Flask Gallery

Persian woman in dance costume

Persian woman in dance costume. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Persian woman in dance costume. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Musket parts including rest, bayonet, bandileer

Matchlock musket, lock and bayonet from the Tower of London 1-3, bayonet 4, musket rest and bayonet 5, musket rest 6, bandileers and powder flask 7, wheel lock 8, 9, and spanner 10. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812. Matchlock musket, lock and bayonet from the Tower of London 1-3, bayonet 4, musket rest and bayonet 5, musket rest 6, bandileers and powder flask 7, wheel lock 8, 9, and spanner 10. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812. Date:

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Winston Churchill hunting wild boar, drinking

The Duke of Westminster and Winston Churchill hunting wild boars at Foucarmont, in the forest of Eu. Here Winston Churchill has a drink from a hip flask before the start of a hunt. Foucarmont is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. Date: 1927

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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