three wooden bowling balls

Sports and gaming

Get back to gaming basics with these bowling balls. Along with dice, cards, and board games, this was a popular Tudor past-time.

Wooden bowling balls, 1500s-1600s, London Bridge Street, Southwark, © MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)

A collection of pewter tankards

Nights out or in...

One of these tankards was the property of a local Southwark pub, but it appears to have made its way home with someone after a night out. 

Pewter tankard,1600s-1700s, Tanner Lane, Southwark, © MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) 

A ceramic ink bottle and stopper

School supplies

This 19th century stoneware ink bottle was found with its stopper still intact. It may have been made just up the road in Lambeth. 

Ceramic ink bottle and cork stopper, late 1800s, Stoney Street, Southwark, © MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)