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Addis Housewares, Ltd.

2014   History of Addis.  http://www.addis.co.uk/our-history.

Alcock, N.W., and Nancy Cox

2000   Living and Working in Seventeenth Century England: Descriptions and drawings from Randle Holme's Academy of Armory. CD-Rom. London: The British Library Board.

Alexander, Allison, et al.

2010   The Westwood Manor Archaeological Collection: Preliminary Interpretations. The Archaeology Practicum Class, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City.

Basinet, Alan

n.d.   Marble Alan’s Encyclopedia Marble Reference PDF Archive.  Published by Michael Shamblin and available at http://www.mikesmarbles.com.  Not paginated.

Baumann, Paul

1970   Collecting Antique Marbles.  Mid-America Book Co., Leon, Iowa.

Beaudry, Mary

2006   Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Beaver, Patrick

1980   Addis; 1790-1980:  All About the Home.  Publications for Companies, Hertfordshire.

Bennion, Elisabeth

1986   Antique Dental Instruments. Sotheby’s Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers, Ltd, London.

Block, Robert

1999   Marbles Illustrated; Prices at Auction.  Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pennsylvania.

Block, Stanley A., and M. Edwin Payne

2001   Sulphide Marbles.  Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pennsylvania.

Bremner, Maurice, and David Kaufman

1939   The Story of Dentistry From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present.  Dental Items of Interest Pub. Co., Brooklyn.

Brown, Bill

2001   An Introduction to Evolution and Design. In British Cutlery; an Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use. Edited by Peter Brown. York Civic Trust, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, pp. 11-18..

Brown, Peter, ed.

2001   British Cutlery; an Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use. York Civic Trust, Philip Wilson Publishers, London.

Carskadden, Jeff, and Richard Gartley

1990   A Preliminary Seriation of 19th-Century Decorated Porcelain Marbles.  Historical Archaeology 24(2):55-69.

Chenevix Trench, Charles

1970   A History of Horsemanship.  Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York.

Cooperman

n.d.   Toys and Games.  History Lives.  Cooperman Fife and DrumCompany. https://www.historylives.com/toysandgames.htm

Deagan, Kathleen

2002   Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean 1500-1800: Volume 2: Portable Personal Possessions. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Defenbacher, D.S., William M. Friedman, Carol Kottke, Arthur A. Carrara, Alonzo Hauser, and John Szarkowski

1951   “Knife/Fork/Spoon.” Everyday Art Quarterly 18/19:2-63.

Doub, Nichole

2023   Artifact Recovery: The Material Management Field Guide. Society for Historical Archaeology.

Dumbrell, Roger

1983   Understanding Antique Wine Bottles.  Antique Collector’s Club, Baron’s Publishing, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Dunning, Phil

2000   "Composite Table Cutlery from 1700 to 1930." In Studies in Material Culture Research, edited by Karlis Karklins, 32-45. The Society for Historical Archaeology.

Egan, Geoff, and Frances Pritchard

1991   Dress Accessories c. 1150–c. 1450. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. London: HSMO.

Ensko, Stephen G.C.

1983   American Silversmiths and their Marks: The Definitive (1948) Edition. New York: Dover Publications.

Fellows, Paul

1990   Collectors' Guide to Antique Dolls and Doll Marks. Wynwood Press. Miami, Florida.

Fennimore, Donald L.

1984   Silver & Pewter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Forsyth, Hazel

2005   Toys, trifles & trinkets: base-metal miniatures from London 1200 to 1800. London: Unicorn Press.

Gartley, Richard, and Jeff Carskadden

1998   Colonial Period and Early 19th-Century Children’s Toy Marbles; History and Identification for the Archaeologist and Collector.  The Muskingum Valley Archaeological Survey, Zanesville, Ohio.

Glass, J.

1911   Miraculous Medal. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved April 14, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10115a.htm.

Gueranger, Prosper

1880   The Medal or Cross of St. Benedict. Burns and Oates, London.

Hauser, Judith Ann

1982   Jesuit Rings from Fort Michilimackinac and other European Contact Sites. Archaeological Completion Report Series No. 5, Mackinac Island State Park Commission, Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Hawley Tool Collection

2026   Handles and Scales. How It Was Made. Hawley Collections @Kelham Island Museum. Electronic resource accessed January 16, 2026 at https://www.hawleytoolcollection.com/uploads/PDF/How%20it%20was%20made%20-%20Handles.pdf.

Herbermann, Charles George (editor)

1913   The Catholic Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Press, New York.

Hill, Erica

1995   Thimbles and Thimble Rings from the circum-Caribbean Region, 1500-1800: Chronology and Identification. Historical Archaeology 29(1):84-92.

Hirschfeld, Isador

1939   The Toothbrush:  Its Use and Abuse.  A Treatise on Preventive Dentistry and Periodontia as Related to Dental Hygiene.  Dental Items of Interest Publishing, Brooklyn, NY.

Hofer, Margaret

2003   The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games. New York:  Princeton Architectural Press,.

Holmes, Edwin F.

1985   A History of Thimbles. Cornwall Books, New York.

1987   Early Brass Thimbles. Thimble Collector’s International July 1987:3-11.

Holweck, F.

1912   Pentecost (Whitsunday). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved April 20, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614b.htm.   

Jokelson, Paul

1968   Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation.  Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York.

Jones, Olive R.

1986   Cylindrical English Wine & Beer Bottles 1735-1850.  Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History. Parks Canada, Ottawa.

Ketchum, William C., Jr.

1981   Toys and Games.  Cooper Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian.

King, Constance E.

1981   The Collector’s History of Dolls. Bonanza Books. New York, New York.

Kolltveit, Gjermund

2006    Jew's Harps in European Archaeology. British Archaeological Reports, International Series, No. 1500. Archaeopress, Oxford.

2009    The Jew's Harp in Western Europe: Trade, Communication, and Innovation, 1150-1500. Yearbook for Traditional Music 49:42-61.

Leeds, E.T.

1941   17th and 18th Century Wine-Bottles of Oxford Taverns. Oxoniensia, 6, (1941), 44-54. (Available online from the Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society)

Lemaire, Joseph Jean Francois

1818   “The Ladies’ Dentist. Paris, Chez l'auteur, quai de Conti, n⁰. 3, au coin de la rue Thionville.

Library of Congress

2013   “Who Invented the Toothbrush and When Was it Invented?” Everyday Mysteries:  Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress.  Website accessed February 23, 2017 at https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/categories/technology/item/who-invented-the-toothbrush-and-when-was-it-invented/

Luscomb, Sally C.

1967   The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Buttons. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.

McConnel, Bridget

1990   A Collector’s Guide to Thimbles. Wellfleet Books, Secaucus, NJ.

1999   The Story of Antique Needlework Tools. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

McNulty, Robert H.

2004   Dutch Glass Bottles of the 17th and 18th Centuries; A Collector’s Guide.  Medici Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland.

Marble Collector’s Society of America

http://www.blocksite.com/marble-community/marble-collectors-society-of-america/

Marbles Galore

http://www.marblesgalore.com/

Mattick, Barbara E.

1993   The History of Toothbrushes and Their Nature as Archaeological Artifacts.  The Florida Anthropologist.  Volume 46, Number 3.  September 1993.  Pp. 162-184.

2010   A Guide to Bone Toothbrushes of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.  Xlibris Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana.

2017   Personal communication.

Mike’s Marble Reference

http://www.mikesmarbles.com/

Mitchell, David

2001   The Clerk's View. In British Cutlery; an Illustrated History of Design, Evolution and Use. Edited by Peter Brown. York Civic Trust, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, pp. 19-29.

Montgomery Ward

1895   Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyer’s Guide. No. 57, Spring and Summer 1895. Dover Publications, New York.

Moore, Simon

1995   Table Knives and Forks. Shire Publications.

1999   Cutlery for the Table; a History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery. Hallamshire Press Limited, Sheffield, England.

N/A

2017   ANTIQUE 1880s VICTORIAN CAST IRON ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING STILL BANK of a BANK. Retrieved September 5th, 2017. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ANTIQUE-1880s-VICTORIAN-CAST-IRON-ARCHITECTURAL-BUILDING-STILL-BANK-of-a-BANK-/253108184858?hash=item3aee6c671a%3Ag%3APqgAAOSwxbJZe8m6

Noël Hume, Ivor

1961   Sleeve Buttons: Diminutive Relics of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Antiques Vol. LXXIX, No. 4, p. 380-382.

1969   A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Noël Hume, Ivor, and Audrey Noël Hume

2001   The Archaeology of Martin’s Hundred. Part 2: Artifact Catalog. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg.

O’Brien, Richard

1993   Collecting Toys: a Collector’s Identification & Value Guide. Books Americana. Florence, Ala.

Oliger, L.

1912   Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved April 7, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13505a.htm.

O’Neill, Richard

1988   The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Metal Toys.  Crescent Books, New York.

Ott, M.

1911   Pope Pius IX. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved April 17, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12134b.htm.

Pepys, Samuel

1663   The Diary of Samuel Pepys; Daily Entries from the 17th Century London Diary.  Website accessed April 17, 2014.  http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1663/10/23/.

Pickford, Ian

1983   Silver Flatware; English, Irish and Scottish 1660-1980. Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Pollen, J.H.

