Herman Moll's The World Described (1720), the pre-eminent folio atlas of Hanoverian Britain, departs from the usual Ortelian model in the selection and ordering of its contents. It placed Britain at the centre of the atlas so that the first half…

Pewter measure pot, or 'tappit hen', lidless Inscribed '1/2 GALLn' (Half Gallon) - this is two Scottish pints, the equivalent of six English pints Was used to fetch the communion wine from the tavern to the Kirk at Clola, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire…

This French engraving shows King Louis XIV of France acknowledging James VIII & III as king of England. Louis supported the exiled Stuarts both for reasons of pragmatism and principle. A Jacobite revolt would have crippled Britain's ability to fight…

Oil painting, portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart, James VIII, the Old Pretender.

Sword, double-edged, Basket hilt constructed of round bars, junction plates pierced with 'key' pattern and incised with lines bordering the junction plate. Quillon with scrolled terminal. Flat domed pommel with four grooves forming a cross, the…