the MOL trenchers on the internet!
A photo of a set of trenchers belonging to the Museum of London has appeared on the internet! It's on the Bridgeman Art site as Trenchers and box, made in London, 1601-35 (beech). It's a bit sad they don't show the whole set. The posies in this group are the same as the Metropolitan set, transcribed in a previous journal post. The double-belt designs are the same as three other groups of trenchers: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Treen for the Table (pp 135-137). [edited to add, a new picture of the MoL trenchers is on the museum website ! 8July14]
Bridgeman also has several pictures of the Wonders of the World set in the V&A, and one of the rectangular set in the Ashmolean museum of Oxford.
Bridgeman also has several pictures of the Wonders of the World set in the V&A, and one of the rectangular set in the Ashmolean museum of Oxford.