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Three people picnicking at the side of a carThree people picnicking with china cups at the side of a car
Birthday card, the Many Happy Returns InnBirthday card, depicting the Many Happy Returns Inn, a colourful toadstool where special birthday teas are served. Various elves are making preparations and enjoying tea in the foreground
Advert for Beatl coffee service 1930Bright and colourful Beatl coffee service with tray to match, complete with quaintly-formed sugar and cream. Date: 1930
Canteen van - tea for anti-aircraft gun crewRaiders overhead! Mugs of tea provided from a canteen car - the greatest boon to anti-aircraft crews, who, month after month stuck by their guns and shot down so many Luftwaffe aircraft
Poole Pottery - Setting the glazed ware in the kilnSetting the glazed ware in the kiln. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in
Poole Pottery - A Coffee Set and various painted pieces. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside (East Quay), where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory
Itinerant Street Water Seller - Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1920s
Russia, Street Utensil Seller. Date: circa 1901
The Royal Regalia held in the Tower of LondonThe Royal Regalia held in the Wakefield Tower at the Tower of London Date: circa 1912
Design for Dress Silk or Print with Japanese figures
Camping in a tentPeople You See. Camping in a tent. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)
Breakfast timePeople You See. Breakfast time. From Teddy Bear (10 October 1970)
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Teddy Bear
Afternoon Tea & CakesA table beautifully set for a typical English afternoon tea, rock cakes, currants and almond buns, etc. Fine bone China cups and saucers, metal teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl. Date: 1950s
Edwardian Picnic BasketAn Edwardian picnic basket. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)
Salmon Fish CakesSalmon fish cakes or cutlets, presented here with paper plates and cups, perfect perhaps for a summer party or picnic or even for supper in an air raid shelter. Date: 1940s
Edward VII at Hyde Park for London Fire Brigade ReviewKing Edward VII arrives in his carriage to review the London Fire Brigade in Hyde Park, London
LFB Iron Ration Cupboard (Metal Specimen)An example of an Iron Ration Cupboard for the London Fire Brigade(Metal Specimen)
Tea Tasting at Matheson, McClaren & Co. Edinburgh. Date: 1909
A wife giveing her husband a cup of OxoA wife giving her husband a cup of Oxo. Advertisement for Oxo, assuring their nourishing concentrated Beef will " maintain health and vigour" Date: 1928- 1929
Coronation party, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexTo celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens parties at various locations around the town
Presentation CupsPresentation cups for men and women who have distinguished themselves by sporting prowess, intellectual achievement or giving money to the right people... Date: 1930
Silhouette portrait of Mirabeau on a coffee cupHonore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MIRABEAU French statesman (1749 - 1791), pictured in a silhouette portrait on a white and gold Sevres china coffee cup. Date: 19th century
Coffee CupsFour dainty sets of coffee cups and saucers from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930
Dainty Breakfast SetImpress your friends and relatives with this dainty breakfast set, with lovely matching toast rack, tureen, coffee pot and tea pot, cruet set and egg cups etc. Date: 1930s
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Refreshment sellerMalaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Streetside Refreshment seller Date: circa 1910s
The Ascot prize plate, showing the Emperors vase and the Queens vase. Date: 1847
14 year old swimming champion with six trophiesA 14-year-old swimming champion poses with the six trophies he has won. (1 of 2) Date: 1924
Lady Taking TeaA woman prepares two cups of tea, pouring the milk in first. Date: 1960s
Coffee Set 1930SA cream china coffee set with gilt edging and decoration. Date: 1930s
Fourteen year old swimming champion with trophiesA 14-year-old swimming champion with the six trophies he has won. (2 of 2) Date: 1924
Childrens PicnicsThree children and their dog picnic in a birch wood Date: circa 1890
Borgfeldt Department Store, New YorkGeo. Borgfeldt Co. New York. Interior of George Borgfeldt & Co. store, with row after row of shelves filled with porcelain and pottery, including cups & saucers, vases and tablewa
Gipsy woman making tea, Charlwood, SurreyA gipsy woman making tea in the open air at an encampment in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. There is a loaf of white bread and a plate of uncooked bacon on the table
My Tea Party by Muriel DawsonA small blonde girl enjoys playing with a toy tea set. A tiny toy soldier on the other side of the table appears to be her only guest
Travelling gipsy family inside their new homeA travelling gipsy family inside the bungalow where they have been rehoused, in Beare Green, Surrey. The girl nearest the camera is writing in a notebook
Little boy enjoying a Silver Jubilee tea in the streetA little boy enjoying a Silver Jubilee tea out in the street. He is wearing an enormous home-made hat with 25 YEARS written on it, and is tucking into his glass of jelly
Little girl playing with toy tea setA pretty young girl pouring herself a cup of pretend tea using a bright orange plastic tea set. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Three Young TurksThree young Turkish men drinking black coffee and sharing a long pipe (with a cigarette in the end!!) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Date: 1910s
Water Seller - LibyaA water seller providing a drink to a seated lad outside a Mosque - Libya
Distributor of free water - ConstantinopleA distributor of free water - Constantinople, Turkey - he is listening out for the call of the thirsty man
Street coffee House - ConstantinopleA street coffee house in Constantinople (Istanbul). The gentleman seated on left is smoking a pipe of great length, whilst the standing coffee house owner on the right holds a coffee cup
Street vendor - Adana, TurkeyA vendor of Sherbet - Adana, Turkey
Sawing a large plankTwo carpenters use a large upright saw to split a large wooden plank. A colleague is signalling a break with the arrival of a cup of tea, whilst two boys look on with keen interest
Group of Egyptian Arab childrenA group of Egyptian Arab children from Alexandria with a ubiquitous water seller leaning into the shot!
The Racehorse Beeswing, 1842Engraving of the racehorse, Beeswing, winner of 54 races and 24 Gold Cups between 1835 and 1842, owned William Ord MP