Initials Collection (page 3)

German postcard with stone inscription
German postcard with a gymnast carving an inscription into stone: Frisch Fromm Frohlich Frei, meaning fresh, pious, happy and free. Date: circa 1920s

LFB new cork and rubber helmet
The relatively new LFB cork and rubber helmet. By 1938 it had fully replaced the traditional brass helmet, which carried the risk of electrocution. The new cork helmet was also lighter in weight

Firemen riding a fire engine
Firemen riding an early fire engine bearing the initials MFB (Middlesex Fire Brigade?)

WWI Military Hunter pocket watch
First World War Military Hunter pocket watch with enamel dial with seconds counter and key-wind, jewelled lever movement, by Rothermans, London

Copper cigarette box with Royal Engineers badge, WW1
Copper cigarette box embossed and engraved with the badge of the Royal Engineers, with initials JWB. Trench Art

Whites Tree
Tree in a wood in Lincolnshire in whose bark the poet HENRY KIRKE WHITE cut his initials. Are they to be seen to this day ? To be honest with you, we haven t checked. Date: CIRCA 1800

ARGENTINA. San Ignacio Mini. Jesuit Mission, founded at the beginning of 17th c. Masonry stone with the Greek initials of the name of Jesus

ARGENTINA. MISIONES. San Ignacio Mini. Jesuit

Illuminated initial of Henry VIII, 5 May 1526 Date: 5th May 1526

H. L. Oakley - silhouette artist
Jolly silhouette self-portrait by H. L.Oakley (1882-1960), renowned silhouette artist, who depicts himself with a knapsack and suitcase (complete with H.L.O initials) on tour

Engraving designs on glass
Engraving initials onto glass goblets using an engraving machine. Date: circa 19th century

1920s jewellery design
1920s costume jewellery design, taking its inspiration from different subjects such as nature and religion. 1924

Royal cipher of Elizabeth II at Carlsberg Breweries in Denma
The royal cipher in an unusual setting at the Carlsberg Breweries of Denmark. Nearly 5000 gold-topped bottles arranged to form the royal cipher E.R.I.I

Howitzer shells near Ypres, Belgium, WW1
A line of 15 inch Howitzer shells on the muddy ground near Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Written on them are painted the initials RMA [Royal Marine Artillery]

Warne alphabet 1875. ABC
Page from a Victorian alphabet showing A for apple, B for broom and C for cart

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. MNO
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with M for magpie, N for nest and O for oyster

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. DEF
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with D for donkey, E for eye and F for fox

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. JKL
Page from a19th century alphabet book with J for jar, K for kitchen and L for lion. Date: 1875

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. STUV
Page from a 19th century alphabet book withs for saucepan, T for tree, U for uncle and V for violets

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. GHI
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with G for girls, H for hand and I for Inn

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. PQR
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with P for police man, Q for quail and R for rabbit

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with W and X, inexplicably, for bees, honey and hives (?), Y for yacht (thats better, back on familiar territory) and Z for the good old zebra

Met Police stopwatch -- outer casing
A Metropolitan Police issue stopwatch for the purpose of catching speeding motorists. This method worked on the principle of timing motorists over specific distances to estimate their speed

Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back, a ballad with words by H Tolkien and music by G Tolkien. A lady of the Restoration period is depicted in a garden with her King Charles

Illuminating 15c & 16c
Examples of fifteenth and sixteenth century illuminating. Ornaments and large initials, ornamented with raspberries, daisies, and a butterfly

English Illuminating 12c & 13c
Initials by English illuminators, 12th and 13th century

Captain Rostron watch back
The back of an 18 carat gold Tiffany watch presented to Captain Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, as a token of gratitude from three of the survivors rescued by the Carpathia on 15 April 1912 shortly

C16 Alphabet
Decorative initials from an early French printed book

Ornamental Initials
Ornamental initials from the Racionale divinorum officiorum of Guillaume Durand

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