Foil Collection

Rejected by the Inventions Board IX - Heath Robinson
The Pilsener Pump for tapping the enemys beer; another hilariously convoluted contraption to foil the enemy during World War I from William Heath Robinson

WW2, R. A. F. Christmas Card
A WW2 Christmas greetings card with a portrait illustration of a Royal Air Force pilot officer, under the foil badge. Date: circa 1939

Gentlemen fencers lunging and parrying, 18th century
Gentlemen fencers lunging (coup de quarte dans les armes) and parrying (parade de quarte), 18th century. Copperplate engraving by D Jenkins after an illustration from life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Sherlock Holmes / Pipe
HIS LAST BOW Holmes is employed by the government to foil the German spy Von Bork

Fencing - the Ladies Foil Championship - Miss Hall wins
Fencing - the Ladies Foil Championship - Miss M H Hall (right) defeated Miss G M Davis (left) in the fight-off after a tie. Date: 1922

WW2 Christmas A. T. S. Cards
A pair of Auxiliary Territorial Service Christmas greetings cards, one shows a foil effect emblem with a ribbon, while the other bears an illustration of some servicewomen loading a truck with

WW2 Birthday Card, Victory!
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the image shows the silhouetted forms of ships and planes under a foil effect V for Victory symbol. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Birthday Card, Victory Flags
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the image shows a pair of Union Jack flags flying each side of a foil effect V for Victory symbol. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Birthday Card, Foil Spitfire
A WW2 birthday greetings card with a foil image of a Spitfire fighter plane. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by many to so few. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, R. A. F. Spitfires
A WW2 greetings card, Brave and gallant little Spitfires protect us day by day; This one to you comes winging, the best of wishes bringing, may good luck come your way

Mycenaean art. Greece. Funerary Mask in gold foil embossing. Found in Tomb IV at the Acropolis. Mycenae. Dated in 1580 BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Mycenaean art. Greece. Funerary Mask of Agamemnon in gold foil embossing. Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 in Tomb V, Circle A at Mycenae. Dated in 1550 BCE. National Archaeological Museum

Funerary mask in gold foil embossed. IV Grave Circle A in the Royal Tombs of Mycenae. Dated in the 16th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Fencer in second position of garde de quarte
Gentleman fencer in second position of garde de quarte. Copperplate engraving by D Jenkins after an illustration from life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Gentlemen fencers en garde for an attack, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by D. Jenkins after an illustration drawn from the life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Gentleman fencer disarming his opponent, 18th century
Gentleman fencer disarming his opponent after parrying (le croize d epee apres la parade du contre de quarte), 18th century. Copperplate engraving by D

Gentleman fencer lunging and striking an opponent (coup de tems pres sur le mouvement du coupe), 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Goldar after an illustration drawn from the life by J

Fencers fighting a duel in a London fencing school while gentlemen watch, 18th century. Copperplate drawn and engraved by Ovenden from Mr. J

Defensive guard of the small sword (B) against an attack by the broad sword (A). Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Gentleman fencer in guard of sword and lantern
Gentleman fencer in the guard of the sword and lantern run through by a thrust from an opponent using sword and cloak. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Gentlemen fencers in the guard of the sword and cloak opposed by the sword and lantern. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

The Spanish Guard defeated after an attempt of the Cut on the Head. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelos The School of Fencing, London, 1787

Gentleman fencer in the French Guard attack against an opponent in the Spanish Guard position (A). Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Gentleman fencer making the return thrust in Tierce after having parried with the poignard. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Gentlemen fencers in the Italian Guard position fighting with sword and dagger. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Pictures on the wireless! New wonder for B. B. C audience 1928
Diagram showing the new way in which the B.B.C will broadcast photographs and drawings. 1928

Woman Broils Steak Date: 1954

NATIVITY PLAY C1970S
A school Nativity Play. Costumes have been created from nightshirts, tea towels, tinsel & foil. Date: circa 1970s

The Baptiste Bertrand Cup - ladies fencing, 1928
The Baptiste Bertrand Memorial Cup competition, competed for by lady amateurs of British nationality who had never fenced in a final pool of the Ladies Foil Championship

Close up of British Caribbean marathon runner, wearing his medal and holding the foil wrap. Building in back ground Date: 1983

British Caribbean marathon runner, with foil wrap, standing in front of a red bus Date: 1983

British Caribbean runner standing with wind swept foil wrap, people sitting on the grass in the back ground Date: 1990

Marathon runners with silver white and blue ADT foil wraps, by the red buses. Runner, left of the picture holding a ADT gift bags Date: 1990

British Caribbean runner standing with ADT sponsored foil wrap, buildings, people and greenery in the back ground Date: 1990

May Toupie Lowther, tennis player and fencer
May " Toupie" Lowther (also Toup饠 Lowther, English tennis player and fencer active during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century)

Close up of European looking runners, with Bovrill sponsored foil wrap, looking away from the camera Date: 1983

European looking runners with foil wrap, man with bolding head another fully wrapped in the silver white and red foil wrap sponsored by Bovril Date: 1983

Pre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Chimu culture (1100-1470). Coas
Pre-Columbian art.Pre-Incan. Chimu culture (1100-1470). Coast of Peru. Diferents textiles of wool and cotton. From Peru. Private Collection

Islamic art. Spain. 12th-13th c. Tissue of La Seu d Urgell. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia

Hispano-Arabic. Piece of tissue with eagles. 12th-13th c. Li
Textile. Hispano-Arabic. Piece of tissue with eagles. 12th-13th century. Linen and silk. From Collegiate of St. Vicenc de Roda de Ribagorca. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Mycenaean art. Greece. Rhyton as lions head embossed in gold foil. Found in Tomb IV Circle A at Mycenae. Around 1550 BCE National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Little girl with Christmas cake
Little girl with a Christmas cake and crackers in front of her on a table. Date: circa 1960s

Madagascar strategic island by G. H. Davis
Madagascar, the strategic island to Allied communications in the East, occupied by British forces, forestalls a Japanese plot during the Second World War

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

Mohun and Hamilton duelling with swords
Lord Mohun and the Duke of Hamilton duel with swords Date: 1711

Men duelling with swords

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