Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Butter Churn
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Find out more about butter churns and the manner in which butter was made in the Elizabethan age
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsFind out more about butter churns and the manner in which butter was made in the Elizabethan age
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThis glass bowl was made at the most fashionable glass-making factory in Tudor England, and represents possible connections to childbirth and rituals of post-natal female festivity.
Victoria Jackson Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThe latest in our series of blogs looking at the world as Shakespeare would have known it. Today we take a look at a ceremonial pike-blade.
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsIt is likely that for many households, their loaves were probably more often baked in community ovens, aided by the use of bread peels, such as this one in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsFind out more about the Tudor money box in the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThis week’s 'object’ is, in fact, a building; Hall’s Croft is a house traditionally associated with William Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna, who married the physician John Hall in 1607.
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsA knife and fork set from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Victoria Jackson Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsA late 16th or early 17th century grain ark from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsA group of fascinating carved oak figures from the grand interior decoration of the Guild Chapel in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThe cloak clasp featured here dates to around the 1560s, and is a particularly intriguing item. This blog discusses its use and significance.
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 Objects