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Advert, William Suggs Patent Gas BurnersAdvert, William Suggs Celebrated Patent Gas Burners, Vincent Works, Vincent Street, Westminster, London. 1880
Charcoal BurnerCharcoal burners in Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1940
Veritas Mantles & BurnerVeritas mantles and burners
Robert William Bunsen 2ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN German scientist, famed for his invention of the Bunsen burner
Advert for Rippingilles oil warming stoves 1890Made of cast-iron these four decorative oil-warming stoves are odourless, smokeless, portable, safe and easy to clean. Available at ironmonagers. Date: 1890
Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc. CeramicCenser with the image of the god Tlaloc, the god of rain. Ceramic. Colima style (El Chanal). Early Postclassic Period (900-1250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018
Incense burner (Sahumador). Silver. 19th century. Argentina. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018
Wharf Interior, The ThamesAn etching showing an interior of a business premises on the East London Wharf by The Thames River. The business proprietor, William Jones, a lime burner, is leaning on a nearby barrel. Date: 1859
Swing, the rick-burnerAn arsonist during the Swing Riots in Southern England. Date: 1830-1
English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th centuryEnglish gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners
Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson
Blackening brittlegill and charcoal burnerBlackening brittlegill, Russula nigricans, and charcoal burner, Russula cyanoxantha. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A
Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1893Selection of wrought iron and polished brass extending floor lamps. Date: 1893
Stand and lamp for making toast 1909Christmas gift for any table! Elkington plate stand and lamp for making toast for breakfast table, also forming a stand for the kettle. 1909
Advert for Mellins Emulsion 1895Mellins Emulsion, medicine for children and adults to help with coughs, colds and bronchitis. 1895
Advert for Mappin & Webb Edwardian items 1907Selection of Princes plate and sterling silver items from 1907. Date: 1907
Advert for Novelty Stoves Co. 1899Aluminum and nickel finish oil stove, with no smoke or odour. Date: 1899
Red pomegranate seeds on display - market stall in Old DelhiBright red pomegranate seeds on display on a market stall in Old Delhi, India. Incense is burning to keep off the flies. Date: 1985
Smoking Opium, ChinaChinese man smoking Opium, China Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1892Various floor lamps in solid brass, wrought iron and copper, each lamp is fitted with a patent self-extinguished burner. 1892
Glass engraved globes and bronze chandeliers 1881Chandeliers with engraved glass globes and lacquered, steel or florentine bronzed fittings. 1881
Silbers patent burners with wicks, Plate 227Silbers patent petroleum, paraffin or kerosene burners with circular and flat wicks, Plate 227. Date: circa 1880s
Classical Veracruz culture. Mexico. Shaped incense burner jaguar. Terracotta. 600-900. Israel Museum. Jerusalem
Israel. Jerusalem. Priest uses incense
Egyptian Art. Karnak. Incense burner. ReliefEgyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting an incense burner held by Ramesses II. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt
Mesopotamia. Ceramic lid of an incense burner with inscriptions written in Aramaic. Dated between 1st century B.C. and 2nd century B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin
Two handmade Christmas and New Year cards -- Please distil wishes to taste -- with a diagram of chemical apparatus. Date: circa 1890s
Charcoal / New ForestA charcoal burners hut at Marksham, in the New Forest, Hampshire. Date: 1904
Women in Glass FactoryTwo women working in a glass factory. They are mixing something with a pestle in a mortar; a Bunsen burner with a large flame sits on the work surface. Date: circa 1930
Kettles and stands, complete with heating lampsBrass or copper finish Kettles and stands, complete with heating lamps. Circa 1900s
Catalogue of breakfast tableware 1929Catalogue for breakfast tableware, showing egg steamer for four, egg stand, egg cup with spoon and an egg cooker for poached and some hot water jugs and coffee maker Date: 1929
Advert for Mappin & Webb tureens & flower stands 1905Terrecuite tureens to warm up food and one that can be used at the table for cooking and Prince plate arranged flutes for flowers for the table. Date: 1905
Brass jug made from 2 French 75 mm shell case bottomsBrass jug with an integral paraffin burner made out of 2 French 75 mm. shell case bottoms. Jug has an arts and crafts shaped handle and the base has ecclesiastical piercings. Trench Art
Woman-shaped perfume burner. Hellenistic art. Decorative Arts. Proc: SPAIN. L Escala. Empories
Robert William Bunsen 3ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN German scientist, famed for his invention of the Bunsen burner. In old age. Date: 1811 - 1899
Don t go home until you see the celebrated Dubuque soft coal
Incense pot and burner. Date 1878 Dec
Lubaantun archaeology - mysterious Maya relics, 1924Mysterious relics from the ruined Maya city of Lubaatun on the Columbia branch of the Rio Grande, British Honduras(today Belize)
Preparing Lab Slide 50SA laboratory technician prepares a slide for bacteriological examination. Date: 1950s
Heat-resistant asbestosA photograph taken for a commercial client, demonstrating the heat-resisting properties of Asbestos, long before the modern dangers of the material were recognised. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Education, girls, scienceA science class for girls. A Bunsen burner is held against a test tube during a class experiment
Tunisia - Fritters sellersArab sellers of fritters, Tunisia
Eddystone Lighthouse Lantern, 1882Engraving showing the difference between the six-wick burner lantern used in Douglasss Eddystone lighthouse of 1882 (on left)
Charcoal BurningEach burner holds three tons of wood. After three days during which the air is excluded and much steam is given off, the result will be half a ton of charcoal
Garbage Burner 1894Travelling garbage burner (traction engine) for incinerating refuse in Chicago, USA
Fumigator / Medical AdvA vapour-releasing contraption..great value in Whooping Cough, Croup and other spasmotic coughs. It is of great value in Diptheria... simple and inexpensive
Science ClassPupils at South Hall school for Girls, at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, at work in the laboratory. The girl in the centre is using a Bunsen Burner