Libbey Golden Foliage

Remember the Silver Foliage glassware by Libbey? Well here’s the more popular Golden Foliage in a less common shape: the sugar and creamer set with a metal caddy, and the 16 oz. hostess pitcher with a removable handle. Found, unexpectedly, at a freecycle event.

Handle off.
What else are you gonna use a sugar cube for?
Both items shown here in the 1962 Libbey catalog.

Intro to Zooarchaeology and More Free Books

Publisher Springer has temporarily made hundreds of textbooks available to download for free during the coronavirus pandemic. For archaeologists, there’s Diane Gifford-Gonzalez’s ~600 page zooarchaeology book. A sample of other free books is below, and you can find all the rest at Springer. Thanks to @jriveraprince for pointing this out on Twitter.

An Introduction to Zooarchaeology

An Anthology of London in Literature, 1558-1914

ArcGIS for Environmental and Water Issues

Mass Spectrometry: A Textbook

Cosmology for the Curious

Writing for Publication: Transitions and Tools that Support Scholars’ Success

Social Media Management: Technologies and Strategies for Creating Business Value

Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things: An Introduction to Semiotics