Plate carrier, used for carrying plates through the long passages which often separated the kitchen from the dining room. This one is mahogany with a brass handle - 1760s.
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@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialPlate carrier, used for carrying plates through the long passages which often separated the kitchen from the dining room. This one is mahogany with a brass handle - 1760s.
@underscorecomedy.bsky.socialHistory nerds at 3am #history #historylovers #nerd #historymemes #historynerd
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Catherine Parr was Queen of England and the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIll. She outlived Henry by one year and eight months, surviving him until her death in September 1548.
#catherineparr #historynerd #historicalfiction #readersofbluesky
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialDumb waiter for holding plates, cutlery, desserts, cheese, wine and glasses for diners to help themselves after the servants had left. Guests could speak more freely once the servants had left the room from the 1760s.
@archivistslantern.bsky.socialThrough time, there have been female rulers who have successfully run ancient kingdoms, so well, in fact, they have been nearly erased through time by later monarchs.
#history #historyfacts #historynerd #ancienthistory #blogger #blogging #booksky
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialSome of the photos of ranges that I took this year.
@nerdchicboutique.bsky.socialTeachers Day gift idea for the one who thinks about Rome a LOT: 21 emperors, Caesar to Romulus Augustulus, reign years and coin portraits, organized by dynasty. da.gd/zbymT
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is possibly an early nineteenth century Napoleonic prisoner of war straw marquetry writing slope.
It’s a rare survival from the long years of captivity endured by French soldiers and sailors in Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.
@mrsp2023.bsky.socialIf you're into history like me, check out this new blog below 👇
@archivistslantern.bsky.socialMythology archetypes have existed since humanity first tried to explain the world around them. In what form do these archetypes survive today?
#history #mythology #worldhistory #historynerd #historical #blogger #blogging #booksky
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialVictorian nurseries look cosy but how many hazards can you spot that could be dangerous to a toddler or to a baby?
@plinys23.bsky.socialDid you know that emperor #Hadrian had a #gay lover? He was so smitten with Antinous that when he passed away, Hadrian even deified him.
Some more info here:
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@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialHistorically, comfrey has been grown for its bone healing properties since 400 BC.
In folklore, travellers kept comfrey to keep them safe and to keep their partners faithful whilst away!
@archivistslantern.bsky.socialMythology has spread from the culture of origin to all over the globe, but how have they been reimagined and integrated into modern society?
#history #worldhistory #historybuff #historylover #ancienthistory #historynerd #blogger #blogging
@plinys23.bsky.socialPliny being Pliny!
Quite an experience to be on a reconstructed part of Hadrian’s Wall and at Segedunum Roman Fort.
Some more thoughts here:
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@runatroy.bsky.socialIf Runes are the divination tool you use first, my bet is that you love history, too.
#OnTheCovenstead #CreativeCrone #RunesWithRuna #ElderFuthark #HistoryNerd #UnderTheWillow
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is Bircham Windmill. In the nineteenth century more than 300 mills worked across Norfolk.
Very few survive now, and Bircham is one of the rare examples that still shows its full height.
#windmill #birchamwindmill #Norfolk #Historymatters #historynerd
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is a 12th century seal of the Priory of St Mary Binham in Norfolk England which is now a C of E church. The Virgin has a halo and the dove between them symbolises the Holy Spirit.
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialHistorically, box was seen as a sombre plant and springs were given to mourners at funerals to throw onto the coffin.
#box #boxwood #historicalmedicine #funeralplants #historynerd
@archivistslantern.bsky.socialPart 2 of the Apex Predator post, a short selection of some of the predators that have ruled their respective ecosystems.
#history #historylover #historical #historyfacts #historynerd #booksky #bloggers #blogger #bloggerlife