Iron Collection (page 4)

Rushlight and candle holder
Iron rushlight and candle holder with a wooden base, made in Ireland, 1700-1800. Date: 1700-1800

Tinder box
Canister tinder box made from sheet iron, with a tube candle socket and a ring carrying handle, made in England c.1750-1775. Date: c.1750-1775

Fire dog
One of a pair of wrought iron fire dogs with turned brass finials, arched legs and tapered uprights, decorated with raised decoration of Xs and carved feather motifs

Fire dogs
One of a pair of wrought iron fire dogs with turned brass finials, arched legs and tapered uprights, decorated with raised decoration of Xs and carved feather motifs

Fireback and grate
Cast iron fireback with a grate component and an arched top, decorated with a vase, roses and other floral motifs within a trailing foliate border surmounted by sea-monsters, possibly Flemish

Militia or Marine Pattern. 78 in flintlock musket, 1759
Militia or Marine Pattern.78 in flintlock musket, 1759; 42 in barrel, iron ramrod, no escutcheon or tail-pipe. Date: 1759

Iron hat of King Charles I, worn during the English Civil War (1642-1646), said to be at Warwick Castle. Date: 17th century

American steam locomotive with cow catcher
Vintage 19th century photograph: American steam locomotive with cow catcher on the front

Saxon swords, daggers and crossbow bolt
Saxon weapons: ancient iron sword 1, 2, and dirks and daggers 3, 4 found in the River Wytham, Lincolnshire, and a crossbow bolt found in the camp at Danbury, Essex 5

Diagrams of magnets, magnetic fields, iron filings, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst

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

Fowler showmans Road Locomotive FX6661
Fowler showmans Road Locomotive, regn. FX6661, number 15657 The Iron Maiden. Built in 1920 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Gnawa musicians - ethnic group inhabiting Morocco and Algeria in the Maghreb. Gnawa music is characterized by instrumentation

Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteer
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917

Nomad migration, Early Iron Age, Kazakhstan area
Nomads of the Early Iron Age in the Kazakhstan area, with caravan and camel train. 1200-550 BCE

Opening of the Albert Palace in Battersea, London in 1885. Engravings show views of the palace from the lake, the band stand (kiosque)

Iron & Steel Co, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Blast furnaces and open hearth, Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Sydney Harbour, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905

Busker plays an accordian on Ha penny Bridge, Dublin
A mature man sits on Ha penny Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. He plays an accordian. He smiles as he plays while, in the distance, people walk over the cast iron footbridge

A veteran East Prussian Infantryman Frenkiel (who won the Iron Cross) in his full service uniform - clearly of Polish extraction. Date: circa 1900s

Electric Avenue, Brixton, London - note the delightful arcade-style covering of the sheltered walkways, providing shelter to the shopfronts

Upper Walthamstow Road, London - looking very much the same today, albeit without the iron gates and railings, likely taken for scrap during the war. Date: circa 1907

Iron processing in Bronze Age, Kazakhstan area
Bronze Age craftsmen (blacksmiths) processing iron with special tools, shaping the metal by hammering. In the background are yurts and a mountain landscape. 3000-1200 BCE

A blooming mill Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Steelworks Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Pig iron machine at steelworks Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Blast furnace at steelworks Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Loading pig iron into railroad cars at steelworks Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Pig iron machine at steelworls Pittsburg Pennsylvania USA early 1900s

Ore docks Conneaut Ohio USA early 1900s

A Hughlett clam-shell hoist unloading a ship's hold Conneaut Ohio USA early 1900s

Hunslet Steel Works early 1900s

Building deck, Thames Iron Works, London

Laying a keel, Thames Iron Works, London

Punching holes in plate, Thames Iron Works, London

Thames Iron Works, London

Royal Navy ship, Thames Iron Works, London

Keel blocks, Thames Iron Works, London

Thames Iron Works, Ship building, London

Fowler General Purpose Engine number 16044 Iron Ada, reg. AF 7718, at Wycombe on 26 May 1974. Date: 1974

Fowler Showman's Road Locomotive number 14758 The Iron Duke, reg. WY 480, at Ryhill on 17 June 1972. Date: 1972

PZL-Mielec I-22 Iryda SP-PWG - 0204
Polish Air Force - PZL-Mielec I-22 Iryda SP-PWG / 0204 (msn ANA002-04), fourth prototype of the Iryda, which failed to go into large-scale production due to the fall of the Iron Curtain

Steam Ship HMS Duncan, built by the Thames Iron Works, in a gale - Empire Series postcard

Blaydon Iron Works Date: 19th century

Blaydon Iron Works Victorian period Date: 19th century

RMS Majestic, First Class cast iron bed single ends
RMS MAJESTIC: First-Class cast iron bed single ends with pierced geometric decoration

RMS Olympic cast iron table base
RMS OLYMPIC: Rare cast iron Second-Class table base, fluted central column with lion's head supports. 24ins

RMS Mauretania, First Class dining room, cast iron chair bas
CUNARD: Extremely rare RMS Mauretania cast iron chair base believed from First-Class dining room. 15ins. x 12ins

Pair of cast iron cannon on carriages
MARITIME: A pair of cast iron cannon on carriages with tapering barrels and armorial crest to the barrel. Barrels measure 38ins. long with a 6ins. diameter breech, 4ins

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