Mortar (vessel)
This mortar is the earliest dated vessel recorded for Thomas Sturton II of the Sturton Foundry in South Petherton. He worked between 1651-1682....
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Painting of Thomas Pigott
Colonel Thomas Pigott became MP for Bridgwater in 1647. In the same year he married Florence Smyth a wealthy widow who lived at Ashton Court in North Somerset. In the...
Mortar (vessel)
This mortar was cast by Thomas Sturton II at the South Petherton foundry between 1651-1683. It is thought that mortars as large as this were often cast for grocers and...
Painting of Thomas Lyte (1568-1638)
The Lytes were Somerset gentry who had lived in the county at least since the 13th century. They created the beautiful manor house which survives at Lytes Cary. This portrait...
Pan
Made by Thomas Sturton I of South Petherton in 1630, this is the largest and earliest dated of all our skillets. When the skillet is half full of water...
Cauldron
Unusually this 3 and 1/2 gallon bronze cauldron bears only the mark of its maker Thomas Sturton I. The Foundry's four arc motif is omitted....
Pan
With its slightly outcurved rim, which tapers to a fairly sharp lip, this skillet is typical of the work of Thomas Sturton I of the Sturton Foundry in South Petherton,...
Spoon
A Charles I Taunton Apostle spoon, the gilt finial without emblem. Typical plain disc nimbus pricked MB over AC with date 1652, T mark in bowl, T-D-T on stem for...
Charms collected by Frederick Elworthy (1830-1907)
For hundreds of years people from around the world have kept or worn charms for protection and good luck. These charms come from the collection of Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1830_1907)....
Spoon
A Charles II Taunton Apostle spoon, the gilt finial without emblem. Typical plain disc nimbus pricked EK over IC with the date 1669. Fine Tau-and-tun mark in bowl, on stem...