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Background imageBackground Collection: Slingsby T. 7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMX

Slingsby T. 7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMX
Slingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMX of the Handley Page Gliding Club at Radlett, with Handley Page Hastings in the background awaiting flight -test - delivery. Date: 1950s

Background imageBackground Collection: Ancient metal workers, Kazakhstan

Ancient metal workers, Kazakhstan
Two Kazakh craftsmen (blacksmiths) shaping metal by hammering. In the background are a yurt, horses, camels and camel keeper. BCE

Background imageBackground Collection: Old man profile, Menorca, Spain

Old man profile, Menorca, Spain
Profile portrait of old man wearing a Spanish beret and a smart grey sports jacket and tie. He is walking past a bright turquoise coloured wooden door in a street in Menorca, Spain

Background imageBackground Collection: Gerhardt Cycleplane

Gerhardt Cycleplane
Men Inspecting Crashed Gerhardt Cycleplane with Hangars Behind Date: 1920s

Background imageBackground Collection: Panavia MRCA Tornado prototype

Panavia MRCA Tornado prototype
The Panavia Mrca Tornado First Prototype P1 D-9591 Parked with Variable-Geometry Wing Swept-Back and Hangars Behind Date: 1975

Background imageBackground Collection: CASA 2. 111B

CASA 2. 111B
The Opening Scene of the Movie, Actor Dietrich Frauboes Playing Feldmarschall Erhard Milch in a Convoy of German Officers in Cars Inspects Eighteen Mock Luftwaffe Heinkel He-111 (Casa-2.111)

Background imageBackground Collection: Sofa

Sofa
Mahogany sofa carved with scrolls and an anthemion cresting, upholstered in modern red damask, made in England c.1830. Date: c.1830

Background imageBackground Collection: Christmas tree decoration

Christmas tree decoration
Small aeroplane ornament with a clear glass body covered in pale blue fibre secured with wire, metal wheels, and two sets of wings made from plant fibre

Background imageBackground Collection: Hidden Treasure Crackers

Hidden Treasure Crackers
Green cardboard cracker box with a desert island scene printed on paper on the lid, labelled Hidden Treasure Crackers, originally containing an assortment of hats, caps, good snaps and mottoes

Background imageBackground Collection: Christmas tree

Christmas tree
Artificial Christmas tree made from wood with a cream painted base, its branches adorned with red berries, icicles and metal candle holders, thought to date c.1930-1940. Date: 1930-1940

Background imageBackground Collection: Christmas decoration

Christmas decoration
Artificial mistletoe Christmas decoration with white plastic berries, tied with a red ribbon, manufactured c.1930-1950. Date: 1930-1950

Background imageBackground Collection: Christmas wrapping paper

Christmas wrapping paper
Three sheets of Christmas wrapping paper printed with a design of silver fir trees, stagecoaches with four horses and a hotel on a salmon pink ground, manufactured by Perkins Paper Products Ltd

Background imageBackground Collection: Game Tag

Game Tag
Oval card for the game Dressing the Dandy, made from white cardboard printed with a figure of a dandy man wearing a monocle and smoking a cigarette

Background imageBackground Collection: Fender

Fender
Brass fender with rounded corners, pierced metal fretwork and reeded bun feet, thought to have been manufactured in c.1800. Date: c.1800

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety saucer

Variety saucer
Glazed porcelain saucer decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and a bamboo design

Background imageBackground Collection: Christams card

Christams card
Christmas postcard made from cream card with a torn edge border, printed in black with a message from Dr and Mrs A. M. Watts of Broadstairs, dated 1943. Date: 1943

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety tray

Variety tray
Glazed porcelain diamond-shaped tray decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety tea cup and saucer

Variety tea cup and saucer
Glazed porcelain tea cup decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety tray, underside

Variety tray, underside
Glazed porcelain diamond-shaped tray decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety tea cup, underside

Variety tea cup, underside
Glazed porcelain tea cup decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety tea cup

Variety tea cup
Glazed porcelain tea cup decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety milk jug

Variety milk jug
Glazed porcelain milk jug decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety sugar bowl, underside

Variety sugar bowl, underside
Glazed porcelain sugar bowl and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety sugar bowl and lid

Variety sugar bowl and lid
Glazed porcelain sugar bowl and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety teapot, underside

Variety teapot, underside
Glazed porcelain teapot and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Background imageBackground Collection: Variety teapot and lid

Variety teapot and lid
Glazed porcelain teapot and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo

Background imageBackground Collection: Jug

Jug
Glazed earthenware jug with floral and geometric decoration, probably made in ǡ nakkale, Turkey, c.1870-1880. Date: 1870-1880

Background imageBackground Collection: Pages from a book of textile samples, annotated by hand with

