Delicate Collection (page 4)

Fairy, buttercup and bee -- Do you love butter? Date: early 20th century

Robin on a fence in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin in the snow with holly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin with holly on a Christmas card with gold and silver lacy surround. Date: circa 1890s

Robin in the snow on a New Year card
Robin in the snow with holly and ivy on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin with holly on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin on a Christmas and New Year card
Robin in the snow on a fabric Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin with present on a Christmas card
Robin carrying a present in its beak on a white and gold Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Four robins with pudding on a Christmas and New Year card
Four robins transporting a pudding on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink roses on a shell-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Forgetmenots on a shell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies at a pool
Two fairies sitting on a lily pad. One of a series of delicate fairy pictures by Lydia Margaret Hine Date: circa 1922

Greetings card, babys knitted shoe
Greetings card in the shape of a babys knitted shoe. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers in an old boot on a greetings card
Flowers growing inside an old boot on a greetings card -- A Boot-iful Greeting. Date: circa 1890s

White and yellow daisies in a shoe-shaped greetings card. circa 1890s

Flowers in a wooden clog-shaped New Year card
Variegated flowers in a wooden clog-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and white flowers in a shoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers growing in a shoe on a Christmas card
Blue forget-me-nots growing in a white shoe on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink rose and buds in a shoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and yellow flowers on a French greetings card
Pink and yellow flowers in a vase on a French greetings card with ornate lacy surround. Date: circa 1890s

Graf Zeppelin on Ground
LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN Manoeuvring the greatest of the Zeppelins out of its hangar is a delicate operation Date: 1931

Croquet Game, USA
A delicate moment during a croquet game at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date: 1875

Boating scene with robin on a Christmas card
Boating scene with robin and flowers on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Flowers and butterfly on a greetings card
Flowers and a butterfly on a greetings card with pink and gold decorative surround. Date: circa 1890s

Lacy envelope with a birthday greeting
Lacy envelope decorated with flowers, with a birthday greeting at the centre. Date: circa 1890s

Pink roses with envelope on a greetings card
Pink roses and other flowers with an envelope on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and blue flowers on a New Year card
Pink roses and blue forget-me-not in an oval on a New Year card, with white and gold decorative edging. circa 1890s

Bunch of pink roses on a New Year card, with a decorative gold and white edging. Date: circa 1890s

White doves and church bells on a cross-shaped card. circa 1890s

White flowers and dove on a cross-shaped Easter card
White flowers and a dove on a cross-shaped Easter card, with a Biblical quotation. Date: circa 1890s

White doves in flight on a Christmas card
White doves in flight in a cross-shaped formation on a Christmas card, with three crosses on a distant hill. Date: circa 1890s

Angel and Baby Jesus on a cross-shaped Christmas card
Angel holding the Baby Jesus on a cross-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two angels with star and cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

White doves on a cross-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and red flowers on a cross-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and blue flowers on a crescent-shaped Christmas card
Pink rose and blue forget-me-nots on a crescent-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Crocheted and embroidered greetings card. Date: early 20th century

Cartoon, Let them pass, WW1
Cartoon, Let them pass. Two French gendarmes in army uniform decide that these two ladies can be allowed through -- they can t possibly be German, as they are pretty and have delicate little feet

Japan - Creating a miniature Bonseki landscape
Japan - Bonseki - the ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using white sand, pebbles, and small rocks

Elegant lady in a garden -- Butterflies. Date: circa 1920s

Elegant lady in the snow -- Winter. Date: circa 1920s

Listening for counter-mining in the First World War
A French officer of engineers in a mine-gallery, listening for German counter-mining with special drums and microphones. A very delicate operation. Date: 1917

Lux advertisement, 1923
Advertisement for Lux soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight. Ideal for dainty fabrics the illustration shows a mother and her children sorting through clothing from her drawers

A fly caught in a cobweb
Silhouette depicting a fly caught in a cobweb. Two fairies sit, powerless to help, but two elves try to free it. Date: 1927

A fairy asleep on a cobweb
Silhouette depicting a fairy asleep on a cobweb hammock. Date: 1928

India - Thread-like bridge over the Jadh-Gunga
Black and white. Thin, delicate bridge strung between sheer faced walls of a huge gorge. A man is visible on the bridge.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 229. Date: circa 1890s

India - Bhairoghat thread-like bridge over Jadh-Gunga Gorge
Black and white. Thin, delicate bridge strung between sheer faced walls of a huge gorge. A man is visible on the bridge.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 229 and 61

Suffragette Scottish W. S. P. U Cup & Saucer
A tea cup and saucer commisioned for use at the Scottish W.S.P.U Exhibition, held in Glasgow in April 1910, Votes for Women April 22nd 1910

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