Nigel Jeffries
@nigeljeffries
Archaeologist & early modern & later material culture specialist @MOLArchaeology. PI on 'witch bottles concealed & revealed' @ahrcpress project. MCiFA & FSA
Which bottles are witch bottles? New three-year @ahrcpress project looking at the practice in the 17th century - we need your help! mola.org.uk/witch-bottles-…
Thanks for the plug and support Tom
🔍 🚨 Mudlarks and other searchers! This brilliant new project is mapping the distribution of post-medieval German stoneware vessels - so-called Bartmann or Bellarmine jugs - around the world 🌎 Now YOU can help by adding your finds to the database 👇
Folklore roadtrip!! Get your diaries out - @odavies9 & I might be coming to a venue near you to launch our new book 'Folklore: A journey through the past & present' (more dates tbc in Nov)
Glad it went well Ceri ! Hope you told everyone that our book with @odavies9 will be out early 2026. I’ve never met Bert before - I hope he enjoyed his trip
I really enjoyed giving a keynote talk on witch-bottles, listening to some fascinating papers & meeting some amazing researchers @MagicWitchCon today - thanks for organising @singinghistori1 & thanks for the loan of Bert @odavies9
Klaxon alert 🚨! Fantastic effort and the first of many important outputs for #bartmanngoesglobal
🔥 Fresh from the printing press: our jointly edited volume on the worldwide travels of Bartmann vessels. Many thanks to our fantastic authors. @nigeljeffries @Chris_Roeser @MOLArchaeology #Bartmanngoesglobal
This cheered me up today. Opened a box and there was this lovely English wine bottle of the 1660s-70s with the applied seal of the King’s Head and the landlord and landlady’s initials S / H E. #Archaeology @MOLArchaeology
On Wednesday 6 November, the Affective Artefacts seminar is delighted to welcome @nigeljeffries @odavies9 @CeriHoulbrook to speak about 'Early Modern Witch Bottles: Concealed and Revealed', Ellen Wilkinson A3.7, 4pm. Please join us if you can! @UoMhistdept @UoMSALC
Sharing this @MuseumsAssoc article about the recent #Pagans and #museum #collections project. museumsassociation.org/museums-journa…
And this was my favourite stoneware pot in the Raeren Museum. One hell of a drinking vessel and not for when your grandma comes round. Quite some skill by the potter in making this one ! But seriously, the phallic pot runs through so many cultures and time periods.
Having a great week cataloging 19th and 20th century European ceramics in museums and collections in #uae with @marmaduken @otte_jaap exploring their relevance with local partners and sharing knowledge. Thanks to the great support from @znmuae research award @RAKNatMuseum
Good bit of short footage from @HistoricEngland on the Klein Hollandia shipwreck with a nice Bartmann jug cameo #bartmanngoesglobal youtube.com/shorts/OUPBnfL…
Thank you to @TheNationalNews for their write up of the @ZayedNatMuseum funded research on the reception of 19thC European ceramics in the UAE to be undertaken later this year with @nigeljeffries and Jaap Otte thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2024/…