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    This document provides an overview of beekeeping and honey production in the 18th century through a collection of over 100 images. It shows illustrations from books and encyclopedias from the 14th to 18th centuries depicting domestic beekeeping practices. Additional images include bee skeps, honey pots, trade cards, tokens featuring beehives, and medals related to beekeeping from England, France, Germany, and the United States during this time period. The document aims to present these primary sources to educate others about 18th century material culture surrounding apiculture.

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    This document provides an overview of beekeeping and honey production in the 18th century through a collection of over 100 images. It shows illustrations from books and encyclopedias from the 14th to 18th centuries depicting domestic beekeeping practices. Additional images include bee skeps, honey pots, trade cards, tokens featuring beehives, and medals related to beekeeping from England, France, Germany, and the United States during this time period. The document aims to present these primary sources to educate others about 18th century material culture surrounding apiculture.

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    18th Century Material Culture

    Beekeeping & Honey


    Pre -
    17th Century
    A Plate from “Tacuinum Sanitatis” depicting Domestic Beekeeping
    14th Century
    (Public Domain)
    Beekeeping
    by Jan van der Straet (1523 - 1605)
    (Public Domain)
    17th Century
    “Théâtre D’amour"
    After Jacques de Gheyn II c. 1600
    (The British Museum)
    French Title Page “BIBLIA SACRA”
    by Firens c. 1615 - 1618
    (The British Museum)
    “Wider gefunden Königs Lust Haus”
    German c. 1620
    (The British Museum)
    “Der Pfaltzgraf in Gefängnuß deß Elendts”
    German c. 1620
    (The British Museum)
    An Engraving from "Melissographia"
    by Francesco Stelluti 1625
    (Public Domain)
    “INSECTORUM SIVE Minorum Animalium THEATRUM:…
    1634
    (Public Domain)
    “… BYEN - HOUDER,…”
    Jan van der Groen (1635 - 1672)
    (Public Domain)
    Beekeeping
    Jan van der Groen (1635 - 1672)
    (Public Domain)
    Plate from “Histoire Naturelle des Insectes”
    John Johnston (1603 - 1675) 1653
    (Public Domain)
    Detail of a Bee Skep from “Histoire Naturelle des Insectes”
    John Johnston (1603 - 1675) 1653
    (Public Domain)
    Woodcut
    John Day's PARLIAMENT OF BEES
    1641
    “A Further Discovery of Bees”
    by Moses Rusden 1679
    (Public Domain)
    “A THEATRE of Politicall Flying Insects...”
    by Samuel Purchas 1657
    (Bloomsbury Auctions)
    “The Complete Bee - Master: ...”
    by J. Worlidge 1698
    (Public Domain)
    EnglishAnonymous Print
    1651
    (The British Museum)
    English Book Illustration
    by Simon Gribelin c. 1690 - 1730
    (The British Museum)
    “All plants yeild honey as you see To the Industrious Chymick Bee”
    1692
    (The British Museum)
    18th Century
    “Nouveau Théâtre d'Agriculture et Ménage des Champs”
    1713
    (Public Domain)
    “Mémoires Pour Servir à l'Histoire des Insectes”
    by Entomologist René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur 1735
    (Public Domain)
    'Melisselogia. Or, the female monarchy. Being an ENQUIRY into the Nature, Order, and Government of BEES ...”
    by the Reverend John Thorley of Oxon 1744
    (Freeman’s)
    'Melisselogia. Or, the female monarchy. Being an ENQUIRY into the Nature, Order, and Government of BEES ...”
    by the Reverend John Thorley of Oxon 1744
    (Freeman’s)
    “John Thorley in His Library Studying Bees”
    London c. 1772
    (Lewis Walpole Library)
    “John Thorley in His Library Studying Bees”
    London c. 1772
    (Lewis Walpole Library)
    Thorley’s Original Honey Warehouse
    1774
    (Public Domain)
    Trade Card
    1758
    (Lewis Walpole Library)
    European Beekeeper
    Mid 18th Century
    (Public Domain)
    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    A Natural Beehive

