Table of Contents

Introduction
The development of the vernacular house in South-West England, 1500-1700 - Nat Alcock
The transformation of the building stock of Exeter, 1450-1700 - Richard Parker and John Allan
The appearances of Godolphin, 1300-1630 - John Schofield
Boiling furnaces, smoking chambers and malt kilns in West Country households - Peter Brears
The polychrome-decorated plank-and-muntin screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its context - Eddie Sinclair
The polychrome-decorated plank-and-muntin screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its context - Isabel Richardson
The interior decoration of an Elizabethan merchant's house: the evidence from 41-2 High Street, Exeter - John R.L. Thorp
Sgraffito-decorated and painted plaster on Devon fireplaces - Ann Adams
North Devon relief-decorated ceramics in the household - Cynthia Cramp
The stained hangings at Yarde Farm, Malborough, south Devon - James Ayres
Culinary artefacts in West Country households, 1550-1700: form, function and nomenclature - Peter Brears
The archaeology of the West Country bronze foundries - Stuart Blaylock
Cast bronze cooking pots in England, 1500-1720 - Christopher Green
Table glass in the West Country home, c. 1500-1700 - Hugh Willmott
Portuguese faience in South-West England - Tânia Manuel Casimiro
Dinner on the ceiling: the 17th-century plasterwork at 144 Fore Street, Exeter - Peter Brears
Pots and texts: understanding pots in use - Oliver Kent
Presenting an Elizabethan interior: the reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter - Kate Osborne
Presenting an Elizabethan interior: the reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter - John Allan

About the Author

Independent archaeologist (Exeter Cathedral Archaeologist) Emeritus Reader in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick Vicky and David Dawson Partnership, Taunton

Reviews

This richly illustrated book brings together the results of more than 40 years research...correcting some long-held assumptions and suggesting how we can approach a far richer interdisciplinary understanding of material culture.
*MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT RESEARCH GROUP*

The goal of this collection of essays is not only to educate and inform, but also to alert scholars and the public at large to important cultural artifacts of early modern England that are vulnerable to unwitting and careless rehabilitation. In this respect John Allan, Nat Alcock, and David Dawson have succeeded admirably.
*SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL*