Handle Collection (page 14)

Topgis Bashi, Commandant of the Ottoman Artillery
The Topgis Bashi, or Commandant of Artillery. The commander of the Turkish Ottoman artillery wearing colourful robes and a tall turban

Aesop / Trees and the Axe
THE TREES AND THE AXE The trees allow the countryman to fell a small tree to make a handle for his axe, not reali- -sing he is a woodcutter who will use it to fell many more

Hand pump fire engine
A hand pump fire engine. 1882

Young Victorian woman in a dark dress
A young Victorian woman posing for her photograph, wearing a dark dress with a light-coloured bow at the neck

Double page spread in a diary for 5-10 September
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 5-10 September. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Metropolitan Police sword
A Metropolitan Police sword in its scabbard

Metropolitan Police rattle
A Metropolitan Police rattle

Metropolitan Police sword and scabbard
A Metropolitan Police sword and its scabbard

De Dion Bouton motor car, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A proud family with their 1903-4 De Dion Bouton motor car, registration AJ 232, in a back yard in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Three large woven beach chairs at the seaside
Three large basketwork beach chairs on a beach in Belgium, with two people sitting inside them. They are designed to give maximum shade from the hot sun

Family photo with children in Go-cart
A late Victorian family pose in their backyard, the three children (of decreasing age) sit proudly in their fantastic homemade toy go-cart, entitled Swift

Cranking up the engine
A very little girl beams as she has a photograph taken while turning the crank handle of a very large car

Mother and daughter on the rocks
A mother and her daughter sit on the rocks at a seaside resort. The little girl is trying to mend the handle on her bucket, which has a picture of Mickey Mouse on it

Girl and Boy sitting on cushions
A Brother and sister sit on cushions, their backs to a panelled wall in a watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard. There is also an additional pen and ink study (right)

Bosnia - Drinking Water Pump
Bosnia - Roadside drinking water pump

Butt Welding railway rails
A fantastic colour photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A metalworker operating a drill
A wonderful photograph showing a metalworker operating a drill using all four of his limbs. The manufacturers craft in an industrial setting, attesting to years of experience

Turkish man and his young daughter
A Turkish man sits outside his house with his young daughter on his knee

Family in a fine open-top sports car
A Mother takes her two children for a spin in this beautiful and imposing open-top British sports car - a Standard Rhyl Sas. This is obviously a posed picture, as the crank handle is still in place!

Still life with crockery, cutlery, beer glass and newspaper
A still life on a table, with crockery, cutlery, a beer glass and a folded newspaper

Education, boys, metal work
A well equipped metal work class. A boy hammers a metal handle which he has just forged, upon the face of an anvil

Titanic jug
A white jug bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Ye Olde Jersey Milk Can
A Jersey Milk Can with a (rather faint and poorly detailed) central scene of the export of Jersey Cattle

Lady Alexandra and Maud Duff
The daughters of Princess Louise of Wales, Duchess of Fife, Alexandra (1891-1959) and Maud (1893-1945) perched in a rather elaborate cane carriage

Spring-Cleaning in Full Swing VI
A man uses a door handle as a shaving mirror while women are spring cleaning carpets around him. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

Unloading Ice at the London Docks, 1874
Engraving showing Norwegian ice being unloaded from a ship or barge at a London quay, 1874. Dockworkers are seen using cranes and axes to handle their load

Electric brush
A detailed advertisement from 1883 for Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush, claiming to cure a variety of ills, from headaches to deafness, baldness to a weary brain

The Woods & the Woodman
THE WOODS AND THE WOODCUTTER The woodman asks the forest for wood to mend the handle of his broken axe; he promises to ply his trade elsewhere but reneges when his axe is fixed

Phillipss Toilet Aquarius
An advertisement from 1891 for Phillipss Toilet Aquarius, a new water container for wash stands where...no muscular effort required

German Beer Pot
An elaborate German beer pot, or tankard; the handle is in the form of two intertwined snakes

Striped Dress 1840S
1882 depiction of 1840s fashions: dress in a blue & white vertical striped print with a double flounce on the skirt. Also a bonnet with veil & parasol with folding handle

Roasting fifty six geese at once for the inmates of the old
Man turning the handle of a large roasting spit holding fifty six geese for the Old Mens Hospital, Norwich. The spit is composed of 10 rods, each having six geese on each

German Soldiers Training
German infantrymen learning to handle their rifles

Phaetons Fatal Accident
He goes joy-riding in his father Phoebus (the Sun)s chariot, but can t handle it; he causes widespread damage before Zeus brings his trip to an end with a thunderbolt

Filling up at Water Pump
A boy fills up a large water tank on the back of a horse- drawn carriage from a street pump Date: early 19th century

Manual pump engine for putting out fires

Maple Brass Bedstead
A brass bedstead from Maple s, Londons best-known furniture store : cost, 38 shillings to 52s 6d according to width : you tighten the mattress with a handle

Ericsson Table Phone - 1
A table instrument by the Ericsson Company, Sweden. Two generator magnets support the instrument and the induction coil is contained in the pedestal. Note the handle

Organistrum
A larger form of hurdy-gurdy, sometimes used in churches; the right hand turns a handle which rubs the strings against a resined wheel while the left hand fingers the keys

Small Manual Engine / 1870
A small manual fire engine constructed by the well-known firm of fire engineers, Messrs. Merryweather & Sons of Greenwich. Date: 1870

INDIA FIRE PUMP / 1883
Merryweathers India hand force-pump, for use in country districts and on big estates

Butter-Working Equip
Bradfords patent Alderney Butter Worker. Compact, efficient and inexpensive, specially suitable for small dairies

Butter Churns
A traditonal butter churn (left) and a barrel-type from Normandy (right)

Lifting Water 1690
Device for raising water : the lower end of the tube is submerged, so when the string of discs is pulled through it by turning the handle, they bring water with them

SATURATOR
This machines represents the state of the art in saturation technology, saturating superb- the so long as the operator keeps turning the handle. Its used in making fizzy drinks

Electric Fire
The Raymond electric fire depicted in a traditional fireplace. It costs L3 10s and is fitted with a handle so it can be carried from one room to another

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