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Mineralreichs Collection

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Interior of a rock salt mine at Northwich, Cheshire

Interior of a rock salt mine at Northwich, Cheshire. Miners preparing to haul salt up to the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Outcrop of gneissic rock almost 40 feet high

Outcrop of gneissic rock almost 40 feet high. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: View of the metal ore veins inside a mountain

View of the metal ore veins inside a mountain
View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Basalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany

Basalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: View of the basalt columns of Giants Causeway

View of the basalt columns of Giants Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil

Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Chinese artists painting porcelain plates

Chinese artists painting porcelain plates to be fired in a low-temperature oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Geologists studying fossil examples stored

Geologists studying fossil examples stored 40 to 50 per drawer in a cabinet of curiosities. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates

Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates
Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potters wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2

Background imageMineralreichs Collection: Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for

Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg


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