Brass Collection (page 22)

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

Manchester Ship Canal - The opening of a new dock
Officials and local dignitaries on the deck of a steamship at the opening of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal - built between 1887 and 1894 - it was (for a time)

Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer
The Chart Room key and brass identity tag of Samuel Hemming, a lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming was saved from the sea by Lifeboat no.4 and had this key and others in his pocket

Stead telegram and brass nameplate
1. One of eight telegrams sent to Miss EK Harper relating to the Titanic disaster and the loss of WT Stead. 2. A cast brass nameplate from Titanic lifeboat no. 12

Spice Seller - Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
A spice seller near Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The trader sells a variety of dried and ground spices from baskets and tin cans, weighing the quanities on a fine pair of brass hand scales

Elegant luggage 1956
Something more than sturdy usefulness in luggage is required by the elegant traveller nowaday. These Noton soft top cases in the Pandora range are made in matching sets of pig grain and cherry red

Brighton Works brass plates
Two brass plates for the Brighton railway works, and a smaller metal plate for the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works

A large group of Musicians - Constantinople
The Choice Artists and musicians directed by the Amiable Band Leader Mr Lange, Constantinople

Bruce Bairnsfather War collectibles
A selection of collectible items designed by the Bystanders World War I cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather. Includes an Ole Bill mascot (possibly a car mascot), a cigarette case

The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes
Humorous illustration showing a band in a club or restaurant blowing their brass instruments so hard, that diners and dancers find themselves struggling against a gale force wind - wigs are blown off

The band of HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey - Khedive of Egypt
The band of HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey (also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha) (1874 - 1944) - the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (1892 - 1914)

Princess Marys Christmas gift to the soldiers and sailors: The lid of the brass tobacco box

19th Century Yo-Yo
Photograph showing a yo-yo, made of ivory and brass during the Napoleonic period, in action in 1932

An Early 19th century Yo-Yo
Photograph showing the two halves of a yo-yo from the Napoleonic period, made of ivory, with a brass core, 1932

Brassworks, Wales
Brass Mills near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales

Teddy on the Bed
A lovely old Edwardian teddy bear takes pride of place on a little boys brass bed

Housemaid Dusting
A housemaid in a large Edwardian house dusting the dressing table and polishing the brass bed ends

16th Century Musicians 2
A drummer performs with players of various types of wind instruments

Festival Majorettes
Majorettes in short skirts twirl their batons, followed by a marching brass band, at the Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, Festival of Britain celebrations

Brass Band Photo 1900
Unidentified band, most of them in uniform but with a few wearing civilian clothes

Three Kinds of Moth
PEASE BLOSSOM MOTH BURNISHED BRASS MOTH GAMMA MOTH (at bottom) (with its caterpillar)

Fisherman and Afrite
A poor fisherman unwittingly releases an Afrite, or evil genie, from a brass bottle that he drew up from the lake

Swiveller & Marchioness
Dick Swiveller is disturbed at his writing desk by The Marchioness, the poor little servant girl kept locked below stairs by the Brass family

The Squires Tale
There came a knight upon a steed of brass

Molten Brass Furnace
Withdrawing a pot of molten brass from a furnace at a Birkenhead Brass Foundry, Cheshire

An artist named Moritz at work in his studio
An artist named Moritz (there are several, of different nationalities), at work in his studio with a rather bashful model

Maple Brass Bedstead
A brass bedstead from Maple s, Londons best-known furniture store : cost, 38 shillings to 52s 6d according to width : you tighten the mattress with a handle

The Brazier 1827
A brazier hammers kettles, pans, candlesticks and other utensils from brass, a metal which is compounded from copper and zinc

Show of British Force
A FRIENDLY POWER IN EGYPT The Welsh Regiment (Late 41st) marching through the Metwali Gate in the Main Street of the native part of Cairo

Rossini / Kyrie / Orch Score
First page of a full orchestral score, listing woodwind, brass, strings, four-part chorus and organ

Natural Horn on its Own
The NATURAL HORN - a conical tube of brass, some four metres in length but coiled for convenience

Treasure Island / Bill
Captain Bill keeps watch: " All day he hung round the cove, or upon the cliffs, with a brass telescope."

The Garden Trio
Dr Syntax as part of a string trio in the garden, with a potential brass player waiting for his opportunity on the right

JACK-IN-THE-BOX 1889
Two children look warily at a jack-in-the-box sitting on their bed

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