Toys, Trifles And Trinkets

by Forsyth, Hazel

• ISBN13: 9780906290743
• ISBN10: 0906290740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-20
• Publisher: Unicorn Pr Ltd

Summary

The Museum of London's collection of pewter, bronze, and brass toys is the largest of its kind in the world, comprised of some 1,800 items. This is the first comprehensive inter-disciplinary study ever undertaken, and includes general information on manufacturing technique and production, makers and workshops, trade and distribution, function and form, as well as new research on the patrons and consumers of such miniatures. The full range of different types of miniatures is presented, from arms and armour and domestic utensils to figurines, furniture, modes of transport and watches. The volume features important reference information, including scientific data tables, catalogue concordances, typological charts, bibliography and an index.

Author Biography

Geoff Egan is Archaeological Finds Specialists at the Museum of London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(1)
Preface	7	(1)
Abbreviations	8	(1)
Conventions used in the text	9	(1)
Note to readers	9	(1)
PART I Introduction	10	(64)
The origins of the Museum of London's base-metal toy collection	12	(2)
Mudlarks and the Thames foreshore	14	(6)
Toys on the foreshore	20	(6)
Archaeological contexts for early base-metal toys (GE)	26	(6)
Toys, trifles or trinkets?	32	(8)
Markets and consumers	40	(12)
Metallurgy and manufacture	52	(6)
Trends in dating and production (GE)	58	(16)
PART II Catalogue	74	(334)
Arms & armour	76	(30)
Armour	78	(1)
Artillery	79	(7)
Edged weapons	86	(1)
Firearms	87	(19)
Cooking vessels & utensils	106	(26)
Bowls	110	(1)
Cauldrons	111	(5)
Dripping pans	116	(3)
Frying pans	119	(5)
Gridirons	124	(3)
Pot hangers	127	(1)
Skillet	128	(2)
Spit	130	(2)
Cutlery	132	(8)
Forks	134	(1)
Knives	135	(1)
Spoons	136	(4)
Figurines (GE)	140	(38)
Equestrian figures	144	(8)
Female figures	152	(6)
Male figures	158	(20)
Fixtures, furnishings & other household items	178	(16)
Candlesticks	181	(3)
Hearth furniture & grates	184	(5)
Mirrors & mirror frames	189	(2)
Picture	191	(1)
Tray	192	(1)
Voider	192	(2)
Furniture	194	(44)
Bird cages	197	(1)
Buffets, cup boards or cupboards	198	(15)
Chairs	213	(5)
Chests	218	(16)
Cradle	234	(1)
Stool	234	(4)
Shies	238	(4)
Tableware	242	(68)
Basins, dishes, plates & saucers	245	(30)
Drinking & serving vessels	275	(21)
Porringers	296	(14)
Tools	310	(4)
Handsaw	312	(1)
Shears	313	(1)
Scissors	313	(1)
Transport (GE)	314	(18)
Carriages & coaches	316	(7)
Ships	323	(1)
Anchors	324	(8)
Twirlers	332	(4)
Watches	336	(50)
Whirligigs	386	(6)
Windmills	392	(6)
Miscellaneous	398	(10)
PART III	408	(2)
Appendix I Microstructure and composit pewter miniatures from medi London	410	(14)
Meg Chuping Wang
Appendix II Elemental analyses of six tin-1 toy watches from London	424	(12)
Dafydd Griffiths
Appendix III Pewter toymakers from the Worshipful Company of Pewt records and other sources	436	(5)
Appendix IV The maker/s I(D)Q	441	(2)
Geoff Egan
Hazel Forsyth
Bibliography	443	(14)
Concordance	457	(15)
Index	472