Household Collection

Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947

Advert for Harrods piano sale 1919
Selection of bargain pianos, prices start at 148 gns for a Cramer Baby Grand in rosewood to a Chappell upright Boudoir Grand at 64 gns. 1919

Good jobs. Good money. Good times. Colour photolithograph recruiting poster published by Her Majesty?s Stationery Office, 1973. Printed by Impress Limited, 1973

Electrical Magnet appliances 1929
Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, including Magnet, irons, kettles, shaving pot, milk sterilizer, coffee percolator, water boiler, toaster, griller and toaster, towel rail

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1890
Variety of Victorian household items. 1890

Page of Victorian adverts - 1890
Various adverts for The Graphic, May 1890. May 1890

Title page, Grimm Brothers, collected tales
Title page, Childrens and Household Tales, collected by the Grimm Brothers. 19th century

2nd Regiment of Life Guards
A group of 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Date: 1894

Advert for Daisy vacuum cleaner 1912
Daisy vacuum cleaner, manual vacuum cleaner using suction to remove dirt. 1912

Advert for Goblin teasmade 1954
How nice to receive a Goblin teasmade

Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896
A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner

Advert for English Rose kitchens 1952
Young housewife cooking in her new English Rose fitted kitchen. Comes with a cause of softglow worktop colours, scarlet red, steel blue and amulet green. Date: 1952

Ancient Egyptian. God Bes. Protector of households. National Archaeology Museum. Madrid. Spain

Electric Fires 1929
Electrical heaters give cosy warmth instantly day and night no fumes no smoke, products for Harrods catalogue electrical department. 1929

Wants Indicator 1930S
A household wants indicator tells you what you need to shop for; game is required but thankfully the house is well stocked with Vim and borax. Date: 1930s

Advert for Follows & Bates winding machines 1900s
Various machines from the late 19th Century early 20th century, advertised in The Ironmonger Diary and Text Book, for Follows & Bates in Manchester. Circa 1900

Advertisement for Horners patent Dorcas thimble, 1899
Advertisement for Charles Horners patent Dorcas thimble, as worn by a quarter of a million ladies

Trade catalogue for copper moulds with tin lining 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing round fluted copper moulds with tin inside. Date: 1911

Queens Bargemaster and Watermen in Queen Victoria s
The Queens Bargemaster of the Royal Household and 48 Watermen in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1896
Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1896

Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near Lowestoft - Household Gods

Trade catalogue for jelly and cake moulds 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing jelly and cake moulds in a variety of shapes. Date: 1911

Advert for Cussons Imperial Leather soap, one of a series of ads utilising the language of the fan. Date: 1954

Vim advertising insert -- A Child Can Use It. circa 1900

Tatler front cover, Horse Guards, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a picture of the Queens horses on their daily march past Wellington Arch and down the Mall for the Changing of the Guard ceremony

Chapel Royal, St James
The Chapel Royal at St James Palace, London, is an establishment in the Royal Household serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign of the British royal family

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1895
Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1895

ROBINSONS REMOVAL MEN
Employees of Robinsons Removals unload a lorry in Felpham, nr. Bognor, Sussex. Date: 1960s

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1890
Advertisement for Hudsons Soap, showing a laundry woman holding her basket. Date: 1890

Sandhurst / Field Green
Field Green, Sandhurst, Kent, a characteristic example of a small country house for a well-to-do household Date: 1860

Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water
Diagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories

Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhouses
Put it in Thorns. Thorns garden sheds are so popular because, as being necessary to ensure a well-kept garden, they are sold at popular prices. Date: 1936

Public Laundry 1930S
The supervisor of a public laundry demonstrates how to fold clothes properly to a group of young women. Date: early 1930s

London Trade Card - Thomas Pickett, Brasier (late servant to Mr Hancock in Pall Mall), at the sign of the Frying Pan in Compton Street, corner of Frith Street, Soho

Zulu warrior and his five wives
A Zulu warrior and his five wives - South Africa Date: circa 1905

Roman mills for olives and grain, with a cylindrical vase
Roman mills for olives and grain found in the city of Pompeii 1, 2, and cylindrical vase and receptacle, perhaps to keep water for domestic use 3

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1678-1734
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth, English Whig politician, Comptroller to the household of King George I. 1678-1734. Hugh, Viscount Falmouth. In wig, cravat and coat

The Fountain of the Virgin, Liege, Belgium - Soap advert
Advertising for Sunlight and Starlight Soap featuring The Fountain of the Virgin, Liege, Belgium Date: circa 1904

A stuffed and mounted Polar Bear at Somerleyton Hall near Lowerstoft, one of 57 bears shot in five weeks at Spitzbergen and in no-mans land by Sir Savile Crossley and Mr Arnold Pike. Date: 1905

The late King George VI lies in State at Westminster Hall. A Guard stands alongside the coffin, his head bowed in respect. Date: 1952

Ancient Germanic warriors on a battlefield. Formations of cavalry, infantry and other troops behind wheeled vehicles. Warrior at left with winged helmet, sword, shield, fur cape and tunic

Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929
Safe to handle, domestic electrical apparatus, protected plug and sockets, made with British standard. Date: 1929

Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1895
Advert for Elkington & Co, with eleotro plate household items including; Irish inkstand, vegetable dish, tea and coffee set, case of four serviette rings, salt and spoons, salad bowl and servers

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1893
Selection of oak furnishing for 1893. Date: 1893

Lambert Simnel working in the Royal Kitchens
Lambert Simnel (circa 1477circa 1525) - pretender to the throne of England. His claim to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, in 1487 threatened the newly-established reign of King Henry VII

Contrasting Bathroom

Kitchen with Yellow Sink Date: 1950

Household Objects Date: 1940

Advert for patent Maignens Inventions! 1886
Two new patented inventions by Maignens, and the dangers of not having a Filtre-Rapide (water filter), from cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and blood poisoning

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1896 Advert for Oetzmann & Co
Selection of late Victorian household items furniture. Date: 1896

Advert for Rippingilles oil warming stoves 1890
Made of cast-iron these four decorative oil-warming stoves are odourless, smokeless, portable, safe and easy to clean. Available at ironmonagers. Date: 1890

WOODEN IRONING BOARD
A rather rickety old wooden ironing board. Date: 1930s

Syria - Punishment of a servant (2 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and her upper-body clothes are removed. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Peri-Lusta cotton and embroidery threads, featuring illustration of languishing lady looking at embroidered household linens. Date: 1920s

Cavalry Regiment Musical Ride in 1892

Household Cavalry, Captain, 2nd Life Guards - Boer War Military print, photo by Gregory and Co

3d off Surf Washing Powder, advertising flyer
3d (three pence) off Surf Washing Powder, advertising flyer in shape of 12-sided threepenny coin Date: 1958

Advert for Hoover, World's Best Vacuum Cleaner Date: 1947

Cover design, Hoover News, 30th Anniversary Edition, August 1948, showing the latest vacuum cleaner Date: 1948

Advert, Easier Spring Cleaning, Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Date: 1948

WW2, Rub-A-Dub-Dub
An illustration of a little girl polishing a teapot and other household objects, with the notion that helping her mother can add towards winning the war. Date: circa 1940s

Illustration, Knights at Arms, boys fighting using household objects Date: 1930s

Advert, Hudson's Extract of Soap, railway signalman shining a beam of light Date: 1888

Turkey. Janissaries
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Janissaries. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

R. S. Hudson Omo Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier of household cloths

R. S. Hudson Limited Omo Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier for household fabrics

Omo Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier for household fabrics

British Dominions General Insurance Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the British Dominions General Insurance Co

Turkey. Janissaries. Engraving, 19th century
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Janissaries. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840. Date: 2018

Advert, The New Hoover Vacuum Cleaner - Try Them All! Date: 1929

Australian Gas Light Company Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for The Australian Gas Light Company, the image shows a woman doing household chores in an all-gas home

Caricature illustration, showing man coming in from gardening, treading clay into to neat living room carpet, with woman looking away in despair

Advertisement for Lifebuoy Soap, from Lever Brothers Ltd, Port Sunlight. Showing two crew men in a lifeboat. With the motto Saves Life'

An illustrated checklist of home maintenance tasks for the summer months. Date: 1954

Advert for Rosebank Fabrics, available to order through local stores and furnishers. Date: 1954

Advert for Imperial Leather Soap, featuring a Louis XV Vernis Martin fan once owned by Catherine the Great. Date: 1954

Advert for Min Cream Polish. Supply of the product was restricted during the war. Date: 1943

Wartime advert for Kolynos Toothpaste, employing the imagery of a nurse to vouch for its efficacy. Date: 1943

Advert for Wright's Coal Tar Soap. Date: 1943

Cartoons showing the activities of a diligent wartime housewife, operating without the assistance of a maid. Date: 1943

A wartime advert for Imperial Leather soap. Date: 1943

Advert for Linovent, which could be laid under carpets and linoleum to create extra spring and deaden noise. Date: 1932

Advert for Min Piano Polish, promising a beautiful finish in half a minute. Date: 1932

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