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Baphomet by Eliphas Levi - Equilibrium of OppositesBaphomet - associated with a " Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Levi (shown here), containing binary elements representing the " sum total of the universe" (e.g)
Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson WoodThree little monkeys chuckle with glee as Gran pop, the orang utan character created by artist Lawson Wood entertains them with a shadow puppet show. Date: 1935
Baphomet - Equilibrium of OppositesBaphomet - associated with a " Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Levi (on which this illustration is based)
The Stuka AdvertisedJunkers JU-87 Stuka dive- bombers featured in an advertisement exploiting their sinister shape and fearsome reputation Date: February 1941
Dolphin airship by Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs EggA fish-shaped airshipdesign Dolphin by Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs Egg, c.1835. Date: circa 1835
Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947
Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USATulane Stadium (known as The Sugar Bowl), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The annual sugar bowl American football game was played here from 1935 onwards. The stadium was demolished in 1979-1980
Coloured shoulder patches of the Australian CorpsSouvenir of the Greatest War showing coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps. The design is laid out in the shape of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge
Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheelShaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999
Old Woman in the WoodThe tree turns back into the Kings son, to the surprise and pleasure of the girl. (A dramatic instance of magical shape-changing or metamorphosis)
Cheery Families - Mrs Butt the Brewers Wife. 1890s
Trench Art Lighter, WW1Round Trench Art lighter with officers button on either side
Oval Trench Art lighter, WW1Oval Trench Art lighter with officers button on either side
Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in loveSiegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight
Plants / Primula AuriculaBEARs EAR (from the shape of its leaves) variants Gem and King of the crimsons
Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas cardButterflies and flowers with a snow scene on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a banjo. circa 1890s
Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, LondonBarbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875
Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriessshire, Scotland, a fine example of early 15th century military architecture, triangular in shape, with a double moat, drum towers, etc
Mount Fuji, Japan - Shoji Hotel with Lake Shoji Date: circa 1920s
Siegfried and FafnerSiegfried confronts Fafner, who has taken on the shape of a dragon while he protects his hoard of treasure
The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in German Fliegender Hamburger was Germanys first fast diesel train
UFO photographed at McMinnville, Oregon, USAA UFO photographed by Mrs Paul Trent, who saw it with her husband at McMinnville, Oregon, USA. UFOs had frequently been seen previously in the area
Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, AfricaDressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s
Massena - a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French NavyMassena was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, built in the 1890s. A member of a group of five broadly similar battleships, ordered in response to the British Royal Sovereign class
Giant Baobab Tree - Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1906
Elephant Rock, Whiterocks, Portrush - a low level view of eroded cliffs in the shape of an elephant. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s
Good Luck card with two cricket bats, a ball and a wicket. Date: circa 1890s
Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGK BOAC, London AirportThe instantly recognisable fuselage shape of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. Canopus was one of the more famous BOAC Stratocruisers operating on the between 1950 and 1959
Trench Art lighter in the shape of a book, WW1Trench Art lighter in the shape of a book
The second production Concorde taking shape at Filton
Design for Woven Textile, art deco styleDesign for Woven Textile in art deco style. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1933
Dalis StudioSalvador Dali (1904-1989) is photographed here with an enlarged photograph of a sea-urchin, suggesting a surrealist pattern to come - in the left foreground
Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersBrass cap badge (the Kings Crown Shield) of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Oval in shape, with a crown at the top, a pair of compasses at the centre
Deep snowdrifts near Crediton, DevonA deep snowdrift alongside a country lane where a woman attempts to take her dog for a walk. The snow has formed an interesting sculptural shape
Model of a Norfolk Wherry - a sailing craft formerly widely used for goods transport on the East Norfolk rivers. Date: circa late 1930s
Suspension Bridge, Middle Harbour, Sydney, AustraliaSuspension Bridge (Cammeray Bridge) over Long Bay Gully, Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia Date: 1903
WW2 - Surcouf Submarine of the Free French Navy. The largest submarine ever built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400-class submarine in 1943
Robins nesting on a bell-shaped Christmas cardRobins nesting in the snow on a bell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Advertisement for Sanderson Fabrics -- sun-resisting and washproof. Also mentioning the Sanderson range of wallpapers. Showing two fabric designs arranged in the shape of a large flower
Seascape on a sail-shaped Christmas cardSeascape with sailing boat on a sail-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Sanitary ware, Plate 42, showing wash basins, urinals and toilet bowls in a range of styles. Date: circa 1880s
Nautical Christmas CakeCaptain Hover, the Master of the Goodwin Lightship, with a Christmas cake modelled in the shape of the lightship, the customary gift of Mr. E.A. Anderson of Broadstairs. Date: 1930s
Christmas card in the shape of a pipe and tobacco pouch. Date: circa 1890s
Mount Fuji, Japan - from Kawaibashi Date: circa 1910s
Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Christmas card in the shape of a yule log with mistletoe. Date: circa 1890s