Malcolm Stoneman
@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Interests - Walking, Cycling, Travel, History, Nature. Retired Head of Humanities, European. 🇪🇺
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#Holt #Norfolk
White Tulips in “Steward & Patteson Limited ginger beer bottle (cost 1d)
Norwich & Swaffham
- 📷 28.01.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
#Holt #Norfolk
White Tulips in “Steward & Patteson Limited ginger beer bottle (cost 1d)
Norwich & Swaffham
- 📷 28.01.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#Holt #Norfolk
White Tulips in “Steward & Patteson Limited ginger beer bottle (cost 1d)
Norwich & Swaffham
- 📷 28.01.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
#Holt #Norfolk
White Tulips in “Steward & Patteson Limited ginger beer bottle (cost 1d)
Norwich & Swaffham
- 📷 28.01.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
Three-leaf door - 1897
Mahogany, beech & relief glass
Dining table - c. 1898
Oak & mahogany
Designer of both - Paul Hankar
Now @museeorsay.bsky.social , #Paris
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#ArtNouveau
Mahogany, beech & relief glass
Dining table - c. 1898
Oak & mahogany
Designer of both - Paul Hankar
Now @museeorsay.bsky.social , #Paris
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#ArtNouveau
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Three-leaf door - 1897
Mahogany, beech & relief glass
Dining table - c. 1898
Oak & mahogany
Designer of both - Paul Hankar
Now @museeorsay.bsky.social , #Paris
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#ArtNouveau
Mahogany, beech & relief glass
Dining table - c. 1898
Oak & mahogany
Designer of both - Paul Hankar
Now @museeorsay.bsky.social , #Paris
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#ArtNouveau
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
January 27, 2026 at 11:09 AM
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
Church of St Mary, Burnham Market, #Norfolk
Encaustic tiles of the Evangelists, possibly from a restoration of the church in 1872.
#TilesOnTuesday
Encaustic tiles of the Evangelists, possibly from a restoration of the church in 1872.
#TilesOnTuesday
January 27, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Church of St Mary, Burnham Market, #Norfolk
Encaustic tiles of the Evangelists, possibly from a restoration of the church in 1872.
#TilesOnTuesday
Encaustic tiles of the Evangelists, possibly from a restoration of the church in 1872.
#TilesOnTuesday
Yes, agreed.
Salviati seemed to make a habit of doing musical angels - Barnack Church.
Salviati seemed to make a habit of doing musical angels - Barnack Church.
January 26, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Yes, agreed.
Salviati seemed to make a habit of doing musical angels - Barnack Church.
Salviati seemed to make a habit of doing musical angels - Barnack Church.
Oh!
You really have been hit by the snow.
Low cloud in London, with tops of buildings disappearing. Heavy rain sweeping in from the west later.
You really have been hit by the snow.
Low cloud in London, with tops of buildings disappearing. Heavy rain sweeping in from the west later.
January 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Oh!
You really have been hit by the snow.
Low cloud in London, with tops of buildings disappearing. Heavy rain sweeping in from the west later.
You really have been hit by the snow.
Low cloud in London, with tops of buildings disappearing. Heavy rain sweeping in from the west later.
Yes, the size of the hall & skeleton is amazing.
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Yes, the size of the hall & skeleton is amazing.
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 AM
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
Edwardes Square Garden, Kensington, #London
Camellia - 📷 24.01.2026
#elevensestime
Start your day with a coffee they say.
Wow! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Excellent
Wow! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Excellent
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Start your day with a coffee they say.
Wow! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Excellent
Wow! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Excellent
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, #London
Two mosaics in the chancel featuring musical angels & a choir by Salviati. 1882.
#MosaicMonday
Two mosaics in the chancel featuring musical angels & a choir by Salviati. 1882.
#MosaicMonday
January 26, 2026 at 8:17 AM
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, #London
Two mosaics in the chancel featuring musical angels & a choir by Salviati. 1882.
#MosaicMonday
Two mosaics in the chancel featuring musical angels & a choir by Salviati. 1882.
#MosaicMonday
Natural History Museum, #London
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse. 1880
Hintze Hall with Blue whale skeleton.
#SundayStonework
#Alwayslookup #CeilingsOnSunday
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse. 1880
Hintze Hall with Blue whale skeleton.
#SundayStonework
#Alwayslookup #CeilingsOnSunday
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Natural History Museum, #London
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse. 1880
Hintze Hall with Blue whale skeleton.
#SundayStonework
#Alwayslookup #CeilingsOnSunday
Architect - Alfred Waterhouse. 1880
Hintze Hall with Blue whale skeleton.
#SundayStonework
#Alwayslookup #CeilingsOnSunday
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, #London
Details from Baptistery window - 1966
• Virgin with St Mary Abbots Church
• Adam & Eve
By Alfred R Fisher of James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd.
#StainedGlassSunday
Details from Baptistery window - 1966
• Virgin with St Mary Abbots Church
• Adam & Eve
By Alfred R Fisher of James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd.