1912   The Society of Jesus. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved April 20, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14081a.htm.

Randall, Mark E.

1971   Early Marbles.  Historical Archaeology 5:102-105.

Randall, Mark E., and Dennis Webb

1988   Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles.  Greenberg Publishing Company, Sykesville, Maryland.

Rivers Cofield, Sara

2012   Linked Buttons of the Middle Atlantic, 1670-1800. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 28:99-116.

Robichon de la Guérinière, François

1746   École de cavalerie contenant la connoissance, l’instruction, et la conservation du cheval. Paris: Chez Huart et Moreau Fils. The Robert Charles Lawrence Ferguson Collection, the Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, DC.

Roveillo, Caralyn

2001   Wine Bottle Seals of Colonial Southern Maryland.  St. Mary’s College of Maryland. In vertical file, JPPM.

Ruggles-Brise, Sheelah

1949   Sealed Bottles. Country Life, London.

Segrove, Kerry

2010   America Brushes Up; The Use and Marketing of Toothpaste and Toothbrushes in the Twentieth Century.  McFarland and Company Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina.

Skittles

2017   History and Useful Information. The Online Guide to Traditional Games. http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Skittles.htm

Small Talk

2015   Steeped in History: The Montereau Tea Set. The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures.  http://www.toyandminiaturemuseum.org/toys/steeped-history-montereau-tea-set/.

Snodin, Michael, and Gail Belden

1976   Collecting for Tomorrow; Spoons. BPC Publishers, Ltd., Great Britain.

Stone, Lyle M.

1974    Fort Michilimackinac 1715-1781; An Archaeological Perspective on the Revolutionary Frontier. Publications of the Museum Michigan State University in cooperation with the Mackinac Island State Park Commission.

The Strong

n.d.   National Museum of Play. http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/3/49/110.1100  (Dominos) and

Sullivan, Kay

2004   Needlework Tools and Accessories: A Dutch Tradition. Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collector’s Club.

Sutera, Judith

1997   The Work of God: Benedictine Prayer. Liturgical Press, Minnesota.

Ternisien, Virginie

2013   Fourth of July for the Harmonica!  Curator’s Choice July 2013. http://www.jefpat.org/CuratorsChoiceArchive/2013CuratorsChoice/Jul2013-Fourth%20of%20July%20for%20the%20Harmonica.html

Thurston, H.

1911   Devotional Medals. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved April 7, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10111b.htm.

Unwin, Joan

2014   The versatility of bone, ivory and horn – their uses in the Sheffield cutlery industry. Anthropozoologica 49 (1): 121-132. Accessed at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/09-az2014n1a09-unwin.pdf.

2017   Knife Handle Making–the Subsidiary Trades in the Sheffield Cutlery Industry. In Os, bois, ivoire et corne: l’exploration des matieres dures d’origine animale. Artefact: Techniques, Histoire et Sciences Humaines. https://doi.org/10.4000/artefact.1237.

Van den Bossche, Willy

2001   Antique Glass Bottles; Their History and Evolution (1500-1850).  Antique Collectors’ Club, Baron’s Publishing, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Virtual Dental Museum

2017   Different Strokes for Different Folks: A History of the Toothbrush. University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. Website accessed February 13, 2017. http://www.virtualdentalmuseum.org/exhibits/different-strokes-different-folks-history-toothbrush/

Wade, Barbara J.

1982   Cutlery from the Fort at Coteau-Du-Lac. Parks Canada History and Archaeology 61. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Quebec.

White, Carolyn

2005   American Artifacts of Personal Adornment 1680-1820: A Guide to Identification and Interpretation. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

White, Samuel S.

1876   Catalogue of Dental Materials, Furniture, Instruments, Etc. for Sale by Samuel S. White.  Manufactory and Principal Dept, Philadelphia.

Wild Rose Cottage Antiques

2017   Antique China Dolls 1836 to 1940s. Web Accessed September 5th, 2017. https://dollreference.com/china_head_dolls.html

Wilson, Bee

2012   Consider the Fork; A History of How We Cook and Eat. Basic Books, New York.

Wright, Michael

2004   The Search for the Origins of the Jew’s Harp. The Silk Road Newsletter. Volume 2, No. 2. http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol2num2/Harp.htm

2011    The Jew's Harp Trade in Colonial America. The Galpin Society Journal 64 (March 2011): 209-218.

Wyler, Seymour B.

1972   The Book of Old Silver: English, American, Foreign. New York: Crown Publishers.

Zalkin, Estelle

1988   Zalkin’s Handbook of Thimbles and Sewing Implements. A Complete Collector’s Guide with Current Prices. Warman Publishing Co., Inc., Willow Grove, PA.