Jewish Scroll MsA carved Esther scroll case depicting the story of Purim. This is a Jewish manuscript from Eastern Europe
Wallingford Screen, St Albans Abbey, HertfordshireView of the 15th century Wallingford Screen (high altar) in St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire. The statues were destroyed during the Dissolution, but were replaced in the 19th century
Roman art. Boy with horse (possible CastorI. Marble. ReliefRoman art. Bas-relief. Boy with a horse, probably Castor taming his horse, acompanied by a dog. Found in the pantanella of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. 125 AD. British Museum. London. England
Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire. Seen here in a studio photograph, leaning on the back of a chair
Absence Makes HeartA photograph with the model posed as a homage to Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder by Marcus Stone
Fan with FairiesA highly ornamental lace folding fan by Duvelleroy of Paris with painted scenes depicting fairies by a pond & with sticks carved in imitation of feathers
Royal Chattris, Orchha, IndiaThe Royal Chattris (14 cenotaphs or tombs carved out of stone) of former rulers, in Kanchana Ghat on the banks of the river Betwa at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India
Christ in Majesty, Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, South WalesChrist in Majesty, sculpture by Epstein, in the nave of Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, South Wales. Date: circa 1970s
Al Khazneh Temple, Petra, JordanAl Khazneh (The Treasury) Temple, Petra, Jordan, carved out of the sandstone rock face. Date: 20th century
Judaism. Torah scroll case wrapped in black. Libya, 1889. Carved wood and cotton. Case: Gift of the Moshav movement, through Rabbi Menahem Hacohen and Bracha Yaniv, Survey of Synagogues
Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. CuneifoMesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Petra - The Treasury, JordanPetra - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Jordan - the fallen pillar was restored in the 1960s - 4th century BC Building of the Nabatean Culture. Date: circa 1920s
Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of WarwickLord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 1882-1928) who married Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster
Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, HertfordshireHarry Macdonalds Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937
The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer GreenHarry Macdonalds Model Village in the Garden of his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1
Ashanti stool taken from the Palace of King Prempei at Kumasi during the 3rd Ashanti War, 1896 (c). Carved dark wood, unpolished
Kadesh Treaty, 1269 BC. Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty. TerraKadesh Treaty, 1269 BC. Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III. Terracotta. Hittite version. From Hattusas (Bogazkoy). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Advertisement, Levi Strauss copper riveted overallsAdvertisement for Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls, featuring Levis Electric Rodeo -- the Talk of Treasure Island. The figures are all hand-carved likenesses of famous rodeo people in authentic
Zanzibar - Tanzania - Large Ivory Tusks Date: circa 1910s
A Tiki at Raroera Pah, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
Men sitting at base of column, Karnak, EgyptMen sitting at the base of a column, Karnak, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
WW1 - Pekin Camp, Camp for Chinese Labour Corps, Mont KemmelWW1 - Pekin Camp - Camp for The Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front. The camp was near The Kemmelberg (also known as Kemmel Hill or Mont Kemmel), Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium
Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, TunisiaAn absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)
Harrow School - 4th Form Room, with panelled walls covered with the carved graffiti signatures of generations of students, including the signatures of Byron, Palmerston and Archbishop Trench
Items in the Tudor Exhibition, 1890Engraving showing a number of relics from the sixteenth century exhibited in the Tudor Exhibition of 1890. The items pictured include: Henry VIIIs hat (top right)
Chantry of Henry VAn elaborately carved chantry chapel in Westminster Abbey was built above between 1437 and 1450
Sophocles - Greek playwrightSophocles (495-406 BC) - Greek playwright. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form
Veiled Turkish beauty looking into an oval mirrorVeiled Turkish Oriental Eastern beauty admiring herself in an oval mirror (set into an elegantly carved frame) in this stylish Studio Photograph aimed squarely at the Tourist market! Date: circa 1908
Stone Letter BoxA quaint carved stone letter box on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Date: 1930s
Examples of art on the RMS Queen Mary. At the top left are four statuettes carved from limewood blocks by Norman J Forrest, representing The Four Seasons, for the main tourist class staircase
Morocco - Interior of an Arab houseThree women in the interior of a Morrocan Arab house
The superbly-carved Obsidian Head of Pharoah Senusret III - Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty (ca. 1860 BC). Date: circa 1860 BC
WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations flanking a carved statue of the personification of Victory stood atop the world and holding a victory wreath aloft. Date: circa 1919
I m Some Pumpkin - a very strange postcard featuring a man with a manically-grinning carved pumpkin instead of his head, which is frankly pretty disturbing. Date: 1912
Artist and sculptor Jonathan Mulvaney, of Staffordshire, England, at work with a chain saw on the wooden sculpture of a sitting figure. Date: circa 1990
Axum, Ethiopia, East Africa - Monolithic Stele - 1st century. These tall, carved obelisks, relics of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum - they are markers for the Royal Tombs. Date: 1910s
Sami Family, Norway. Date: circa 1908
TableDraw-leaf table made from oak with carved friezes, made in England c.1600-1650. Date: c.1600-1650
Cunard Line, carved oak rampant lion by Gerry HolzmanCunard Line, superb and highly impressive carved oak Cunard Line rampant Lion holding a globe aloft and stood upon a coil of rope by Gerry Holzman as signed to the underside G HOLZMAN 69
Early 20th century oak ship's dining chair topsMARITIME: Early 20th century oak ship's revolving dining chair tops of unknown provenance
Ruins of the ancient city of Carchemish (Karkamis, Karkemish, Kargamis, Karkamisa, Karakamisa, Karikamisa, Gargamis) - an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria
Norman Chapel in the Keep, Dover Castle, Kent Date: circa 1920s
Vauban's Tomb - Hotel des Invalides, Paris, France. Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban (1633-1707)
Indian Idol in the grounds, Sandringham, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Interior of St George's Church, looking east, in the village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s
Interior of St George's Church, looking NE, under the tower, in the village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s
St Bartholomew's Church, Churchdown, GloucestershireInterior of St Bartholomew's Church, looking east, in the village of Churchdown, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s
Initials, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, FranceInitials carved in the stone wall of the cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey
