Funnel Collection (page 8)

Ships in Dock
A large cargo steamship in Dock, alongside a row of low barges. Watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

Turkish railway locomotive
Turkey - Locomotive for the route to Damascus and beyond. The engine weighed 47 tonnes!

Steam Ferry from the Bosphorus - Halas
The whole business of Constantinople has historically been linked to the Bosphorus that divides the European side of the city from the Asian side of the city

Bosphorus Steam Ferry
The whole business of Constantinople has historically been linked to the Bosphorus that divides the European side of the city from the Asian side of the city

Clan Mackenzie steamship on the Suez Canal, Egypt
The Clan Mackenzie steamship on the Suez Canal, Egypt. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Funnel of an unidentified steamship
The funnel of an unidentified steamship. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Budapest, Hungary - View across Danube toward the Parliament Building with St. Stephens Basilica in the distance. Note the lowered funnel on the steamship to allow passage under the span of

Portland Harbour - Croatian Mother Ship
A Croatian Mother Ship with two Croatian (Yugoslavian as was at this time) submarines moored at the Naval Base at Portland, Dorset

Portland Harbour - Funnels of Ships of the Royal Navy Fleet

Constantinople - RMS Carinthia
RMS Carinthia was first laid down in Barrow-in-Furness in 1924 with the yard number Hull 586. Originally she had the name Servia but was renamed at the time of her launching on 24 February 1925

Ottoman Cruiser Abdul Mejid and its crew
Turkey - Ottoman Cruiser Abdul Mejid and its crew

High Commissioners Yacht, River Tigris, Iraq
The British High Commissioners Yacht on the River Tigris, Iraq

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

Emigration. Cheer Boys Cheer An Emigrant Ship Leaving Harb
Engraving of ship leaving the dock, steam pouring from the funnel. Everyone on shore and on the boat waving farewell. A winter scene

After-Deck of the RMS Asia, 1850
Engraving of the after-deck of Cunard Line Royal Mail Paddle-steamer Asia at sea, 1850. Asia was the largest steamship yet built on the River Clyde

Sphinx Steamship
An early French paddle-steamer with elegant slim funnel

Costume & Doll 1859
Purple dress with bouillons at the hem, vertical trim & pelerine bodice. Green & black dress with double skirt & funnel sleeves with epaulettes. Girl in knee-length grey dress

Fashions for Feb. 1861
Green: wrap-over dress, Greek key border; grey & purple: d.b bodice, revers, ribbon centre & floating ends; blue plaid dress with braces, Swiss belt, habit-shirt & ankle boots

1860 Costume / Women & Boy
Boy: forage cap, knickerbocker suit with side buttoning tunic. Women: dress with single flounce, Swiss belt & unusual headdress; grey & blue, double-breasted coat

COSTUME 1860-61 / TOUDOUZE
Girl: mantle with pelerine cape & pleated trim. Women: sortie de bal with black trim; black dress with tablier trim, funnel sleeves & bishop under- sleeves with reversed cuffs

Mantles / Pardessus 1862
Red mantle with pagoda sleeves, lattice & ribbon headdress. Black mantle with pagoda sleeves & pockets trimmed with tassels, green dress & lace bonnet & plume

October 1850 Fashions
Grey caraco dress with basques & skirt trimmed en tablier; white pardessus worn over a green dress; various jackets with pagoda or funnel sleeves; white lace jacket

STEAMSHIP FORTH 1849
The Steamer Forth (which went missing in 1849)

Knitted Dressing Gown
Elegant, loose fitting, wrap- over dressing gown with funnel shaped sleeves in powder blue lace stitch Shetland wool edged with swansdown

Chopin / Ship / Mallorquin
FREDERIC CHOPIN El Mallorquin: the ship in which the Polish composer and George Sand sailed from Barcelona to Palma on 8 November 1838

Beaver Coat 1922
Woman: full-length wrap-over Australian beaver coat with deep collar & cuffs. Girl: mole fur coat with a shawl collar & funnel sleeves & a half-belt at the back

Mink Coat 1922
A mink coat with rounded front borders, funnel shaped sleeves, a large roll collar & a wrap-over front fastened with one large fur covered button

Astrakhan Coat & Borzoi
A loose fitting sac-like short astrakan coat with funnel sleeves & a large collar & drawn in at the hips with a narrow belt

Victoria / Albert / Trident
Victoria and Albert return from Scotland in the Trident

Smoker disobeying no smoking sign
An incorrigible smoker is challenged by a railway official in a railway station waiting room

Dealing with Jaywalkers
Device for picking-up jay- walkers in the street; after being sucked in, they find themselves inside a treadmill condemned to keep running

Oriental Fabrics 1924
Coats in fabrics with an Oriental feel by Coudurier: wrap over coat with funnel sleeves, white fur all round stand collar, cuffs & skirt; coat with hood & tassels

Female Type / Beige Dress
Close-up detail of a jacket bodice with fringed basques, narrow stand collar & funnel sleeves. Her hair is dressed in a chignon with a small straw hat worn tilted forward

MENs COATS OF 1855
Frock coat with funnel or pagoda sleeves in imitation of the current female fashion shown from the rear & front on. One coat has a naval air with embroidered stand collar

Worth Fur Coat 1924
Fur hat & coat by Worth: wrap- over front, low-waisted with a full skirt & sash belt in black fur with a high collar, funnel sleeves & hem detail in a spotted cat fur

Afternoon Dress 1922
As the autumn leaves fall, a lady takes her saluki for its walk : they pause beneath a tree, pondering the mutability of nature, the rhythm of the changing seasons... Date: 1922

Indian Lamb Coat 1930S
A short length coat in grey Indian lamb by Maurice with decorative suede insets. The funnel shaped sleeves are gathered at the shoulder. A fur cap completes the outfit

Flower Arranging 1929
A young woman, in her orientally inspired boudoir arranges Physalis / Chinese Lantern in a porcelain vase. Date: 1929

Billingsgate & Thames
Dutch Eel Boats on the River Thames, off Billingsgate Fish Market, London

Puffing Billy, designed by William Hedley
The Puffing Billy locomotive, designed by William Hedley

Steamer leaving Folkestone Harbour for Boulogne
The Boulogne steamer leaving Folkestone Harbour

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