Bottle Collection (page 17)

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

Pavots d Argent fragrance advertisement, Roger & Gallet
Advertisement for the perfume, Pavots d Argent (Silver Poppies) by Roger & Gallet of Paris from 1926, featuring the stylised Japanese poppies which were a popular design motif during the period

The Lord Mayor by William Heath Robinson
The Lord Mayor held a long council, illustration by William Heath Robinson to Bill the Minder. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

The Empire Cookery Book - Advert for Cow & Gate Baby Milk Food Date: 1920s

Label for Kentucky Nectar, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, distilled and bottled by General Distillers Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Label for Lick Run, Kentucky Corn Whiskey, bottled by General Distillers Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Elizabeth Fry and Anna Buxton visiting women prisoners at Newgate Prison, London. Anna Buxton is seen kneeling in prayer. Date: 1813

Barnardos nursery
A nurse feeds a baby a bottle of milk with other small children gathered around at an unidentified Barnardos nursery. Date: circa 1940

Unloading a cart of wine bottles, Florence, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Advertisement, Clubland White port
Advertisement for Clubland White, the connoisseurs port, with a bottle and a bunch of hanging grapes. Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce
Back of an advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce, of two bottles side by side -- actually an opened out needle holder. The verse describes how a husband would not eat any meat until his wife bought

Babys polka, Les Images en Musique
Babys polka, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Two children at the seaside
Two children sitting on a pebbly beach at a seaside resort. Date: circa 1920s

Toddler helping out in the kitchen
A toddler helping out in the kitchen with the pots and pans. Date: circa 1960s

Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat. Man in grey riding coat.. Handcolored lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885

Fonds partiels (partial background) vases.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

Tipsy grapevine flower fairy, Vitis vinifera.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Guinness Brewery Promotional Bottle, . Date: 1920s

Publican and customers outside pub, with a Bass Brewery car
Publican and customers outside a pub, some seated in a car sporting a model of a bottle of Bass Beer on the bonnet (likely a promotion car for the Brewery). Date: circa late 1900s

Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham, Kent
Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham, Gravesend, Kent, England. Date: 1910

Men camping with a dog
Eight young men camping with a dog in a field. Date: circa 1900s

Boys playing with bottle, Balham, SW London
A group of boys sitting in a circle, playing with an empty milk bottle, on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Six people and a dog outside a cafe, France
Six people and a dog outside the Cafe du Bel-Air, France. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 Christmas card, barrage balloon with a delivery of food and drink. Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, The civilian husband, WW1
Cartoon, The pacific (ie civilian) husband. He says after the war he will regret not having seen anything. His wife replies that he will regret not having done anything. Date: 1915

Boys coming out of a sweet shop, Balham, SW London
Boys coming out of a sweet shop in Balham, SW London, with bottled drinks. Date: circa 1961

Boys with toy gun, Balham, SW London
Two boys on a Balham street, SW London. The younger boy has a plastic bottle in his mouth, while the older one holds a toy gun. Date: circa 1961

Boys playing in a puddle, Balham, SW London
Two boys playing in a puddle on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

H. L. Oakley cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer
Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, the famous silhouette artist, pictured cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer in what looks like a dug-out during World War One. Date: 1920s

Silhouettes for Bristol Pure Milk Co Ltd
Silhouettes by H.L. Oakley for a leaflet published by Bristol Pure Milk Co Ltd, on the production, processing and delivery of homogenised milk

Silhouette design, Party Fun by Father William
Silhouette design by H.L. Oakley, for the front cover of a booklet, Party Fun by Father William. The booklet, advertising William Youngers Scotch Ale, contains an array of party games and tricks

That Periscope Sensation, by Bairnsfather
That Periscope Sensation " I wonder if oughtn t to tell the captain about that thing sticking up in the sea over there" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in an issue of The Bystander

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