Form Collection (page 3)

LArcher
A sculpture showing the flexible form of an archer, who is holding his bow directly out to his front. Date: circa 1915

Theatrical Drawing
A lot is happening in this graphic drawing. The image has many theatrical and musical elements, including a butterfly, which leaves a swooping trail of melodic notes

A Fantasy
A theatrical artwork showing performers wearing Elizabethan costumes upon a black and white tiled floor, a younger boy receives praise in the form of thrown flowers. Date: circa 1914

Boulogne
This oil painting shows a waterside scene of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, along the north coast of France. The use of repetition in form and shapes is used in different aspects

Money order with Titanic red rubber stamp
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - rare money order from Aherne's Exchange & Shipping Office in Queenstown, Ireland, dated 9 April 1912

White Star Line - napkin ring and two menu holders
White Star Line - table service napkin ring, flag logo on side. Menu holder in the form of a star. Glass menu holder with red flag logo. Date: early 20th century

Ocean Liners - clock, propeller ashtray and compact
Ocean Liners - RMS Queen Mary Smiths Empire clock, maiden voyage 1936 commemorative ashtray in the form of a propeller, and RMS Queen Mary Stratton compact. Date: 20th century

RMS Mauretania - panel converted into fire screen
RMS Mauretania - quarter veneered satinwood panel converted to take the form of a fire screen, pencil notations to reverse. 16 x 25 inches. Date: 20th century

Beira, Mozambique - Private tram-car system
Beira, Mozambique - The private tram-car system - undoubtedly one of the most unusual forms of conveyance in the world. The cars ran on tiny tracks which rose out of the sand

White Star Line, MV Britannic, chromium clock in the form of a ship's wheel of the type purchased on board. 4.5 inches. Date: 1930s

RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons
RMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller. An official summons to appear before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's gold memorial medal
RMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. A 9 carat gold round medallion, unnamed, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1912

Cunard line promotional biscuit tin in the form of a travelling trunk. 8 x 5 x 5 inches. Date: early 20th century

RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating crane
RMS Titanic - extremely rare Harland and Wolff linen backed scale drawing of the 150-200 ton 1- 80 scale floating crane, designed by Bertha Krupps and fabricated by Benrather Maschinenfabrik AG

RMS Titanic - Carlton china post-disaster souvenir in the form of an urn. 2.5 inches

RMS Olympic - glass paperweight
RMS Olympic - period glass paperweight of rectangular form depicting the liner at sea. 4 inches

Noted Breviary (Fragment)
Leaf from a noted breviary, parchment. The text is a series of lessons based on the Gospel of John (identified passages include John 7)

Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogens
Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone

The Dancer
A decoration showing the elegant form of a female dancer, wearing a unique costume, in front of a patterned background. Date: circa 1925

Chinese Porcelain
A still life watercolour painting of some Chinese porcelain in the form of plates, a vase and a bowl, with a faint reflection on the shiny surface. Date: circa 1924

The Fisherman, Nocturne
A woodcut print of a nocturne scene, comprising of a mysterious slanted tree, partly concealing the form of a fisherman in his boat, under a moonlit sky. Date: circa 1924

Close of Day
A landscape etching showing a simple wooden fence leading up to a small farm out building, with background trees which form a natural archway. Date: 1920

War Memorial At Annandale
A photograph of a war memorial at Annandale, in the form of a hybride obelisk cenotaph, with curved seating. The names of 87 local dead people are inscribed on the front face

Life Drawing
A figure drawing of a woman laying on a bed, in a semi twisted form, from a behind angle. Date: circa 1930

Gorse in Bloom
Etching showing gorse in bloom, a yellow shrub of the pea family. They cover a landscape, centred by five tall trees with a silhouetteed form. Date: circa 1930

Man and Woman in the Sky
Drawing of a streamlined form of a man and woman almost flying through the air. Date: circa 1930

First Bulgarian Postcard
The printing is pink on buff card. The heading is Union Postale Universelle Bulgarie with a Cyrillic form underneath. There is a printed 10c stamp. Date: 1879

The card that pleased Ireland
This card for overseas mail replaced the one issued on 1 April (unfortunate date!) which had left Ireland off the title. It was posted from Hull to Magdeburg

British smaller Inland Postcard
This replaced the earlier larger card and is an early example of how advertisers and merchants were making use of this cheap and efficient form of communication

13th Century BC 19th Dynasty 1213 1279 Altar
13th, century, BC, 19th, Dynasty, 1213, 1279, altar, ancient, age, Ancient, Egypt, animal, Art, basket, British, Museum, Cartouche, cobra, death, egyptian, England, form, goddess, Great, Britain

DENMARK. Alborg. Lindholm Hoje Viking Cemetery. Burial site and settlement of Iron Age and Viking Age. 5th-11th c. Grave of man in form of stone ship. Iron Age. Architecture

TARRADELLAS I JOAN, Josep (1899-1988). Catalan politician, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya in exile (1954-1977) and provisionally until 1980. Spain. Civil War

GAME : BOOMAN
All form a circle : the one chosen to be Booman lies down in the middle and pretends to be dead, the others mime mourning, burial and grave decoration. Cheerful ! Date: 1900

MARC BOLAN'S FUNERAL
A floral wreath in the form of a white swan in memory of Glam Rock legend Marc Bolan at his funeral in Golders Green, London. (One of T-Rex's hits was Ride a White Swan'). Date: September 1977

FAFNER GUARDS THE RING
Act Three : Fafner, in the form of a dragon, guards the Ring

FASHION & FLOWER BOOK
Grey patterned robe with long tight sleeves; a matching pelerine-mantelet with the lappets tied behind to form a bustle. A crucifix on a black ribbon is also worn. circa 1840

MARY DIES / FOUQUET
Mary on her deathbed is surrounded by friends of the family, while her son looks down from Heaven, holding the soul of his mother in the form of an infant Date: 1st century

CONCEPTS/LIFE & DEATH
The Life and Death of Man - allegorical representation in the form of an ancient Roman sculpture

BOOK OF THE DEAD/18
Various vignettes featuring Ani with is Shade and his Soul, adoring Osiris in the form of a ram and slaying a serpent

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW664
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW664 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW664 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

London Life - A Shoeblack works outside a Station Entrance on The City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the tunnels and lines of which now form the Bank Branch of the Northern line, Date: circa 1910s

The Mechanical Cow - early vending machine
The Automatic Milk Supply- an early form of vending machine installed in Ilford Essex in 1911. Jugs of milk could be filled for one old penny Date: 1911

Comic postcard, Couple doing the football pools Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple discussing the football pools Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Father and son doing the pools Date: 20th century

Peter Henry Emerson. River bank scene, Norfolk?
Vintage 19th century/1900s photograph by Peter Henry Emerson. Emerson was a British writer and photographer. His photographs are early examples of promoting straight photography as an art form

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