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Fine Art Ware, Plate 72, showing ornately decorated plates, jugs, pots and vases. Date: circa 1880s
Superior China with raised flowers, Plate 71Superior China covered with imitation green moss and raised flowers, Plate 71. Date: circa 1880s
Superior China with raised flowers, Plate 70Superior China covered with imitation green moss and raised flowers, Plate 70. Date: circa 1880s
China Ornaments with raised violets, Plate 69. Date: circa 1880s
Dishes, Pans, Funnels, Bottles, Jars, Barrels, Plate 60Baking Dishes, Milk Pans, Funnels, Bottles, Patent Top Jars, Spirit Barrels and other items, Plate 60, showing a range of items mostly in earthenware. Date: circa 1880s
China Toilet Table Sets, Plate 58, showing plain and patterned trays, candlesticks, jars, pots and bowls. Date: circa 1880s
Rowlands Aqua d Oro - Distilling Perfume, marketed by A Rowland & Son of Hatton Garden, London. circa 1850s
Cheery Families - Mrs Putty the Painters Wife. 1890s
National Childrens Home, Harpenden - DispensaryA nurse provides medical attention to an inmate of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The room contains medical equipment, an adjustable chair and jars of chemical solutions
Women at Facus / 1904Women fill large water jars at the riverbank. Date: 1904
Kenwood Liquidiser for Marmalade Making. 1968
Oleanders in bloom in June on a Tuscan Farm, Italy Date: 1905
Toddler helping out in the kitchenA toddler helping out in the kitchen with the pots and pans. Date: circa 1960s
Women carrying water, Holy Land, with cactuses in the background. Date: 1920s
Women at Marys Well, Nazareth, Northern IsraelWomen at Marys Well in the city of Nazareth, Northern Israel. It is reputed to be where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary (the Annunciation). Date: 1920s
Pencil sketches of vases and jars. Date: 1920s
Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad, Hollywood, USAPreparing to film The Thief of Bagdad (released in 1924), adapted from the Arabian Nights stories. Parts of the set, and prop items such as large jars, can be seen. Date: 1923
Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1914Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons
Illustration to the story of Ali BabaDesign or illustration to the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, featuring a slim woman in eastern costume, discovering men hiding in jars
Japanese shop selling pots and pottery Date: circa 1910s
Bulgaria - BalcikLocal people filling up water jars at the town fountain - Balcik, Bulgaria - on the Black Sea Coast. Date: circa 1910s
English Country InteriorThis picturesque interior at Amberley, Surrey, England, was formerly a bakery and has now been converted into a little cafe. Date: 1950s
South Korea - Chosen - Storage Jars awaiting export Date: circa 1920s
Mount Street Post Office - Grosvenor Square, London - incorporating Tait & Co. Bakers and Confectioners. Date: 1904
Carrying Native Beer - South AfricaFour children (of varied ages) carrying Native-brewed ( Kafir ) Beer - South Africa Date: circa 1903
Mexican Ollas Seller - An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Date: circa 1910s
Morocco, North West Africa - Pot seller, Casablanca Date: circa 1950s
Making Chatties, Phini, CyprusMaking Chatties (pottery jars / amphorae), Phini (Foini), Troodos Mountains, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s
Mother and daughter in a shopA mother and her daughter study the food shelves in a shop, deciding what to buy. c. 1910
Interior of a cellar. French School. 18th c. Potters doing jars. Painting. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)
Ali Baba. From Playhour (1958)
Cross and Blackwell productsCrosse & Blackwells meats and other products, 1903 Date: 1903
Kitchen utensils hanging below a spice rack with mint, caraway, thyme, and sage jars. Photo shows 6 utensils including a small pan, meat fork, icing spatula, whole and slotted spoons
Show jars, from thes Maw & Sons catalogue Date: 1903
Flooding near the Pyramids, Egypt. People bring containers to fill with water. Date: early 20th century
Display of South Australian Preserved FruitDisplay of photographs of South Australian Preserved Fruit at the Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London. The point of the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908 was to celebrate the Entente
Cairo - Sellers of BouzaItinerant sellers of Bouza, a fermented alcoholic beverage produced from wheat in Egypt. Is this the origin of the English term booze??? Date: circa 1910s
Large spider in webA large spider sits patiently, watching as his web does all the work, reeling in his prey. 1925
The River Ganges, IndiaA beautiful view of the River Ganges, India, with elegant riverside temples and people collecting water, washing and Date: circa 1920
Jar SalesmanA wandering itinerant Mexican jar seller, his wares on a frame across his back (however, is he earning pots of money?). Date: circa 1905
Namibia - Ovambo water carriersOwambo (Ovambo) water carriers, Namibia, Africa Date: circa 1910s
Tanzania - Native Potter, Kigoma Date: circa 1930s
Home Pickling 1930SJars full of home packed pickles with special safety lids. Date: 1930s
Brazilians mashing turtle eggsNative indians of Brazil cooking al fresco: mashing turtle eggs in a large trough. Date: 19th century
Large Minoan Strage Jar - PithoiThe excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce
Virgins Well, BethlehemChildren water carriers with jars on their heads at the Virgins Well, Bethlehem. Date: early 1930s
Medical museum, St Bartholomews Hospital, LondonA view of the medical museum at St Bartholomews Hospital in the City of London. The room is packed with shelves and display cases containing medical specimens, most of them in glass jars
Greece - Palace of King Minos at KnossosThe excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce