Household Collection (page 9)

Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas card
Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas card
Sweeping brush sticking out of a window with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Where I hang out. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a bed warmer. Date: circa 1890s

Farouk I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1920-1965, reigned 1936-1952). Seen here (centre) leaving a Cairo mosque with his entourage

Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1888
Selection of Victorian lamps with decorative stands. 1888

Advert for Clarkes cricklite lamps 1897
New style lamps made from silk, instead of the old style very dangerous paper shades. 1897

Advert for Dobble, Forbes & Co stoves and ranges 1888
A selection of three matchless combustion heating stoves, kitchen ranges with self-setting and fuel saving and a new portable cast-iron washing copper

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1888
Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1888

Advert for Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps & lights 1888
Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps and lights. Available in Manufactory-Childs Hill, London, N.W. 1888

Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1893
Selection of Victorian sterling silver household items; coffe and tea service with tea kettle, afternoon tea set, fruit dishes, biscuit box, salts bottles, claret jug, scent bottle, cigar case

Changing the Guard at St Jamess Palace, 1792.Coloured line engraving, artist unknown, published 1792.During the 18th century the British Army recruited many African

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1889
Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1889

Housewife with her new Ritemp electric washing machine
A housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain. Date: 1947

Advert for Mappin Brothers Victorian gifts 1896
Chritsmas gifts in solid silver; sugar and cream stand, afternoon tea set, sugar dredger, chased and pierced fruit or bonbon dish, twin oil and vinegar bottles and coffee set with tray. 1896

WW1 - United We Stand, Divided we fall. Patriotic postcard from the start of the First World War, showing a united stance by a sailor, a Scottish Highlander and a Life Guard Date: circa 1914

Light Switch 1940S
Remember to switch off lights last thing at night or when going out, saving energy and economising on household bills. Date: 1940s

Advert for Maple & Co. furniture 1890
Various furniture, available from Maple & Co, Tottenham Court Road, London. circa 1890

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1893
Various furniture item for sale clearance, available for Oetzmann & Co, in Hamstead Road, London. 1893

Washing Stockings / 1940S
Washing day: a young woman washes stockings by hand at the sink using a bar of soap and two basins of water Date: 1940s

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1880s
Victorian furniture, available from Oetzmann & Co, Hampstead, London. Circa 1880s

Advert in Zimmermann & Co. lamps 1888
Zimmermann & Co. Lamp manufactures and importers. Date: 1888

William N. Froy & Sons - exterior factory
Exterior of William Nathaniel Froy & Sons, in Hammersmith, London West. Builders merchant, manufacturing and selling fittings, including taps, baths, stoves and glass. Date: 19th century

Advert for Silicated Carbon Filter Company 1888
Patent Silicated Carbon Filter, each time that the fiter is filled the air under the Aerator Cover is forced in the direction shown by the arrows through the Silicated Carbon block

Advert for Foots library lounge chair 1906
Just a finger touch of the occupant will instantly change the back to any inclination from upright to flat. Date: 1906

Advert for Maple & Co. bedroom furniture 1906
Soild oak bedroom furniture, consisting of wardrobe with mirrored door, dressing chess with landscape mirror and washstand with marble top and tiled splashback. 1906

Thermega electric blanket 1929
Replacing the hot water bottle the Thermega electric blanket keeps the bed evenly warm. Date: 1929

Electrical household appliances 1929
Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, household items with a flexible wire and wall plug. Date: 1929

Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1892
Various floor lamps in solid brass, wrought iron and copper, each lamp is fitted with a patent self-extinguished burner. 1892

Advert for Spiers & Ponds stores, oil lamps 1898
Selection of Victorian oil lamps available from Spiers & Pond s, hardware department. 1898

Advert for J. L Foot & Son reclining chair 1899
Comfortable reclining chair, can be lowered and moved in any position from upright to flat. 1899

Advert for Maple & Co bedroom suite 1882
Beautifully enamelled and highly-finished bedroom suite. Consisting of large wardrobe with drawers bevelled plate-glass door

Art Deco fireplace 1936
Dull mottle tiles with plain vertical pattern to the side and a Art Deco centre. Date: 1936

Advert for Caffeta coffee maker 1912
Caffeta, coffee maker that make you a cup to perfection! Used at the table used with a lamp underneath. 1912

Advertisement for Horners patent Dorcas thimble, 1899
Advertisement for Charles Horners patent Dorcas thimble, as worn by a quarter of a million ladies. This thimble has a steel core, lined with two layers of silver

Community heating by G. H. Davis
Community heating: a system which keeps an entire town warm and abolishes household drudgery. A central power station provides a day

Advert for Latona radiators 1933
Perfect heating and economy. The Latona is the only efficient paraffin oil-heated portable, giving the comfort of central heating without the expense of installing costly piping. 1933

Dr Frederick L H Willis, American spiritualist and physician
Dr Frederick Llewellyn Hovey Willis (1830-1914), American spiritualist minister and physician. He grew up in the same household as Louisa May Alcott and her family

Kissing a young maid
A man leans in to kiss the neck of a young maid; she seems quite happy to be distracted from her ironing. Date: 1885

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1900
Great clearance sale of Victorian furnuture, including drawing-room folding occasional chair, polished Chippendale mahogany, upholstered with art material. Inlaid mahogany drawing-room arm chair

Trade catalogue for Edwardian sweet making utensils 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of sweet making utensils. 1911

Advert for Goblin vacuum cleaner 1948
Goblin electric vacuum cleaner, for carpets, and polished floors. 1948

Household Brigade - Officer of the British Life Guards
An Officer of The Life Guards (LG) (the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals), pictured with his young son

Buckingham Palace Investiture Pass. 1918

Advert for Magnet household items 1929
Magnet, a wide variety of electrical gifts for Christmas. 1929

Pewter tankards with handle and lid. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Ann Todd gives in her appliances for the war effort
Actress Ann Todd photographed handing in her spare household appliances to the local W.V.S. office in Berkshire. In 1940, Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production

Advert for Arden Hills & Co new patent gas fires 1888
Patent asbestos gas fires by Arden Hill s, tiled hearth and brass rail, pattern, no sheet-iron parts, large fire front, hook at back, new burner, fall-down trivet

Advert for Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps 1888
Advert for Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps, showing how to transform gasoliers, wall brackets, gas standards ect, temporarily into Clarkes Fairy lamps without disturbing the gas arrangement. Date: 1888

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