The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Jacob Blades ( - )

Merchant, probably of Leeds Relationships: Jacob Blades was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

A White Peacock. The Claws of an Eagle. The Claws of an English Eagle taken at Ackworth Park near Pontfract: It is stronger than the former, tho' the Talons not so crooked. Don Jac. Blades Merc.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Abbot of Kirkstal's Salt-seller; it hath eight Triangular Salts placed in the Stock, which is of coarse Marble or Stone, with a Hollow for one of Silver in the Top. Don. Jac. Blades Merc. Leod. A Spoon of Juniper; and others of a white Wood brought from Prussia and Lithuania (with one in a wooden Case or Sheath), by Mrs. Maddox. An Indian Spoon of very fine Wood tip'd with Silver; a very odd one, with a wrought Handle, brought from Portugal, and given me by Major Richard Milburn. Cheese-Trenchers, both the Square, which turn into the Form of a Book, and a Box. A Box of round ones, painted and gilt, with English Rimes that seem to be 150 Years older than the Cheese, though that be full Three Score. A Norway Cheese of Goat's Milk 5 ½ Inches broad, odd waved in the Vat. Don. J. Turner. Bread from the Coasts of Barbary. The Jews unleavened Cakes for the Passover. Don. D. Burrough Lond.