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New Year card in the shape of a jar of potted meat, open to reveal a hen sitting in straw. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Good Luck card in the shape of a cigarette and cigar box. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a money box. (1 of 2) circa 1890s
New Year card in the shape of a cigar box. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a jar of red currant jelly -- open to reveal a hare inside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a jewellers boxChristmas card in the shape of a red jewellers box, open to reveal a pocket watch and chain, with verse under the lid. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a jar. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a box of matches, With Kindest Greetings and all Good Wishes for your Happiness and Prosperity. Date: circa 1890s
New Year card in the shape of a gift box. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a bed warmer. Date: circa 1890s
New Year card in the shape of a jug of rum. Date: circa 1890s
Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a container -- it could be a bran tub, or it could be a newly baked loaf of bread... Date: circa 1890s
German boy scouts enjoying a meal at camp
Dr William Beebe, deep sea explorer, BermudaDr William Beebe (1877-1962), American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, author and deep sea explorer, seen here in Bermuda
View of Kumasi, Ghana, Gold Coast, West AfricaView of Kumasi, including part of the railway station, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1915
Tea table with strawberries and jamTea table set out with freshly picked strawberries, a pot of jam, and cups of tea poured out. 1936
London Trade Card - John Hunt, Nightman and Rubbish CarterLondon Trade Card - John Hunt, successor to the late Mr Ino. Brook, Nightman and Rubbish Carter, near the Wagon and Horses in Goswell Street, near Mount Mill. 18th century
Church Furniture, Plate 166, showing candle holders, candlesticks, lecterns, boxes, vases and other items. Date: circa 1880s
Persian-Achaemenid art. Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fPersian-Achaemenid art. Islamic Republic of Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fantastic leonine creature. 5th Century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States
Japanese sake barrels in Yoyogi Park, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Two soldiers with gas canisters, eastern front, Russia, WW1Two Moujik (peasant) soldiers with a pile of gas canisters on the eastern front near Dvinsk, Russia, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917
Advertisement for Cummings umbrellas, silk umbrella covers in different colours, walking sticks, sword sticks and parasols
British shell cases, Western Front, France, WW1Empty British shell cases after their contents have been fired on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Interior of a Dindi Village, Benin, West Africa - note the spherical clay container on the left - used for storing water. Date: circa 1908
South African woman carrying goods on her headA south african woman, carrying her baby on her back with a wide variety of other goods balanced somewhat precariously (or so it seems to the uninitiated) on her head, including pans, rugs, mats
Wedding Gas MaskA bridesmaid has a novel wedding gas mask container decorated with silver paper at a wedding in Sidcup in Kent during World War II in 1939
Packaging, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber SolesPackaging design, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber Soles for Ladies Shoes, price one shilling. circa 1940s
Four tabby kittens with Easter egg containerUnusual Friends - four tabby kittens with an Easter egg container. 1950s
Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy in Easter egg boxUnusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy sitting inside half an Easter egg box. 1950s
Tabby kitten with Easter Egg duckUnusual Friends - tabby kitten with Easter Egg duck. 1950s
Two tabby kittens with large jug of milkUnusual Friends - two tabby kittens with a large jug of milk. 1950s
Small dog intrigued by a straw hatUnusual Friends - small dog intrigued by a straw hat. 1950s
Censer. From Sant Feliu of Lledo. 6th-7th centuriesCenser. Anonymous. Coptic Egypt or Constantinopla or Syria. 6th-7th centuries. From Saint Feliu of Lledo (Girona Province, Catalonia). Bronze. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Spain
Gemellion depicting the Coronation of Erec. 13th centuryGemellion depicting the Coronation of Erec, knight of the Round Table. Middle 13th century. Enamelled copper. Limoges. From San Isidoro of Leon, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain
Bronze container. 14th-15th centuries. Turkish-Iranian style. Iran. Persian epigraphic decoration. Saint Olalla collection. Diocesan Museum. Lleida. Spain
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal: peasant with milk containers Date: 2016
Treasure Trove diggings, North West Province, South AfricaWater station (mobile water supply) at Treasure Trove diamond diggings near Lichtenburg, North West Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1927
Villagers drawing water, Iraq. Date: circa 1930s
Italy. Sardinia. Nuragic civilization. Amphora. 8th century BC. Archeological Museum of Cagliari
Christmas card in the shape of a cigar box. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of medicines -- Seidlitz Powders and Liver Pills (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
New Year card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s
Flowers - Trumpet Lily - Lilies in square container. Part of Box 6 Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900
Flowers - Forget-me-not - flowers in clear container. Part of Box 6 Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900
Uncovered cheese dish on a cutout Christmas card with verse, and three mice making a meal of it. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Covered cheese dish on a cutout Christmas cardCovered cheese dish decorated with pink flowers on a cutout Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a box of matchesGreetings card in the shape of a box of Bryant & May special safety matches. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a sardine tin, Joseph Peneau, Conserves Alimentaires, Nantes. circa 1890s