#StainedGlassSunday
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 AM
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, #London
Details from Baptistery window - 1966
• Virgin with St Mary Abbots Church
• Adam & Eve
By Alfred R Fisher of James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd.
#StainedGlassSunday
Details from Baptistery window - 1966
• Virgin with St Mary Abbots Church
• Adam & Eve
By Alfred R Fisher of James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd.
#StainedGlassSunday
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Burnham Norton, #Norfolk
An EIIR postbox in the end of a flint, chalk & brick cart shed.
#PostboxSaturday
#Vernacular #architecture
An EIIR postbox in the end of a flint, chalk & brick cart shed.
#PostboxSaturday
#Vernacular #architecture
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Burnham Norton, #Norfolk
An EIIR postbox in the end of a flint, chalk & brick cart shed.
#PostboxSaturday
#Vernacular #architecture
An EIIR postbox in the end of a flint, chalk & brick cart shed.
#PostboxSaturday
#Vernacular #architecture
Sherd with the maker's stamp MAMMIN
Found Apes Hall, Littleport, #Cambridgeshire
Stamp refers to Mammius of Lezoux, c.155-185 CE
Other examples of this maker's mark have been found in Norfolk and York.
Now in Ely Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday
Found Apes Hall, Littleport, #Cambridgeshire
Stamp refers to Mammius of Lezoux, c.155-185 CE
Other examples of this maker's mark have been found in Norfolk and York.
Now in Ely Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Sherd with the maker's stamp MAMMIN
Found Apes Hall, Littleport, #Cambridgeshire
Stamp refers to Mammius of Lezoux, c.155-185 CE
Other examples of this maker's mark have been found in Norfolk and York.
Now in Ely Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday
Found Apes Hall, Littleport, #Cambridgeshire
Stamp refers to Mammius of Lezoux, c.155-185 CE
Other examples of this maker's mark have been found in Norfolk and York.
Now in Ely Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday
Church of St Mary, Burnham Market, #Norfolk
A 13th Century tower. Modified in the 15th Century, with Y-tracery & a panelled parapet.
However, concerns about possible collapse led to the overbearing brick buttresses of 1740 & 1876.
#SteepleSaturday
A 13th Century tower. Modified in the 15th Century, with Y-tracery & a panelled parapet.
However, concerns about possible collapse led to the overbearing brick buttresses of 1740 & 1876.
#SteepleSaturday
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Church of St Mary, Burnham Market, #Norfolk
A 13th Century tower. Modified in the 15th Century, with Y-tracery & a panelled parapet.
However, concerns about possible collapse led to the overbearing brick buttresses of 1740 & 1876.
#SteepleSaturday
A 13th Century tower. Modified in the 15th Century, with Y-tracery & a panelled parapet.
However, concerns about possible collapse led to the overbearing brick buttresses of 1740 & 1876.
#SteepleSaturday
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
Progress report -
Hellebore - 📷 Anne S (22.01.2026)
#elevensestime
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
Progress report -
Hellebore - 📷 Anne S (22.01.2026)
#elevensestime
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
Progress report -
Hellebore - 📷 Anne S (22.01.2026)
#elevensestime
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
Progress report -
Hellebore - 📷 Anne S (22.01.2026)
#elevensestime
“Sedgeford Torc”, #Norfolk
Two different “finds”, but maybe parts of the same artefact -
1965. Neck ring & terminal, reputedly seen hanging from a harrow towed by a tractor.
2004. Terminal discovered by metal detectorist as part of local history project.
Now #BritishMuseum
#FindsFriday #IronAge
Two different “finds”, but maybe parts of the same artefact -
1965. Neck ring & terminal, reputedly seen hanging from a harrow towed by a tractor.
2004. Terminal discovered by metal detectorist as part of local history project.
Now #BritishMuseum
#FindsFriday #IronAge
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
“Sedgeford Torc”, #Norfolk
Two different “finds”, but maybe parts of the same artefact -
1965. Neck ring & terminal, reputedly seen hanging from a harrow towed by a tractor.
2004. Terminal discovered by metal detectorist as part of local history project.
Now #BritishMuseum
#FindsFriday #IronAge
Two different “finds”, but maybe parts of the same artefact -
1965. Neck ring & terminal, reputedly seen hanging from a harrow towed by a tractor.
2004. Terminal discovered by metal detectorist as part of local history project.
Now #BritishMuseum
#FindsFriday #IronAge
Burnham Overy Staithe, #Norfolk
A North Norfolk coast footpath sign, with other routes to Burnham Overy Town & to the marshes.
In the background is Burnham Overy Mill of 1816. Restored by @nationaltrust.org.uk
#FingerpostFriday #Windmill
A North Norfolk coast footpath sign, with other routes to Burnham Overy Town & to the marshes.
In the background is Burnham Overy Mill of 1816. Restored by @nationaltrust.org.uk
#FingerpostFriday #Windmill
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Burnham Overy Staithe, #Norfolk
A North Norfolk coast footpath sign, with other routes to Burnham Overy Town & to the marshes.
