Of Sorts for Provincials

An 18th century pewter basin from the Brooklyn Museum collection   https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/803/Basin ...

Cuttoe Knives: A material culture study  by Steve Rayner and Jim Mullins Trade card of John Cargill, instrument maker at the Saw a...

Time Smoking a Picture, William Hogart via the MET As any author will tell you, there are always a few minor (and at times not so minor) ...

One of the items that frequently pops up in interwebz discussions is a hatchet/tomahawk cover or case.  In the 18th century, it seems to h...

I recently saw this excellent graphic linked on a message board and thought it was worth sharing (thanks to Bob Sherman in SC for posting i...

"Poff Home, Salem, Virginia" Better known as Fort Lewis Mansion .   Colonial Era artifacts from the Fort Lewis site excav...

One of the fairly common foodstuffs in back country Virginia that seems to have become somewhat uncommon in the modern era is the Veni...