Bearing Collection (page 2)

The Home Magazine Advertisement
An advertisement for the release a number of The Home, an Australian quartlerly magazine, featuring two women dressed elaborately on some cushions, beside a table bearing fruit. Date: circa 1924

Union Postale Universelle Great Britain and Ireland
Most unusually this postcard does not carry the Royal Coat of Arms and bearing in mind the date of issue may not be what it pretends to be

Wurzach Altarpiece, 1437, by Hans Multscher (1400-1467)
Hans Multscher (1400-1467). German painter. Wurzach Altarpiece, 1437. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Two British officers of the Scots Guards bearing the Colour at the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace. The two soldiers are seen in black crepe armbands, as ordered by the King

Queen Victoria's Funeral Train from Paddington to Windsor
The Great Western Railway Company's engine, Royal Sovereign which belonged to Queen Victoria train was used to convey the coffin and the Royal mourners on the day of the funeral

FUNERAL, ANCIENT EGYPT
The body is borne in a boat- like sarcophagus, while retainers accompany the procession bearing treasures which archeologists will be delighted to re-discover

Original Artwork - Christmas card design - Two Bears
Original Artwork - Design for a Christmas card - Bearing Greetings. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1937

Coaches taking football fans to Cup Final at Wembley
Coaches bearing football fans on the roof travel to the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London. Date: circa 1930

Barges on the River Thames at Woolwich, SE London, one carrying rolls of newsprint. Date: circa 1960s

Bearing on my shallop. Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, Recollections of the Arabian Nights. Date: c.1920

Santa bearing gifts
A happy Santa Claus presenting gifts to young children. Date: 1905

Pretty girls with holly
Heads of two young girls in tam o shanters bearing Xmas holly. Date: 1904

Young girl with a sled
Young girl in red waving and pulling a sled bearing a holly wreath out in the snow. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1908

Santa with gifts
Santa Claus bearing gifts. Artist: Florence Mary Anderson Date: circa 1915

18th century surgeon Jean Louis Petits screw-type
18th century surgeon Jean Louis Petits screw tourniquet for compressing blood vessels: tourniquet device 1, double band to adjust the tourniquet 2, compress in chamois leather 3 and ball bearing 4

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

A Devotee of The Doctrine
A Devotee of " The Doctrine." - A satirical cartoon from Punch Magazine. A Mexican man wearing a small sombrero and two bandoliers across his chest and waist

Sir John Voce Moore leading Joseph Chamberlain
A Couple of Js. Serjeant-at-Arms Sir John Voce Moore (18261904), English businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1898) leading Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) into the House of Commons. Date: 1900

ATLAS (SCULPTURE)
statue of Atlas bearing the globe, known as the Farnese Atlas, in the Museo Nazionale of Napoli; the fig leaf looks suspiciously like a later addition

Guests Bearing Gifts Date: 1940

Salt and Pepper Shakers Date: 1883

Small Restaurant Date: 1948

MISSISSIPPI WARSHIP
One of many ships bearing this name, this is a pre-world-war- one warship, photographed as she passes through the recently completed Panama Canal. Date: circa 1915

THEATRE / MASQUE / 1691
A decorative chariot bearing a model of the fortress of Montmelian is pulled before an audience at a Masque performance on the 21st December 1691. Date: 1691

DEPUTATION FROM POPE
Pope Gregorius III sends delegations to Charles Martel, ruler of the Merovingian Franks, bearing sumptuous gifts, seeking military aid. But Charles doesnt help. Date: 739 and 740

Father CMas - Birch Twig
Father Christmas arrives at the Thalberg familys house bearing gifts for the good children but a birch twig for the naughty children. He receives a mixed reception. Date: Circa 1815

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
Queen Victoria and Albert at the House of Lords, preceded by the Duke of Wellington bearing the Sword of State

A Christmas Angel sailing into a Port Town with presents
A Christmas Angel sailing into a Port Town with a small boat laden with presents for the local children. The Teddy bear seems to be enjoying the voyage a little less than the model jester!

Stylised illustration depicting Fortune and Mercury
Stylised illustration depicting Fortune bearing an overflowing cornucopia and Mercury, the winged messenger god. The Vienna Secession was an art movement formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists

Lands End, Cornwall - Dr Syntax rock - bearing a remarkable similarity to the profile of the comic character created by William Combe and the cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson in 1812. Date: circa 1907

Egyptian Mummy in the British Museum, London - Katebet
Mummy of an old woman named Katebet - a Chantress of Amun-Ra in Karnak, in linen wrappings, with a painted cartonnage mummy-mask with gilded face and attached wooden arms bearing jewellery

Saint Michael Archangel. By Master of Zafra. 1495-1500. Depicting the Archangel attacking the dragon, symbol of sin. In the upper part, heavenly choirs and, on background

German Bar Maids
Two buxom German women in traditional costume, bearing tankards of fine German beer! Date: 1930s

Binoculars in leather case by Lemaire, Paris - WWI era
Binoculars in leather case. Manufactured by Lemaire, Paris, bearing the War Office Issue Broad Arrow on the left lens, together with the name of W. H. Whisson, dated 1916. Firearms & Equipment

WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their Flag
Four German soldiers proudly advance into battle bearing the national flag. The caption translates (loosely!) as: Living for the banner - No faltering will lead to glory

Advertisement for Felco bearing block. 1949

Fortuna (Anon)
The Roman goddess of luck, bearing a cornucopia full of good things

Timken tapered roller bearing axleboxes - train
A recent innovation by British Timken Ltd - a tapered-roller-bearing wagon bearing unit for freight stock made suitable for high speed and replacing the old plain-bearing axlebox

Flora Drummond Suffragette. Flora McKinnon Drummond (1878-1949) portrait. Described as General Drummond wearing Votes for Women sash, silk epaulettes and peaked cap, bearing initials N.W.S.P.U

Pursuit of the French Squadron after the Surrender of La Hoche 84 and Coquille 44, with the Action of The Ethalion and Bellone and the Anson, Bearing Down the Van Ships of the Enemy, Oct

Kiev, Ukraine - Outlet for Swedish SKF Company
20th Anniversary of SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, a Swedish ball bearing company founded in 1907, which supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products

Roman Standard bearer (throwing the eagle)
An aquilifer was a senior signifer bearing the eagle standard of a Roman legion. The name derives from the type of standard, aquila meaning " eagle"

Sedan Chair in Hong Kong
A young lady is carried through the streets of Hong Kong by two men bearing her in a sedan chair

Priests at Jericho
Israelite priests bearing the Ark walk outside the walls of Jericho, blasting trumpets

Syrian Wedding Train - camels bearing drums and drummers
A wildly ornate Syrian Wedding Train including these two camels bearing drums and drummers. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 era Christmas card - Toys bearing flags of the Allies (Russia, France, England, Japan) Date: circa 1916

French soldier returns home from the front bearing fleas
French soldier returns home from the front bearing some unwelcome guests in the form of fleas, which subsequently cause havoc amongst the household following his departure

London, England - Camel - Two Humped Camel. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus

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