In the background is Burnham Overy Mill of 1816. Restored by @nationaltrust.org.uk
#FingerpostFriday #Windmill
A North Norfolk coast footpath sign, with other routes to Burnham Overy Town & to the marshes.
In the background is Burnham Overy Mill of 1816. Restored by @nationaltrust.org.uk
#FingerpostFriday #Windmill
Church of St Carantoc, Crantock, #Cornwall
12th Century font, but with date 1474.
Church tower collapsed in 1412, causing extensive damage
#Pevsner guide @yalepress.bsky.social questions “ is this a 15th Century re-tooling or a copy after the tower fell & destroyed the original?”
#FontsOnFriday
12th Century font, but with date 1474.
Church tower collapsed in 1412, causing extensive damage
#Pevsner guide @yalepress.bsky.social questions “ is this a 15th Century re-tooling or a copy after the tower fell & destroyed the original?”
#FontsOnFriday
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Church of St Carantoc, Crantock, #Cornwall
12th Century font, but with date 1474.
Church tower collapsed in 1412, causing extensive damage
#Pevsner guide @yalepress.bsky.social questions “ is this a 15th Century re-tooling or a copy after the tower fell & destroyed the original?”
#FontsOnFriday
12th Century font, but with date 1474.
Church tower collapsed in 1412, causing extensive damage
#Pevsner guide @yalepress.bsky.social questions “ is this a 15th Century re-tooling or a copy after the tower fell & destroyed the original?”
#FontsOnFriday
Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Restormal #Cornwall
Magnolia with Restormal Castle
- 📷 08.04.2025
The day the first swallow of the year was spotted. Looking forward to seeing them again ……..
#elevensestime
Restormal #Cornwall
Magnolia with Restormal Castle
- 📷 08.04.2025
The day the first swallow of the year was spotted. Looking forward to seeing them again ……..
#elevensestime
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Restormal #Cornwall
Magnolia with Restormal Castle
- 📷 08.04.2025
The day the first swallow of the year was spotted. Looking forward to seeing them again ……..
#elevensestime
Restormal #Cornwall
Magnolia with Restormal Castle
- 📷 08.04.2025
The day the first swallow of the year was spotted. Looking forward to seeing them again ……..
#elevensestime
Church of San Bartolomeo in Pantano,
#Pistoia #Italy
#Romanesque church built in 1159, but rebuilt in 1229.
The central doorway has an architrave of 1167 with the “Redeemer & Apostles” and showing the incredulity of Thomas.
#AdoorableThursday
#Pistoia #Italy
#Romanesque church built in 1159, but rebuilt in 1229.
The central doorway has an architrave of 1167 with the “Redeemer & Apostles” and showing the incredulity of Thomas.
#AdoorableThursday
January 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Church of San Bartolomeo in Pantano,
#Pistoia #Italy
#Romanesque church built in 1159, but rebuilt in 1229.
The central doorway has an architrave of 1167 with the “Redeemer & Apostles” and showing the incredulity of Thomas.
#AdoorableThursday
#Pistoia #Italy
#Romanesque church built in 1159, but rebuilt in 1229.
The central doorway has an architrave of 1167 with the “Redeemer & Apostles” and showing the incredulity of Thomas.
#AdoorableThursday
Roundel
Bronze (copper alloy),
3rd Century CE
The roundel shows Cupid hunting a horned animal with dog.
Now Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday #Roman
Bronze (copper alloy),
3rd Century CE
The roundel shows Cupid hunting a horned animal with dog.
Now Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday #Roman
January 22, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Roundel
Bronze (copper alloy),
3rd Century CE
The roundel shows Cupid hunting a horned animal with dog.
Now Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday #Roman
Bronze (copper alloy),
3rd Century CE
The roundel shows Cupid hunting a horned animal with dog.
Now Fitzwilliam Museum, #Cambridge
#MetalworkThursday #Roman
Yes, it is.
Dated to 1927, but the artist is not known for certain.
Dated to 1927, but the artist is not known for certain.
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Yes, it is.
Dated to 1927, but the artist is not known for certain.
Dated to 1927, but the artist is not known for certain.
Well, talk about serendipity.🤔
New Year’s resolution is to read “The Snettisham Hoards”.
Fascinating, particularly parts where long held views are challenged.
Today, once again, I read about alternative views of Machling & Williamson.
I started to see who they were. I now have a partial answer.😉
New Year’s resolution is to read “The Snettisham Hoards”.
Fascinating, particularly parts where long held views are challenged.
Today, once again, I read about alternative views of Machling & Williamson.
I started to see who they were. I now have a partial answer.😉
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Well, talk about serendipity.🤔
New Year’s resolution is to read “The Snettisham Hoards”.
Fascinating, particularly parts where long held views are challenged.
Today, once again, I read about alternative views of Machling & Williamson.
I started to see who they were. I now have a partial answer.😉
New Year’s resolution is to read “The Snettisham Hoards”.
Fascinating, particularly parts where long held views are challenged.
Today, once again, I read about alternative views of Machling & Williamson.
I started to see who they were. I now have a partial answer.😉