Regency Pastimes: Taw
Defined in Francis Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue as “a schoolboy’s game, played with small round balls made of stone dust, called marbles”, Continue
Defined in Francis Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue as “a schoolboy’s game, played with small round balls made of stone dust, called marbles”, Continue
Appearing in Ackermann’s Repository in 1816, this chimney façade featured “Mona Marble”, native to the British Isles (island of Anglesey off Wales) and fashioned in Continue