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Sheffield Horn Industry Book


RichardB

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From Medieval times through the early 19th century, Sheffield was an important center for the horn trade. This study includes the chapters on the early days of the trade in Sheffield, early workers and merchants, public auctions, haft and scale pressing, buttons and combs, lantern lights, jewelry and umbrella handles, horn tips, deer horn and bone, and labor troubles.

London's Worshipful Company of Horners website notes that "The craft of the Horner goes back 'to time immemorial', and there is no doubt that it was practised long before the Norman Conquest. Horn is a natural plastic [keratin], which allows it to be moulded into many articles, such as beakers, utensils, combs and buttons, but its greatest use, right up to the 18th century was in being beaten into translucent sheets to be fabricated into lantern leaves and even windows. As late as 1745, the Company had rights to 'press lantern leaves' for the City lighting, and up to Tudor times there was an official Horner to the Crown."

eBay £170-ish

I'd read it, not paying that kind of money for it though ...

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