by Tom Licence | Mar 6, 2016
Plain white ceramic trinket box lid, with the remains of a handle or ring holder (in the shape of tree roots/ branches) to the rear. A nest of mice has been disturbed by two cats. On the left the cat is missing. Its rear paws were on the tree, its fore-paws on the...
by Tom Licence | Mar 6, 2016
Part of the rim of a nursery rhyme cup, depicting the popular rhyme ‘This is the House that Jack Built’. These cups typically depicted two verses at a time, with an image on each side. Each cup was a different colour (e.g. brown, blue, green, red). A [full...
by Tom Licence | Feb 26, 2016
Pearlware (c. 1820-50) child’s cup, showing an older and a younger girl skipping. Around the pedestal is the text ‘A Present from my Cousin’. The handle is missing. Discarded with rubbish in a ditch that was filled in 1883.
by Tom Licence | Jan 25, 2015
Ivory and ebony dominoes with copper alloy pins.
by Tom Licence | Jan 25, 2015
Earthenware gaming pieces for Fivestones/ Jacks. Some are simply painted; others have been glazed and coloured blue, white, black, green and red-brown (far right, bottom). One way to play this game was to toss the stones in the air and try to catch them on the back of...
