Bauble Collection

Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s

Guy Fawkes, leader of the Gunpowder Plot, caught in the cellar of the Houses of Parliament, 5 November 1604. William Parker, Baron Monteagle, and Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk

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

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

Father Christmas with sack of toys
Christmas card, Father Christmas with a sack of toys Date: circa 1890

Death, playing the bagpipes, lifts up the Fool's green robes to expose him.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Trades in Regency England: Ale-house, silk mill and stocking weaver. Customers drinking Burton ale outside a pub 49, workers dying and drying silk in a mill in Derby 50

Cameo rings, gold bauble and writing tools
Cameo rings with Pan and archer, golden bauble from a figure of a young Nero in the Villa Lante 2, cylindrical box to store papyri in a library 3, and a waxed tablet and stylus

Greek breastplate and weapons
Greek armour breastplate from a vase found in Nola, Naples. The gold bauble at front suggests it was for a young Roman noble. Greek shield, helmet, lance, bow and quiver from an antique basrelief

Knight, fool and girl, 16th century Germany
Knight (reiter) with wheel-lock pistol and harem pants A, jester with bladder and marotte (bauble), B, and girl in long petticoat and apron from Strasbourg C

Miniature Christmas baubles
Set of 12 miniature coloured Christmas tree baubles in their original packaging, a printed red, cream and green cardboard box with a cellophane window, manufactured c.1950-1960. Date: c.1950-1960

Christmas baubles
Set of 12 miniature coloured Christmas tree baubles in their original packaging, a printed red, cream and green cardboard box with a cellophane window, manufactured c.1950-1960. Date: c.1950-1960

Christmas tree baubles
Christmas tree bauble made from mould-blown glass in the shape of a house with a red painted roof, green and cerise windows, a cerise door and beige edging, thought to date c.1930-1940

Christmas tree bauble made from moulded glass in the shape of a strawberry with green leaves, c.1930-1940. Date: 1930-1940

Baubles and corn dollies
Corn dolly, decoration made from stalks of grain woven into the shape of a witch figure on a broomstick, her face hidden with a gingham headscarf, with an attached length of black thread, c.1960

Black Model 1960S
A black model wears the 60s Look : Huge eye-catching bauble earrings, thick black eyeliner and heavy eyeshadow and a short hairstyle wig with full fringe. Date: 1960s

Decorated Christmas tree with toys below and an angel at the top. Date: circa 1890s

Decorated Christmas tree on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Childs slate with pen and baubles on a Christmas card. early 20th century

Christmas scenes on four Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Decorated tree on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Decorated Christmas tree with children asleep
Decorated Christmas tree with two children asleep below. Date: circa 1890s

Three children with tree on a Christmas card
Three children with a decorated tree in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three children and dog on a Christmas card
Three children and a dog on a Christmas card, admiring a decorated tree. Date: circa 1890s

Paris, France - Bagatelle, near Bois de Boulogne. This parc was ironically called Bagatelle, which means bauble, by reference to its considerable cost (around 4 million)

Christmas decorations
A small child, looking angelic in a white nightdress looks amazed at the Christmas baubles, candles and decorations he has just discovered. December 1927

Beautifully decorated Christmas tree
A beautifully decorated Christmas tree, hung with brightly coloured baubles and red candles. c.1910

Hushed-up History - III
What Cromwell did with the bauble

Girl in Bauble Earrings
A brunette, with a dimpled smile & bauble earrings, bares her shoulders

Child Sleeping / Toys 1932
A child sleeps, with his favourite toys on either side of him; a decorative bauble and a candle on the Christmas tree sleep too

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