    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    “OEconomie Rusique,…”
    The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763
    (University of Michigan)
    “Bee Hive” Woodcut
    18th Century
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    Swiss Beekeeping
    by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740 – 1806)
    (Public Domain)
    German Religious Card
    by Gottfried Bernhard Goetz c. 1750
    (The British Museum)
    French Book Illustration
    by Pierre Phillippe Choffard 1765
    (The British Museum)
    Dutch Book Illustration
    by Reiner Vinkeles 1774
    (The British Museum)
    Dutch Architecture Illustration
    by Reiner Vinkeles 1774
    (The British Museum)
    “Retaliation or State of Nations”
    by Hannah Humphrey 1782
    (The British Museum)
    English Trade Card - “At the Beehive and Patten”
    18th Century
    (Spitafields Life)
    English Trade Card for George Farr, Grocer of London
    18th Century
    (The British Museum)
    English Bill Head
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1770 - 1800
    (The British Museum)
    English Membership Card
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1770 - 1800
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1779 - 1781
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1776 - 1784
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1776 - 1784
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut - “Fable of the Degenerate Bees”
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1773 - 1779
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut - A Dog and Bees
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1779
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut - Fable of the Bear and the Bees
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1776 - 1784
    (The British Museum)
    “THE BEAR AND BEE HIVES”
    by James Kirk After Francis Barlow c. 1760 - 1790
    (The British Museum)
    English Woodcut - “The Dove & the Bee”
    by Thomas Bewick c. 1785 - 1790
    (The British Museum)
    French Spies Attacked by British Bees on their First Landing
    by William Austin 1780
    (Lewis Walpole Library)
    Recipe Book - Recipe for “Chapt Lipps, &c.”
    Mid 18th Century
    (Newport Historical Society)
    Recreated 18th Century Bee Skep
    18th Century Reproduction
    (Public Domain)
    Recreated 18th Century Bee House with Bee Skeps
    18th Century Reproduction
    (Public Domain)
    English “Bee Boles” Built into a Stone Wall to Keep Bee Skeps Out of the Rain
    Westmoreland and Cumberland - Late 17th to 18th Century
    (Public Domain)
    Stone Bee House with Skeps
    Date Unknown
    (Public Domain)
    Enamel Patch Box
    Late 18th Century
    (Private Collection)
    Honey
    Pots & Jars
    English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Honey Pot from Staffordshire
    c. 1690 - 1700
    (Victoria & Albert)
    English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Honey Pot from Staffordshire
    c. 1700
    (Victoria & Albert)
    English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Honey Pot from Staffordshire
    Early to Mid 18th Century
    (Northeast Auctions - The SueMacKay & Peter Field Collection)
    English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Honey Pot from Staffordshire
    c. 1700
    (Victoria & Albert)
    French Moustiers Honey or Mustard Pot
    c. 1720 - 1740
    (Victoria & Albert)
    “American Black Glass Honey Jar”
    c. 1750 - 1775
    (www.antiqueglass.com)
    “American Black Glass Honey Jar”
    c. 1750 - 1775
    (www.antiqueglass.com)
    “American Black Glass Honey Jar”
    c. 1750 - 1775
    (www.antiqueglass.com)
    Currency
    &
    Tokens
    New Jersey 3 Pound Note
    March 25, 1776
    (From “Colonial Currency” by Robert H. Gore, Jr., University of Notre Dame)
    English Farthing Token from Bishopgate, London
    Issued by Thomas Goss 1652
    (The British Museum)
    English Half Penny Token from Billingsgate, London
    Issued by John Hive 1667
    (The British Museum)
    English Halfpenny Token from Cambridgeshire
    Late 18th Century
    (The British Museum)
    English Halfpenny Token from Cambridgeshire
    Late 18th Century
    (The British Museum)
    English One Shilling Six Pence Token from Birmingham
    18th Century
    (The British Museum)
    English Forgery HalfpennyToken Featuring John Roe
    by Roe & Co. c. 1758
    (The British Museum)
    French Beehive Token
    Late 18th Century
    (ebay)
    Medals
    English Society of Industry Medal
    c. 1783
    (The British Museum)
    Acknowledgements

    The material contained within these slideshows is presented for educational purposes only. The
    18th Century Material Culture Resource Center does not personally own any of the items
    depicted herein and is indebted to the countless museums, libraries, and private collectors who
    willingly share their collections with the public through the internet. Every attempt has been
    made to credit these organizations and individuals for their contributions as best as possible.

    If there is a question you have regarding a particular item featured within a presentation, please
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    inquiry as best as possible. If for any reason you feel there is any item that should not be
    presented here, or if there is an error in any listing, or if you know the source for any item whose
    credit is unknown, please inform us and we will make sure your concern is addressed as soon as
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