Jar Collection (page 10)

Oliver Crimmen with fish specimen
Photograph of Oliver Crimmen, a curator at the Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is a Cypselurus bahiensis, four winged flying fish from the North Atlantic

Cypselurus californicus, four-winged flyingfish
Specimen jar containing a four-winged flyingfish (Cypselurus californicus), held in the Darwin Centre at The Natural History Museum, London

Storage jars for spirit collection
Storage jars come in a huge variety of designs, reflecting changing styles over the years, as well as cost and availability

Iguana delicatissima, West Indian iguana
West Indian iguana in a specimen jar held at the Natural History Museum, London

Astroboa clavata, basketstar

Isurus oxyrinchus, shortfin mako shark
Specimen jar containing the head of a shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), held at the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum. London

Lophiodes naresi, monkfish
Specimen jars containing monkfish (Lophiodes naresi), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Visitors in the Tank Room in the Darwin Centre
Scientist showing visitors zoological specimens held in the Tank Room in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Viverra sp. civet
This civet specimen was obtained in 1867, and held at The Natural History Museum, London

Cyprinid fish
Specimen jar containing tropical freshwater cyprinid fish from Indonesia, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Gobiesox poecilophthalmos, clingfish
Clingfish (Gobiesox poecilophthalmos) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

Fish Specimens in the Spirit Building
Specimens preserved in jars containing ethyl alcohol at the Natural History Museum, London

Zoology specimens
Specimens held in the Zoology department of the Natural History Museum, London

Coryphaenoides armatus, abyssal grenadier
Photograph of specimen jars containing grenadier fish collected south of Australia, 1874 on the Challenger voyage (1872-1876)

Vestiaria coccinea, iiwi
A spirit preserved specimen of an iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea) photographed by Cary S. Wolinsky, collected during Captain James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780). See also image number 025085

Scyliorhinus canicula, common dogfish
Specimen of the cartilaginous skeleton of a dogfish contained in a specimen jar

Mother and daughter in a shop
A mother and her daughter study the food shelves in a shop, deciding what to buy. c. 1910

Catalan ceramic jar for putting wheat. Baroque art. Ceramics. SPAIN. Vic. Vic Episcopal Museum

Peaches and Glass Jar. ca. 50. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. Herculaneum

Jar with four handles (17th c. ). Baroque art
Jar with four handles (17th c.). Baroque art. Ceramics. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Ceramics Museum. Proc: SPAIN. Manises

Cover design, Regie Air Afrique timetable
Cover design, French Air Ministry, Regie Air Afrique, timetable for the Europe-Congo-Madagascar summer service. 1936

Cross and Blackwell products
Crosse & Blackwells meats and other products, 1903 Date: 1903

A satirical look at Germanys defeat in 1915
" The New Year - By An Optimist" The mood is tongue in cheek, and yet there remains a hint of hopeful optimism in this cartoon by George Studdy

Flooding near the Pyramids, Egypt. People bring containers to fill with water. Date: early 20th century

Large spider in web
A large spider sits patiently, watching as his web does all the work, reeling in his prey. 1925

Jar Salesman
A wandering itinerant Mexican jar seller, his wares on a frame across his back (however, is he earning pots of money?). Date: circa 1905

Filtering drinking water - Cairo, Egypt. An egyptian man has collected water from the River Nile in his animal skin container and now transfers this water to a large terracotta pot

France - Elderly water carrier
A really extraordinary photographic postcard of an elderly lady water carrier smoking a pipe at Morlaix, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

Egypt - Fig Seller
Egypt - Street Fig Seller and a water carrier/seller Date: circa 1910

Madagascar - Girl carrying a large round jar
Madagascar - A young Girl carrying a large round jar on her head Date: circa 1908

Franco-British Exhibition - White City - Young Potter
The Franco-British Exhibition - White City - A Young indigenous Algerian Potter - from the Ceramic School of M. Soupireau. Date: circa 1910s

Djibouti, Two women water carriers
A very odd photographic postcard from Djibouti, East Africa, featuring two women of starkly differing physical stature. On the left is a small woman smoking a large cigarette

Granpop gives him an earful by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing Granpop (Lawson Woods wily orang-utan) throwing tomatoes at a thieving pig. Date: 1934

Israel - Nazareth - Fountain of the Virgin Date: circa 1910s

Nubian Children - Elephantine Island, Egypt. Part of the modern Egyptian city of Aswan, the islands shape is similar to that of an elephants tusk. Date: circa 1910s

Water Carrier, Palestine
A little girl water carrier with the water jar on her head, Palestine. Date: early 1930s

LEYDEN JAR / 1882
An electrostatic generator connected to a Leyden Jar, a cylindrical device used by early experimenters to store electrical energy. Date: 1882

Bear asleep in bed after a long day
A bear asleep in bed after a long day. His slippers are on the floor at the foot of the bed, and a jar of honey sits ready for his breakfast

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

French Plums
A jar of French plums packed exclusively for Harrods

United Service Relish
A jar of relish for cold meats etc exclusively from Harrods

Ceramic Jar of the Navaho & Apache
Decorated ceramic jar from the southwestern United States - from a Navaho & Apache tribal pueblo. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Cairo, Egypt - Pot Seller
A pot seller in Cairo, Egypt with his wide selection of pottery in varied shapes and sizes. He sits in the open entrance to his shop and talks to a passing fresh water carrier / seller

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

Local men mixing cement in Kashgar, western China. One of the men is standing on top of the mixture and pouring water into it from a jar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Primitive Oil Refinery in Iraq or Iran

Moorish Woman - Tangiers, Morocco

The Oil Shop. A young girl makes a purchase from the shop keeper, stood next to a large barrel of paraffin and a counter dominated by a large jar of paint

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