Napkin Collection

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)

Printed souvenir paper napkin in commemoration of the opening of the aerodrome at Hanworth Park, 16 October 1917, by the Lord Mayor. Date: 1917

Breakfast Tray 1930S
A wonderful breakfast set in dainty china, served on a wicker tray. A napkin, the morning post and a copy of The Sphere. What more could one ask for? Tea and toast? Date: 1930s

W Heath Robinson - Opening the Wine Bottle

Cat and kitten with pudding on a cutout Christmas card
Black cat and kitten with pudding on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

White Star Line, pair of napkin rings with numbers
White Star Line, rare pair of late 19th/early 20th century napkin rings numbered 265 and 233

White Star Line, silver plated set of four napkin rings
White Star Line, First Class silver plated set of four napkin rings with flag logo

White Star Line - napkin ring and two menu holders
White Star Line - table service napkin ring, flag logo on side. Menu holder in the form of a star. Glass menu holder with red flag logo. Date: early 20th century

White Star Line - Elkington plate cutlery and napkin ring
White Star Line - Elkington plate First Class fish knife, fork and napkin ring. Date: early 20th century

White Star Line - napkin ring and damask napkin
White Star Line - Second Class napkin ring with Maltese Cross, and damask napkin with words White Star Line plus stars featured. 22 x 22 inches

White Star Line - serving tureen lid and napkin ring
White Star Line - First Class serving tureen lid 6.5 inches, and napkin ring with Maltese Cross

Wreck of the Titanic, souvenir napkin
RMS Titanic - souvenir napkin Wreck of the Titanic, printed by Palentine Printing Co, Wigan. 13 x 13 inches

Red Star Line - three metal napkin rings, knife and fork
Red Star Line - three white metal napkin rings, one without a number, and a plated knife and fork

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Ten Little Puppy Dogs
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Ten Little Puppy Dogs going out to dine; One over-ate himself, and then there were nine. Date: 1902

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at bareknuckle boxers during a fight. Death and the Pugilists. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van

George Stephensons Centenary napkin. Presented to IMechE members by Andrew Reid to commerorate George Stephensons Centenary on 9 Jun 1881

Knife-rests, napkin rings, crumb trays, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Dinner setting with comic verse on a Christmas card
Dinner setting (plate, cutlery and napkin) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

BOARDING HOUSE DINNER
Dinner in a boarding house. Date: 1900

Titanic commemorative napkin
Commemorative paper napkin produced in memory of the captain, mates, crew and passengers of the RMS Titanic which sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage

Three dogs with moveable heads on a Christmas card
Three dogs with moveable heads sitting at a dinner table on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

A Damask Napkin Handloom Weaver, Waringstown - man operating a loom inside. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Waringstown). Date: circa early 1900s

Greek Anti-British Propaganda Postcard - this translates as: " Greek Soldiers - this is whom you are fighting!" The British forces are characterised as a fat John Bull

Friends at Table
Engraving by an unknown artist showing a man at his dinner table eating chops, potatoes and bread watched by two hungry dogs and a cat

Double Damask Napkin Power Loom, Waringstown - an interior shot of a lady operating a power loom. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Waringstown). Date: circa early 1900s

Pig enjoying a hearty meal on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Three monkeys with moveable heads on a Christmas card
Three monkeys with moveable heads sitting at a dinner table on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sterling silver goods, Plate 205, showing pots, cruet sets, cutlery and other items. Date: circa 1880s

Misfitz - Piggy. early 20th century

Five cats and a dog on a cutout Christmas card. The cats are enjoying their Christmas dinner, watched hungrily by the dog. Date: circa 1890s

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Cartoon, German man eating, WW1
Cartoon, a fat German man eating a plate of pork and cabbage. Date: 1915

Dinner party disrupted
A woman examines the eye of a gentleman, trying to see if he has something stuck in it. Date: 1885

Rotund and Imposing Waiter at Chez Julians Date: 1895

Banquet at a Symbolic Lodge
Members of a Lodge, with napkins over their shoulders and arms extended, propose a toast. Date: 1890s

Greek Anti-Plutocrat Propaganda Postcard
An anti Plutocrat Greek postcard from the Second World War, praising the austere simple pride in the life of a Greek soldier against the extravagant largesse of the Plutocrat

Tea for Two by Muriel Dawson
Two young children sit at a trestle table and enjoy a snack, possibly elevenses or supper

Soup tie / W H Robinson
One tug of a cord and this smart tie is swiftly transformed into a napkin allowing the wearer to eat his soup without the worry of unsightly splashes to his suit

Not keen on Egyptian Food
A British Tourist wearing a straw boater and white suit, takes offence at " the smell" of the Egyptian seafood dish he is presented with

White Star Line paper napkin
A White Star Line paper napkin, embossed with an ornate design and the name of the luxury cruise line

White Star Line linen napkin
A White Star Line linen napkin, embossed with an ornate design and the name of the luxury cruise line

Pocket flask and napkin ring from Titanic
1. A silver pocket flask belonging to Florence Ware, a second class passenger who survived the Titanic disaster. It was given to her by the bandmaster, Wallace Hartley. 2

EMBROIDERY
Photograph of a young woman sitting working on an embroidery ring

Midd. Class Boarding Hse
Dinner in a boarding house

Advert / Walthams Beer
WALTHAMs BEER A waiter with three bottles of beer

Lady and her Linen / 1929
A bias cut dress with V shaped back & cape, narrow sleeves, bell shaped reverse cuffs & soft gored skirt which dips slightly more at the back

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