
  • Weights (820)
  • 14.9. Tools for diverse or unknown purposes
  • Shears (821-3)
  • Punches (824)
  • Possible crowbar (825)
  • Unidentified tools (826-9)
  • 15. Trade items
  • 15.1. Weights
  • Coin weights (830-1)
  • Other weights (832-4)
  • Lay (pan) weights (835-40)
  • Pendent/fixed weights (841-52)
  • Scales (853-4)
  • 15.2. Numismatica
  • English official coins (855-78)
  • Foreign official coins (879-85)
  • English private issue token (886)
  • Counterfeits of English coins (887-9)
  • Non-regular tokens (890-944)
  • Jettons (945-1026)
  • Sealing (1027)
  • 16. Horse equipment
  • 16.1. Horseshoes (1028-51)
  • 16.2. Saddle (1052)
  • 16.3. Spurs (1053-6)
  • 16.4. Stirrup (1057)
  • 16.5. Bridle bosses (1058)
  • 16.6. Swivel (1059)
  • 16.7. Curry comb (1060)
  • 16.8. Ox shoe (1061)
  • 17. Arms and armour
  • 17.1. Daggers (1062-6)
  • 17.2. Swords and sword accessories
  • Sword (1067)
  • Hand guard (1068)
  • Sword scabbards (1069-70)
  • 17.3. Chapes for bladed weapons (including scabbard mounts)
  • Folded sheeting (1071-8)
  • Cast (1079-83)
  • Mounts (1084-5)
  • 17.4. Armour
  • Plate (1086-96)
  • Helmet (1097)
  • Hand armour (1098)
  • Uncertain (1099)
  • Chain mail (1100-5)
  • 17.5. Firearms and accessories
  • Firearm (1106)
  • Gunpowder holders (1107-8)
  • Shot (1110-30)
  • Worm (1131)
  • Priming wire (touch-hole pricker) (1132)
  • 18. Religious objects (with secular badges and charms)
  • 18.1. Pilgrim souvenir badges
  • English cults (1133-50)
  • Continental cults (1151)
  • Unidentified cults (1152-62)
  • 18.2. English political potentate badges (1163-6)
  • 18.3. Unidentified secular badges (1167-8)
  • 18.4. Unidentified badge fragments (1169-71)
  • 18.5. Miniature weapon charms (1172-4)
  • 18.6. Sacring bell (1175)
  • 18.7. Mount (1176)
  • 18.8. Tomb inscription letter (1177)
  • 19. Miscellaneous
  • 19.1. Possible mounts (1178-85)
  • 19.2. Chapes (1186-8)
  • 19.3. Unidentified (1189-1217)
  • 20. Metallurgical analyses
  • 20.1. Introduction
  • 20.2. Methods
  • 20.3. Alloy names
  • 20.4. Copper alloys
  • Previous research
  • Summary of results for copper alloys
  • 20.5. Lead-tin alloys
  • Historical background
  • Previous analytical research
  • Summary of results for lead-tin alloys
  • 20.6. Discussion of the copper alloy and lead/tin results by artefact category
  • Buckles
  • Hooked clasps
  • Spoons
  • Thimbles
  • Other artefacts
  • Glass
  • 20.7. Conclusions
  • French and German summaries
  • Glossary of leather terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index