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Ragged School Union dinner 1900Interior of Ragged School Union in Camberwell, South London. Children sit at long tables eating soup from a bowl. Date: 1900
TEA SERVICE 1930SLovely cups and saucers with matching milk jug, sugar lumps in a glass bowl and biscuits on a plate, but sadly, no tea! Date: 1930s
MAKING A BLACKBERRY PIEFresh blackberries (brambles) in an enamel bowl, ready for the rolled out pastry to be put on top and baked into a delicious pie. Date: 1930s
WASHING UP IN A BOWLA housewife carefully washing up her china in an enamel bowl, with plenty of Lux soap suds! Date: 1930s
MAKING MARMALADE 1930SA young woman slicing oranges to make marmalade. Date: 1930s
BAKED ONIONS & TOMATOES BAKED ONIONS & TOMATOESBaked onions and baked tomatoes, served with cheese and peas, with the option of gravy. Date: 1940s
TABLE FOR EIGHTA table set for eight dinner guests. Everything is beautifully arranged. The rims of the glasses are silver grey, complimented by the finest silverware & cutlery. Date: 1930s
BOY EATING CEREALA boy eats cornflakes for breakfast Date: 1960s
BULL TERRIER AND SHEEPCHAMPION PHIDGITY FLASHLIGHT OF WENTWOOD The bull terrier and the sheep share the same bowl. Date: 1964
WASSAIL BOWL / CHRISTMASGloucestershire Wassail bowl, ornamented with laurel, mistletoe & ribbons. The large bowl was made from the wood of apple trees. Date: 1846
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKEStrawberry shortcake, seen here in close-up, is served for dessert at the dinner table. Date: mid 20th century
FLOWERS FOR THE TABLEThe hostess instructs her maidservant as to the placing of a bowl of tulips Date: 1929
BOYS AND GIRLS BOWLBoys and girls play ten-pin bowling (under the watchful eye of their parents, of course) Date: 1960s
HOGARTH MIDNIGHT CONVA Midnight Modern Conversation A very drunken party of men Date: circa 1740
CINDERELLACinderella generously gives a large bowl of coffee to an old man asking for charity, while her sisters get ready to go to the ball
MAID BRINGS FLOWERSA Frenchwoman indicates to her housemaid the precise position in which she would like her to place a bowl of flowers, and please, try not to spill it... Date: 1929
CIRCA 1480 BEGGARA beggar and her bowl. Date: circa 1480
WASSAIL-BOWL, 12TH NIGHTPoor old man and musical friends beg WASSAIL-BOWL from Lord of the Manor Date: 17th Century
Girl with dogs, cats and dollsA little girl with her arms full of dolls: her two puppies fight over a doll which has fallen to the floor, while her cat drinks milk from a bowl. Date: circa 1890
Washing up after breakfast (2 / 2)Picture 2/2 - Following their fancy breakfast at their very well-appointed campsite (see: 13127654), the young chap has scarpered, leaving his partner and Mother left with all the washing up!!
Kashmir - senior woman in traditional dress eats from bowlKashmir - a barefoot senior woman in traditional dress eats from bowl while squatting on the ground outside her home Date: 1986
Fruit sellers, Sierra LeoneTwo women fruit sellers, Goderich Beach, Sierra Leone, Africa. They wear bright clothes and carry their wares on their heads Date: circa 1982
Fruit seller, Sierra LeoneWoman fruit seller, Goderich Beach, Sierra Leone, Africa. She carries her wares on her head in an enamel bowl Date: circa 1982
Household Staff - Upper Middle ClassA truly superb photograph of British Small Country Household Staff of the 1910s - Upper Middle Class (from left to right)
WW2 - Home Front - Red Cross Women playing bowls. Date: 1944
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Football game at the Yale Bowl. Date: circa 1930s
Flower bowlTin-glazed earthenware flower or pot-pourri holder and lid, with blue and manganese painted decoration of stylised floral sprays set within quatrefoils
Tea bowl, undersidePorcelain tea bowl with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China
Tea bowls and saucersPorcelain saucer with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China
Porcelain tea serviceGlazed porcelain tea pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Slop bowlGlazed porcelain slop bowl from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Slop bowl, milk jug, teapot and sugar potGlazed porcelain tea pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Dish, reverseGlazed earthernware dish designed by William De Morgan and decorated by Charles Passenger with stylised birds and leaves in green, blue, turquoise and manganese. Made in Fulham, London, 1888-1911
DishGlazed earthernware dish designed by William De Morgan and decorated by Charles Passenger with stylised birds and leaves in green, blue, turquoise and manganese. Made in Fulham, London, 1888-1911
Tea servicePorcelain teapot and lid painted with underglaze blue decoration of two trees in blossom on the teapot, and lotus flowers on the lid, made in Jingdezhen, China, c.1750-1780. Date: c.1750-1780
Punch bowlTin-glazed earthenware punch bowl hand-painted with figures in a watery landscape in blue and black, with bamboo and pine trees, possibly made in Brislington
Sugar bowl made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground
Tea bowl made from porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Temple pattern of a Chinese pagoda and trees on a white ground with gilded decoration
Tea set, group shotTeapot, lid and stand made from porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Temple pattern of a Chinese pagoda and trees on a white ground with gilded decoration
Saucer, tea bowl and coffee cup
Tea setTeapot, lid and stand made from porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the Temple pattern of a Chinese pagoda and trees on a white ground with gilded decoration
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, IndiaPounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920
Female contortionist Diana Gaye making teaThe female contortionist Diana Gaye in the kitchen with her mother, making a pot of tea. (2 of 2) Date: 1971
Islamic pottery. Taifor. Plate decorated with horse. Ceramic glaze. From Medina Elvira (Granada). 10th century. Archaeological Museum of Granada. Andalucia
Advert for Mappin & Webb Sterling Silver items 1904Selection of household items from Mappin & Webb, specialists in sterling silver plate. 1904
Rural Italian Woman and Child - Traditional costumeRural Woman and Child from Abruzzo, Southern Italy - Traditional costume with distinctive copper bowls. Date: circa 1907
Butchering an animal at Bacalar, British HondurasBoy scouts watching the butchering of an animal at Bacalar, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 24 May 1951. Date: 1951
Toddler with cake by Muriel DawsonA toddler standing on a chair to eat a cake, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s