Bottle Collection (page 16)

Nail Varnish 1940S
Always buy the smallest possible bottle of nail varnish, beacause it does not keep well. A young woman lovingly applies varnish to her lovely fingernails. Date: early 1940s

Boy Drinking Milk
Two brothers, one of them over-enthusiatically pushing a bottle of milk into the others mouth! Date: 1950s

Model with Fox Terrier
Military style tunic in lime green with epaulettes & button detail worn with a box-pleated skirt in pale lime & bottle green & a tiny hat with veil. N.B Wire haired fox terrier. Date: late 1930s

Champagne through Straw
A young woman sips champagne through a straw. Date: 1890s

Filling Olive Oil Bottle
Filling olive oil bottles at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Date: 1896

Cartoon, Communism and women. Husband and wife at the dinner table. He reads in the newspaper about how women are shared around the community under Bolshevism

Message in Bottle
The captain of a fishing boat, disabled by a storm, puts an S.O.S. message in a bottle, hoping it will be found by someone who can (a) read and (b)initiate a rescue. Date: 1884

Bubbly at a Party
Enjoying bubbly at a party Date: 1913

Medicine for Baby
A medieval mother feeds her child some medicine from a bottle

Advert for Clarkes babies food warmer 1892
Clarkes " pyramid" nursery lamp food warmer and improved pannikin. 1892

Advert for Gell順r貥s, perfume, Seduction 1910
A lovely illustration for an advert for Gell順 r貥 s, perfume, Seduction. Greek mythology creature Satyr carrying bottles of purfume for 18th century women that are dancing around

Advertisement for Dr Listons Essence, the worlds great cough cure, by Pinch & Co of Bath. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement for Gordon & Dilworths Specialities - luxury foods. Date: early 20th century

Poster advertising Guy Labarde Cognac. Date: 20th century

Couple giving medicine to a sick dog, watched by a concerned tabby cat. Date: circa 1950s

Advert for Silver Rays White Rum 1899
Mrs A. B Marshall s, label for Silver Rays White Rum, " highest quality mature in bond, highly recommended for culinary and medicinal purpose. 1899

Solano Winery Inc, Cordelia, Solano County, California, USA, showing the salesroom entrance and white oak casks built in 1853. Date: circa 1937

Young man relaxing in a cafe with an empty bottle and glass. Date: circa 1960s

Three cherubs fighting on a New Year card
Three cherubs fighting and breaking things on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Family celebrating with birthday cake and champagne
Family of four celebrating with birthday cake and champagne. Date: circa 1980s

Three buildings in the Quai au Foin, Brussels, Belgium
Three buildings in the Quai au Foin, Old Brussels, Belgium, with interestingly shaped gables dating back to the 17th century

Stationery, W Middleton & Son, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, W Middleton & Son, Ironmongers, 3 St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, with an advertisement for Stephensons Furniture Cream, and handwritten details below. 1916

Witchcraft Perfume order form, Estelle, Walthamstow, London. (2 of 2) 1971

Delivery man on a Christmas card, holding a large basket upside down and spilling the contents, including a goose, a bottle of wine and several apples. Date: circa 1890s

Comic Hamlet scene on a New Year card -- Hamlet thinks he has seen his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore, but it is only the water pump covered with ice. Date: circa 1890s

New Year Baby with gifts on a New Year card
New Year Baby with gifts, sitting on top of a train on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Family opening hamper on a Christmas card
Family opening a hamper on a three-part Christmas card, with holly and mistletoe. Date: circa 1890s

Woman stopping for a picnic during a bicycle ride in the country. Date: circa 1950s

West Country yokel, Scrumpy Man
A sterotypical image of a West Country yokel, drinking Lands End Scrumpy (cider). Date: circa 1970s

Two girls with presents on a New Year card, with a paper scroll and holly in the background. Date: circa 1890s

Chimpanzee drinking milk
Chimpanzee sitting at a table drinking milk from a bottle, helped by a man. Date: circa 1970s

Girl with a spring lamb, West Country
Girl in dungarees feeding a spring lamb from a bottle, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Four cats with toothache on a New Year card, quoting from Charles Dickens characters (Sairey Gamp, Mrs Harris, Betsy Prig and Tiny Tim) -- Its best to grin and bear it! Date: circa 1890s

Clown and jester on a Christmas card -- the clown has dropped all the food and drink from his tray. Date: circa 1890s

Food and staff, Plume of Feathers, Cornwall
Staff with a fine display of food at the Plume of Feathers bar, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Dog and four cats on a Christmas card
Dog barking at four cats on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Fighting zone, WW1
Cartoon, Fighting zone. Two French soldiers have just bought food and drink from a trader. The trader is amazed that they keep buying cheap wine from him at an inflated price

Cartoon, The tall story, WW1
Cartoon, The tall story. Showing a rumour circulating, from two men at the top of the Eiffel Tower down to two women at the foot of a staircase

Cartoon, Sharing a drink, WW1
Cartoon, a French soldier and a British soldier share a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), enjoying a break from fighting. Date: 1916

Cartoon, They don t have any in Germany, WW1
Cartoon, They don t have any in Germany. Allied soldiers celebrate with a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), happy to think that its not available in Germany

Cartoon, During the bombardment, WW1
Cartoon, During the bombardment. A British soldier eats from a hamper during a bombing raid. He tells another soldier, Jim, that when he eats quickly he gets the hiccups -- can he suggest a remedy

Couple at house party in Manchester
A couple get to know each other amongst the clutter of beer cans and bottles at a Manchester house party. Date: circa 1980

Workers listen to speaker at a rally in Eccles, Manchester
Workers listen to a speaker at a rally in Eccles, Manchester. In the background is an amusing advertising poster. Date: circa 1980

Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, WW1
Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, showing a variety of German boffins doing their work. Date: 1916

Cartoon, To the bitter end, WW1
Cartoon, To the bitter end. A father tells his soldier son that we will stay in the trenches for twenty years if thats what it takes, and keep going to the bitter end. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1
Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916

Eyes Down. British Legion Club, Norton on Tees 1970s 1970s

Back cover design by Cecil Aldin, The Snob. Fluffikins is given some medicine by the vet, to bring him back to health again after his ordeal. Date: 1904

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