Pages from a book of textile samples, annotated by hand with
One of two quarter-bound merchanting pattern books for the R. Dalglish Falconer Company Ltd of Manchester and Glasgow, put together between c.1887 and 1894

Background imageBackground Collection: Card table

Card table
D-shaped folding card table made of mahogany with satinwood crossbanding and stringing, bearing the label of Thomas Wilmott. Probably made and retailed in London around 1800-1840. Date: c.1800-1840

Background imageBackground Collection: Spoon, reverse

Spoon, reverse
Pewter spoon with a slip top, made in England in c.1600 with a circular makers mark containing the initials RI. Date: c.1600

Background imageBackground Collection: Spoon

Spoon
Pewter spoon with a slip top, made in England in c.1600 with a circular makers mark containing the initials RI. Date: c.1600

Background imageBackground Collection: Fire companion set

Fire companion set
Chromed metal fire tongs with a thistle-shaped knop, from an Ianthe fire companion set, made in England c.1930. Date: c.1930-1939

Background imageBackground Collection: Forfeits

Forfeits
Pen and ink drawing depicting a game of Forfeits being played in a drawing room, after a painting by Eyre Crowe exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880. Date: 1880

Background imageBackground Collection: Mahogany armchair

Mahogany armchair with a curved top-rail and scrolled arms, with a drop-in seat with modern silk upholstery. It is thought to have been manufactured in England and to date from c.1825. Date: c.1825

Background imageBackground Collection: Clock weight

Clock weight
Brass and metal lantern clock on four ball feet, made by Robert Robinson in Lothbury, City of London, c.1660-1670. Date: 1660-1670

Background imageBackground Collection: Clock, reverse

Clock, reverse
Brass and metal lantern clock on four ball feet, made by Robert Robinson in Lothbury, City of London, c.1660-1670. Date: 1660-1670

Background imageBackground Collection: Chamber pot

Chamber pot
Glazed earthenware chamber pot with painted and gilded decoration of suspended pendants and festoons of pink roses. Manufactured in England c.1916

Background imageBackground Collection: Candle snuffer and stand

Candle snuffer and stand
Brass candle snuffer with scissor-like handles and a pointed tip, on a stand with a handle, hexagonal stepped base and a tapering socket, made in England c.1710-1715. Date: 1710-1715

Background imageBackground Collection: Carpet bowls

Carpet bowls
One of five glazed earthenware bowls in a set of carpet bowls. Painted with intersecting stripes in various colours on a white ground, thought to date c.1850-1900. Date: 1850-1900

Background imageBackground Collection: Portrait of a young man from the Perceval family

Portrait of a young man from the Perceval family
Oil on canvas full-length portrait of Master Perceval, thought to be Philip, wearing a red doublet and breeches, at the age of 10 or 11 dating from c.1620

Background imageBackground Collection: Page from Hinks Lamps catalogue

Page from Hinks Lamps catalogue
Inside cover of an illustrated hardback catalogue of Hinks Lamps manufactured by James Hinks & Son Ltd. of Birmingham and London, printed c.1901-1902. Date: 1901-1902

Background imageBackground Collection: Teapot with two cups and saucers

Teapot with two cups and saucers
Porcelain teapot and lid painted with underglaze blue decoration of two trees in blossom on the teapot, and lotus flowers on the lid, made in Jingdezhen, China, c.1750-1780. Date: c.1750-1780

Background imageBackground Collection: The book of The Times Furnishing Company Ltd

The book of The Times Furnishing Company Ltd
The Book of the Times Furnishing Company Ltd. an illustrated trade catalogue produced by the furniture retailer The Times Furnishing Co. Ltd. printed in England in 1929. Date: 1929

Background imageBackground Collection: Christmas Scene

Christmas Scene - A winter scene at night-time illustrating busy people preparing for Christmas, and a tall building in the background. Date: 1925

Background imageBackground Collection: Court Whist playing cards scorecard, royal fanfare trumpets

Court Whist playing cards scorecard, royal fanfare trumpets draped in flags of four suits

Background imageBackground Collection: WW2 - Merchant Seamen

WW2 - Merchant Seamen
A photograph showing a crew of British WW2 merchant seamen, with smoke trails in the background, indicating an enemy raider being shot down. Date: circa 1942

Background imageBackground Collection: WW2 - Background For Barbara

WW2 - Background For Barbara
A WW2 children's short story illustration of a woman holding a baby, speaking with a young gentleman in the kitchen. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageBackground Collection: WW2 - A Kiss From The Bride

WW2 - A Kiss From The Bride
A WW2 children's short story illustration of a fashionably dressed young woman speaking with a Royal Air Force man in uniform at an event. A bride is interacting with guests in the background



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