Clutch Collection

Handbag Advert / Army / Navy
A selection of British made & foreign handbags, pochettes & evening bags in crepe de chine, also a beaded bag, an embroidered nightdress sachet & a bag with applique flowers

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove, fashionable dresses 1933
Two models wearing spring frocks; (left) Beautiful race gown in white organdie and net over crepe-de-chime, detachable frilled cape

Regulus regulus, goldcrest nest and eggs
Plate 66 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Rayne shoes advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Rayne shoes, in particular their range of brocade heels for memorable evenings. Date: 1953

Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1933
Front cover illustration featuring an extremely glamorous lady wearing a bright orange coat with fur trims, a yellow hat with orange feather and holding a blue clutch bag

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 and Bedford MK
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 being pushed back into its hide by a Bedford MK 4-tonner, during a field deployment in Germany

Heath Robinson Hill-Side Clutch
An illustration which comically depicts a motor vehicle traversing an abnormally steep slope, with an inventive contraption of extended back wheels. Date: circa 1919

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens pyjamas 1927
Womens day and evening bags for xmas gifts. 1927

Advert for Jays spring and early summer coats 1937
Two women models wearing the latest fashion in coats for spring and early summer, (left) made in black romaine with separate cape trimmed with natural silver fox

Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929 Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929
Selection of the newest silk handbags with grip clasp. Date: 1929

Silhouette, A Drowning Man Catches at a Straw
A Drowning Man Catches at a Straw -- silhouette showing a man in water, reaching up to a tree branch

Advert for Margaret Marks of Knightsbridge 1933
Models wearing ready to wear two-piece dresses, suits and coats. 1933

Autumn wardrobe 1935
Back page of a fashion catalogue, showing three women wearing autumn wardrobe. Date: 1935

Advert for John Pound & Co luggage case 1920
Advertisement John Pound & Co, compressed fibre cabin trunk, covered brown painted flax canvas, ladys purse and wrist bag. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Great way to the races 1912
French women wearing winter horse racing attire. Date: 1912

Helpful suggestions for fashion, January 1913
Women models wearing the latest fashionable garments, leopard skin coat with softer fur collar, sapphire blue corded-velvet dress with widely-cut sleeves with ruffles

Studio photo of a fashionable woman in profile. 1936

Fashion clothing catalogue page 1932
Parisian women wearing wrap around full length winter fur coats. 1932

Woman wearing floral patterned dress 1938
Woman wearing a mauve summer patterned floral dress with matching clutch bag and hand gloves. Date: 1938

Woman wearing smart suit with jabot ruffles 1912
Elegant woman wearing a tailored city suit with jabot and ruffles to the sleeves with matching hat with plumes. 1912

Advertisement for natural silk -- Really elegant people wear real jewels and real silk. 1929

Advert for Mappin & Webb vanity items 1934
Mappin & Webb advertising a variety of items. 1934

Spring sings
Two French women walking their dog, been followed behind by an admirer gentleman and his dog! Date: 1928

Who loves me, follows me
Woman sitting on a trunk case, wearing checked coat with fur trim, red clutch bag and thin necktie, holder her companion a jack russell terrier. Date: 1927

Skirt & Cape Suit 1930S
Navy blue suit, in a heavily textured wool, composed of a long line skirt & short cape worn over a beige angora jumper. N.B clutch handbag, leather gauntlets & felt hat. Date: 1930s

Feminine Boater 1919
Soft crowned hat with chin strap, accordian pleated short tubular skirt, short coatee, boater style hat, checked suit with open jacket with a narrow belt at the bustline. Date: 1919

Evening dress 1931
Gowns by Lucien Lelong include one with a low-cut back, bustle & train and a gown with a black skirt, pink bodice & a diamond shaped panel & bow at the waist. 1931

Advert for Jays spring tailored suits 1937
Model wearing smart tailored suits for spring. Date: 1937

Model wearing spring clothing 1937
Model wearing clothing available from Debenham and Freebody. The black marocain suit on the left consists of a belted dress and trimmed silver fox cape

Fashionable model 1937
Model wearing a two classic tailored striped suits, modelling on the left is a three-quarter length coat and skirt in navy and white broken-striped hopsack, the blouse is in ivory satin

Advert for Gorringes womens taiored striped suit 1937
Tailored striped three-quarter length skirt and jacket with link fastening. Date: 1937

For every frock1929
Accessories to go with your evening frocks. 1929

Full length tweed coat 1935
Double breasted, full length tweed winter coat, with belt around waist. Date: 1935

Women frocks 1929
Gowns to wear beneath our winter coats. Date: 1929

Advert for Asprey clutch bags 1928
A selection of 1920s clutch handbags, made of various types of leather. Date: 1928

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1920
Advertisement John Pound & Co brown hide empty dressing case, tobacco pouch and ladys wrist bag. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Advert for Brenner Sports - womens clothing 1936
Women wearing navy blue jersey suit, with matching red cuffs, leather belt, hat and wrist gloves. Walking with her black Scottish Terrier. Date: 1936

Two evening gowns by Sarah Jane 1936
Two women in slender evening gowns by Sarah Jane. Date: 1936

Advert for Peter Robinsons men & women accessories 1915
Suggestion of practical christmas gifts for the lady and gentleman. 1915

Advert for Asprey hand bags & clutches 1928
A wide variety of hand bags and clutches, available from Asprey of Bond Street. 1928

Fashionable woman 1934
Woman wearing three quarter length wrap-over dress in linen tweed with matching coat by Digby Morton. Date: 1934

Clutch of eggs

A collection of eggs from western Asia

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart nest and eggs
Plate 54 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, sedge warbler
Plate 125 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Actitis hypoleucos, common sandpiper
Plate 187 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Various bird eggs from western Asia
Various common Indian birds eggs from the Hume Collection. Specimens housed at Natural History Museum at Tring

Turdrus viscivorus, mistle thrush nest and eggs
Plate 4 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.1, (1845)

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