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Title |
A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America |
Author |
Hume, Ivor Noel |
Call# |
974.2 Hum 1970 |
Summary |
To collectors of early American pottery and porcelain, glass, tools, decorative objects and other small household goods, this unique handbook/encyclopedia will be of huge assistance. The author, being Director of the Department of Archaeology at Colonial Williamsburg, well knows of which he writes. Dividing artifacts into forty-three catagories and presenting them alphabetically from "Armor" to "Wig Curlers" this volume covers considerable material. |
Accession number |
2012.620 |
Published Date |
1970 |
Subjects |
United States -- Antiquities United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Collectors -- Collecting |
Physical Description |
xviii, 323, vi pages. Illustrated, hardcover, dust jacket, 25 cm. Bibliographical footnotes. Index: pp. i-vi after text. |
Catalog Number |
2012.620.1 |
Search Terms |
armor bayonets beads bedpans bell glasses bellarmines bells bottles bricks brickworks buckles buttons candlesticks ceramics chamber pots clockcases clocks closestool pans coins combs cooking vessels cutlery decanters drinking glasses drug pots firearms flowerpots furniture hardware glass, window gunflints hoes horse furniture horseshoes jars jettons lighting accessories locks nails needles padlocks pill tiles pins porcelain rings, finger scissors seals, lead silver marks smoking equipment spades spoons stoneware thimbles tiles, Delft tiles, roofing tobacco pipes tokens toys wig curlers |
Published Place |
New York |
Publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf |
Object Name |
Book |