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WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to haveThe Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black OutThe caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out
Ridges Food for infants, invalids and the aged. This baby looks particularly pleased to be getting Ridges in his bottle. Date: c.1924
A jolly group of holidaymakers pose for a photograph with prop beer bottle, various modes of transport and hats at a Blackpool studio. Date: 1933
A family, three adults and a little girl, sitting in a rustic, trellis garden room outside. They re drinking wine so are likely to be French! Date: 1890s
Soldiers stopping to replenish their water bottles, this could be filled at certain fixed stations brought in by flexible pipes. Date: December 1917
Photograph of Leather Bottle PH, Sholden, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950
Photograph of Cock & Bottle PH, City, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
A blood donor at a Civil Defence First-Aid Station operated by the Army. Blood Tranfusion became a widespread practise from the late 1930s onwards Date: circa 1939
Trades in Regency England: charcoal burning, Jew selling pencils, and fishing. Worker at a charcoal pit in Furness 64, Jewish pedlar selling pencils door to door in Borrowdale 65
Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, SenegalString of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne
Two lovers in a parlour disturbed by prying maids moving glasses in a cupboard. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Plan and elevation for a thatched cottagePlan and elevation for a Regency or Georgian style ornate thatched cottage or cottage ornee. Floorplan shows porch, study, kitchen, scullery, dining room, parlor and verandah
Captain Newcome is shaved roughly on the Equator inCaptain Newcome is shaved roughly before being dunked in a tub of bilge water on the Equator. A sailor dressed as Neptune holds a trident and sits on a throne on a gun carriage
Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a coachLadies in crinolines embracing in front of a gate, 19th century. Betsey Shannon and Lucy Somersville kiss and hug outside Beldon Hall
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a corpulent man eating at a dining table with a knife and fork. Death and the Glutton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by
Man in a rather unusual fancy dress costume, probably as United Dairies as U Dees seems to be slang for the company but the bottles on his sleeves give the game away. Date: c.1910
Out of the Bottle at the London HippodromeColour photograph showing scene from Out of the Bottle at the London Hippodrome. The djinn (genie)transforms the studio into an embarrassingly rich oriental palace: Tom
Advert, Dubarry Talcum Powder. 1936
Woodland fairyBarefoot sprite with a water bottle standing by a stream. Date: 1902
Silhouette, In His Wine Cellar. late 19th century
Mrs Libbys Tomato CatchupLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Mrs Libbys Tomato Catchup. circa 1950s
Mr Libbys Tomato CatchupLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Mr Libbys Tomato Catchup. circa 1950s
Miss Libbys Tomato CatchupLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Tomato Catchup. circa 1950s
Master Libbys Tomato CatchupLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Tomato Catchup. circa 1950s
Little Women - Meg and three young men at a partyLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Meg sitting in a chair at a dance party, surrounded by three young men (Laurie, Ned Moffat and Fisher)
Jewel tray, toilet set, perfume bottle, toothbrush, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896
Glass tray, bottle tray, wine cooler, etcGlass tray, bottle tray, wine cooler, wine glass, champagne glass, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896
Biberon or bottle from Oiron, Deux-Sevres, France, era of King Henri II, 16th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery
Decorative bottle from Rouen painted with a scene of a Roman rite. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris
Bottle from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, decorated with blue peacocks and flowers on a white ground. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French
Yellow water-lily, Nuphar lutea, Nenuphar lutea, Nenuphar jaune. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr
St. Johns wort, Hypericum perforatum, Polyadelphia, 1, 2, and blue bottle or cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, Syngenesia, 3-5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F
Whitechapel Workhouse Medicine Bottle. A graduated glass medicine bottle from the Whitechapel workhouse or its infirmary. It bears the moulded inscription Stolen from Whitechapel Union
Adverts, Archibald Aikman & Co, Alexander Jamieson & CoAdverts for Archibald Aikman & Co Ltd, Old Scotch Whiskies, Edinburgh, and Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, textile manufacturers, Darvel, Scotland. 1905
Adverts, Pullars Dye Works, Moncrieffs InksAdverts for Pullars Dye Works, Perth, and Moncrieffs Inks, Perth, Scotland. 1905
Adverts, Annandale & Son Ltd, John Mackay & Co, ScotlandAdverts for Annandale & Son Ltd, Polton Paper Works, Midlothian, and John Mackay & Co, Manufacturing Chemists, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Rowat & Co, Manufacturers, Govan, GlasgowAdvert for Rowat & Co, Manufacturers of Pickles and Sauces, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Old Scotch Whiskies, Edinburgh, ScotlandAdvert for Old Scotch Whiskies, Archibald Aikman & Co Ltd Wine Merchants, Edinburgh and London. 1905
Advert, John Mackay & Co, Sparkling Kola, GlasgowAdvert for John Mackay & Co, the original makers of Sparkling Kola (non-alcoholic), Vermont Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, John Mackay & Co, Edinburgh, ScotlandAdvert for John Mackay & Co, Manufacturing Chemists, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Guerlain Lait de Beaute, Beauty Lotion, the milky way to beauty. 1936
Advert, Cassandra PerfumeAdvert for Cassandra Perfume by Weil. 1936
Roanoid bakelite bottle holder in marbled cream. Date: 1930s
Artwork by Florence Auerbach, flask of red wine, dated Florence, 1882. Date: 1882
Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky and Scots dictionaryComic postcard, Scotsman with Old Scotch whisky and Scots dictionary. Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Dunvilles - Crowned King of Irish Whiskies 1924Advertisement for Dunvilles - the " Crowned King of Irish Whiskies". Dunville & Co. Ltd. - Royal Irish Distilleries, Belfast. 1924
Stationery, Taylor Walkers Prize Beers. 1943