Crystal Collection (page 9)

Crystal Palace London Victorian period

Crystal Palace interior, London

Crystal Palace with busy snow scene on a Christmas card
Crystal Palace with a busy snow scene on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Quartz crystal - Collected by Matthew Flinders & Ferdinand Bauer, 16 February 1803, from Australia, Melville Bay. Coll. No. BM 75819 Date: 1803

Roman Empire. Spain. White glass bowl. From a tomb of Vic. Dated between 2nd-3rd century AD. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Octahedral crystals in columns, quartz matrix
Groups of octahedral crystals forming columns in parallel position in quartz matrix. Presented by Percy Tarbutt in 1942 Date: 1942

Precious stones and crystals including topaz, almandine, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Crystal Palace, London
Crystal Palace, County of London, England. Date: 1910s

Water Tower & Railway Station, Shortlands, Kent
Water Tower & Railway Station, Shortlands, Bromley, Kent, England. West London and Crystal Palace Railway Company Date: 1910s

Glass blower. Illustration of Tractatus de Herbis, 15 c. of the work De Materia Medica. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Modena. Estense Library

Vessel (4th c. ). Roman art. Late Empire. Glass
Vessel (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Glass and Crystal. FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN. Strasbourg. Archaeological Museum. Proc: FRANCE

Tatler front cover, 1963 - Christian Dior dress
Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a model posed in a garden wearing a pink and crystal embroidered evening dress called Diorissimo by Christian Dior. Date: 1963

FA Cup Final 1901
The Football Association cup final tie at Crystal Palace, 20th April 1901. Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United pictured at the kick off, along with reportage from The Illustrated London News

Advert for Asprey Silver Coronation glasses 1937
Commemorative glassware for the celebrations of king George VI Coronation. Date: 1937

Aerial View of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, London - opened (in this location, following use in Hyde Park for the Great e=Exhibition in 1851)

Crystal Palace at Sydenham is destroyed by fire
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham is destroyed by a devastating fire on 30th November 1936. One of the 284ft water towers (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)

Pyrophyllite, green radiating in quartz from Berezovsk, Russia. Close-up of specimen on display in the Mineral Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Halite
Large cubes of halite (sodium chloride) which is a common resource of salt. This specimen is from Orenburg, Russia

Cinnabar
Twinned dark red cinnabar crystals with small quartz crystals. Cinnabar comprises of (mercury sulphide). Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Peridot
Crystal of peridot from Zebirget (St Johns Island), Red Sea. Peridot is the gemstone variety of olivine (magnesium iron silicate)

Diamond crystal
Natural diamond crystal in Kimberlite from Kimberley, South Africa. Kimberlite is the rock in which diamonds occur. The rock was named after the the South African site, Kimberley

1903 FA Cup Final: Derby County beats Bury 6-0
The Football Association Cup Final at the Crystal Palace, where Bury beat Derby County by six goals to nil in the presence of over 63, 000 spectators

Arch Druids planting Coronation Oak, Crystal Palace
To commemorate the coronation of King George V, the Arch Druid of England planted a Coronation Oak sapling at the Crystal Palace, London. The ceremony was attended by many foreign delegates

The Crystal by Arild Rosenkrantz
A staring woman looks into the future with her crystal ball

The Oracle by Charles Robinson
Colourful image of a party reveller holding a crystal ball and a jester toy

Crystal Palace Tower
One of Brunels two water towers at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (1854), being cleaned. Sadly demolished in 1940 - 41 to avoid being landmarks for enemy bombers

Rahotep and Nofret
Seated painted limestone statue of Rahotep with his wife Nofret(members of the royal family of the Fourth Dynasty) from their tomb in Meidum, Egypt

Cup Final 1895
CUP FINAL Aston Villa win against West Bromwich Albion at the Crystal Palace. Final score 1-0

Joseph Paxton / Jenkins
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON Architect and horticulturist, designer of the 1851 Crystal Palace

Crystal Palce, Sydenham, the Nave under construction
The 1851 Great Exhibition building was remodelled and rebuilt in Sydenham between 1852 and 1854. The nave with the intersection of the North Transept. Date: circa 1853

The Fountains, Crystal Palace, Sydenham. The water towers were 284 ft high. From a photograph by Hudson and Kearns. Date: circa 1911

Father Christmas at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Old Father Christmas attended by a motley group under the direction of the Lord of Misrule 1859. Photograph by Hudson and Kearns 1859

Crystal Palace, Sydenham, South nave looking north - from a photograph by Hudson and Kearns. Date: circa 1911

Trial of steam fire engines at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Trial of Steam Fire Engines 1863 at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. From a photograph by Hudson and Kearns. Date: 1863

The Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul
The Dolmabahce Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

The Crystal Palace, the Egyptian Court
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Top image: entrance to the Egyptian Court from the nave by the avenue of lions. Bottom image: the Egyptian Court - entrance to the tomb of Beni Hassan. 1854

The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, SE London
Early photograph of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, SE London. circa 1860s

Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition, 1851
The Crystal Palace, Palace of Glass, location of The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, in 1851. 1851

Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition. 1851

Original accessories designed by Gordon Conway
Original accessories designed by the American costume designer, Gordon Conway. The shoe is trimmed with satin and has brocade to match the bag; the clasps of the bag are of diamonds and platinum

Page from catalogue of safety razors
Page of safety razors for sale Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Cutlery Department. Included on this page are various safety razors and stropping machines. Date: 1911

Knights Cyclopaedia of the Industry of all Nations, detailing the contents of the Great Exhibition in London. Showing the River Thames and the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. 1851

The Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace, London
The Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace Park, London - Empire Avenue. Date: 1911

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Webbs Glass - Display of Thomas Webb Glass ware. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection. Thomas Webb (18041869) was an English glassmaker and the founder of Thomas Webb & Sons

Advertisement for Limoges-Unic porcelain and crystal. Date: circa 1930s

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of Fire
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1941, featuring the story Goddess of Fire by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Young pretty woman with torch

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