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Handled Collection

Background imageHandled Collection: Baking a Pie

Baking a Pie
The baker places a pie in his oven, using a long-handled appliance which doubtless has its own name, but I don t know it

Background imageHandled Collection: Bowl Of Flowers

Bowl Of Flowers
A still life oil painting of a twin handled white vase with blue stripes, containing a dense arrangement of flowers in many colours and types. Date: circa 1920

Background imageHandled Collection: White Star Line - two handled serving dish

White Star Line - two handled serving dish
White Star Line - large white metal two handled serving dish with White Star logo to the front. 15.5 inches

Background imageHandled Collection: QSS Lusitania - souvenir of launch

QSS Lusitania - souvenir of launch, commemorative 18 carat gold handled scissors, with stainless steel blades, the crossover engraved with John Brown and Co

Background imageHandled Collection: Anna Zinkiesen - Mariegold in Society -... ushered into the presence of Two Female

Anna Zinkiesen - Mariegold in Society -... ushered into the presence of Two Female
Anna Zinkiesen - Mariegold in Society -...ushered into the presence of Two Female Officials. Date: 1927

Background imageHandled Collection: Wood sawyer with old double-handled saw

Wood sawyer with old double-handled saw
Portrait of sawyer with an old double-handled saw. His beard is dusted with sawdust and he wears a cloth cap. He looks straight at the camera Date: 1989

Background imageHandled Collection: Liqueur set in a preserved elephants foot, 1903

Liqueur set in a preserved elephants foot, 1903 (c). Silver and glass, made by R P, hallmarked Chester, 1903-1904. Two-handled elephants foot bound with silver

Background imageHandled Collection: Advert for Asprey walnut cutlery cabinet & breakfast heater

Advert for Asprey walnut cutlery cabinet & breakfast heater
Fine walnut canteen table with drawers, fitted with 98 piece cutlery set. Also breakfast heater with plate oven. 1934

Background imageHandled Collection: Steam engine and tender on a railway track

Steam engine and tender on a railway track
A steam engine and tender on a railway track outside a shed

Background imageHandled Collection: Bruce Castle

Bruce Castle, Tottenham : today it houses a museum containing the Post Office collection, handled by the Mary Evans Library. Date: late 18th century

Background imageHandled Collection: Itinerant Russian Broom seller

Itinerant Russian Broom seller, with his wide selection of brushes, brooms, pipe cleaners and sundry additional cleaning paraphernalia of all shapes and sizes! Date: circa 1902

Background imageHandled Collection: A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a

A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, carrying a long handled tool over his right shoulder. Date between 1830 and 1850

Background imageHandled Collection: Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Background imageHandled Collection: Faroe Islands, Denmark - Catching puffins

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Catching puffins with a long handled net. They are caught whilst flying in this strange contraption

Background imageHandled Collection: Rubber : Smoking

Rubber : Smoking
Smoking the freshly gathered juice to make it plastic and easily handled, after which it is left to dry for four days

Background imageHandled Collection: Using Fire to Catch Fish

Using Fire to Catch Fish
Two fishermen, one in a boat, the other perched on a sheet of ice, use a fire to attract fish before spearing them with long-handled tridents

Background imageHandled Collection: Woman Brushing Hair

Woman Brushing Hair
A young woman wearing a paisley pattern dressing gown brushes her long hair with a silver handled bristle brush with an embroidered floral back. Date: 1940s

Background imageHandled Collection: Pressing Grapes by Hand

Pressing Grapes by Hand
In Bordeaux, France at this time they crushed grapes by hand using a long handled tool with 3 spokes (possibly like a potato masher) to extract the juice


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