Drinking Collection (page 12)

SMOKING & DRINKING SMOKING & DRINKING
a mens smoking party in late Elizabethan/early Jacobean times Date: circa 1600

PALMS AND PLANTAINS
An assortment of monocotyledonous plants : palms and plantain, with a couple of giraffes drinking in the foreground

MUSIC HALL SERIO-COMIQUE
A serio-comique song and dance artiste at the Middlesex, a London music hall Date: 1890

GODDESS HYGEIA (HEAD)
Greek goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius, traditionally represented with a serpent drinking from a cup in her hand

DEGENERATE SON
PORT: Father chides son for smoking cigar whilst drinking his best port!

DUTCH DRINKER DRUNK
Dutch drinkers after a drinking session Date: 17th Century

HEATH / TAVERN CLIENTELE
Tavern clientele returning from a tavern the old way and the new way - a satirical perspective Date: 1830

MONK WINE CELLAR 14 CENT
A monk drinking in a wine-cellar Date: 14th century

Persian coffee house 1856
Men and women smoking vapor Hookah flavored tobacco. Date: 1856

MEDIEVAL GOBLET
A double cupped drinking goblet of the middle ages Date: medieval

Elizabethan Tavern
Men drinking in an English tavern Date: circa 1600

Afternoon tea in a fashionable French home. Date: 1905

Roman banquet to celebrate the Saturnalia
A Roman banquet to celebrate the Saturnalia, 17-19 December. Date: circa 100 BC

Father chides son for smoking while drinking port
A father chides his son for smoking while drinking his best port! Date: 1867

Norse drinking horn
DRINKING HORN from Hallingdalen, Norway Date: quite old

The Election by William Hogarth
1. Humours of an election, entertainment Date: AFTER 1752

Drinking holy water at the Lourdes Grotto
At the Grotto, they drink the miraculous water, admire the miraculous statue and pray for miracles of their own Date: 1872

End of Prohibition in America
Americans celebrate the end of Prohibition Date: 1933

French soldiers relaxing
NAPOLEONIC ERA French soldiers relaxing Date: CIRCA 1800

Woman smoking pipe
A lady smoker with a pipe and a cup of wine Date: 17th century

French man smoking pipe
A French man sits at a table smoking a pipe and drinking Date: 1818

Just Fancy! When we atrated an hour ago, we were all perfect Strangers to each other! - a tour party in a Charabanc take full advantage of the close-proximity of the seating to get to know their

A woman walks past an old stone drinking water fountain in a street in Cantabria, Spain Date: 1989

A customer sits with a drink in Browns Hotel, Laugharne
A customer sits with a drink in Browns Hotel, King Street, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, where poet and writer Dylan Thomas used to drink and get drunk Date: 1988

Newcastle, Tyne Bridge
A teenager sits with his boxer dog and drinks from a can on the quayside at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Tyne Bridge and the Quayside Market is in the background Date: 1989

Stallholder, Stafford market
A mature woman stallholder sits for a tea break at her bedding stall in Stafford, England. Date: 1987

Enlisted German soldiers relaxing during their time off
Enlisted German soldiers having a lot of fun during their time off. They pose for a photograph drinking, with pet dog, playing cards and er.. holding a dustpan and brush! Date: 1908

Celebrating Christmas with a bottle of champagne for one - " With what a glory comes and goes the year.." - Longfellow. Date: 1918

Belgian Proverb - He who drank will drink. Date: circa 1908

Doggies take the drinking cure at St Anns Well, Buxton
Two doggies take the drinking cure at the well of St Ann, Buxton, Derbyshire. Date: circa 1908

Old French Salt teaching a young lady to swim in the sea
An old Salt French Sailor is teaching a young Lady how to swim. He rather sardonically states that she must be good at drinking a her early attempts seem to be involving the ingestion of a certain

Sweetmeat glass with a plain bowl and everted rim on an eight-sided pedestal stem with a teared cushion knop, and a domed foot, made in England c.1750. Date: c.1750

Drinking glass
Cordial glass with a plain round funnel bowl, a pale tall stem with a tear, and a domed foot, made in England c.1740-1750. Date: c.1740-1750

Four wine glasses
Wine glass with a double series opaque twist stem and tulip-shaped bowl engraved with swags of husk decoration, one of a set of four made in England c.1790. Date: c.1790

A family scene in a domestic interior
Group portrait of a family in a domestic interior, oil on panel, by an unknown artist, c.1815-1820, in a gilt frame with carved and applied moulding, c.1850-1900. Date: 1815-1820

Tea bowl, underside
Porcelain tea bowl with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China

Tea bowls and saucers
Porcelain saucer with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China

Teaspoon
Silver teaspoon with an upturned handle and a shell motif on the underside of the bowl. It is marked on the underside with the lion passant, (sterling silver)

Teacup
Glazed porcelain tea cup from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose in the centre

Plate, teacup and saucer

Porcelain tea service
Glazed porcelain tea pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose

Teacup and saucer

Ale glass with a deep tulip-shaped bowl and a folded foot, engraved with two barley ears and a hop, from a set, made in England c.1780-1800. Date: c.1780-1800

Cocktail glass
One of six cocktail glases with a conical bowl and engraved and sandblasted decoration of a cockerel standing in profile between two floral sprays

Tea service
Porcelain teapot and lid painted with underglaze blue decoration of two trees in blossom on the teapot, and lotus flowers on the lid, made in Jingdezhen, China, c.1750-1780. Date: c.1750-1780

Study for the First Public Drinking Fountain
Study for a genre scene of people gathered around the first public drinking fountain in London, oil on canvas signed by W.A. Atkinson, c.1859. Date: c.1859

Tea bowl and saucer
Salt-glazed stoneware bowl with overglaze enamel decoration of flowers in pink, red, yellow, green and blue, probably made in Staffordshire c.1760. Date: c.1760

Tea cup made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880

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