Jars Collection (page 5)

Home Pickling 1930S
Jars full of home packed pickles with special safety lids. Date: 1930s

Brazilians mashing turtle eggs
Native indians of Brazil cooking al fresco: mashing turtle eggs in a large trough. Date: 19th century

Large Minoan Strage Jar - Pithoi
The 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, Bethlehem
Children water carriers with jars on their heads at the Virgins Well, Bethlehem. Date: early 1930s

Medical museum, St Bartholomews Hospital, London
A 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 Knossos
The 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

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

Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant or cures / remedies
Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant in a truly spectacular hat selling traditional local tunisian cures/remedies by the side of the street

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

Hindu Marriage ceremony - Bombay, India

Tunisian grocer
A Tunisian Grocer standing in his open-fronted shop with jars of olives, bowls of houmous, dried peppers and a fine set of metal scales hanging over the counter

Man with jars, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A man carrying two jars in a field in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Constantinople - Orthodox Church Patriarch Joachim with various bishops. Standing before a series of ceremonial items, some wrapped in black cloth

Brands Invalid Preparations advertisement
Advertisement for Brands invalid preparations which comprise of its calfs foot jelly, essence of beef and essence of chicken and, apparently, not containing any preservatives

Newsagent & Much More - Oxford
Sawyers Newsagent, Stationer, Confectioner and Tobacconist in Oxford. A magnificent photographic postcard showing a General Store on an Oxford street selling pretty much anything you can imagine

James Hallett, the Sussex Charlata
Illustration of James Hallett, " the Sussex Charlatan" in his consulting room with ladies waiting outside the door, circa 1795, by Clifford Thompson, circa 1822. HPG/8/2/1 (xxii)"

Filling water jara at a well - Syris
Syria - Three chaps filling up large water jars at a well

Lady Water Carriers, Port Said Egypt

Mexico - Water Carriers at Queretaro

Pottery Sellers - Tangiers, Morocco

The Sweet Shop. A young toddler hands her friend a selection of sweets chosen from the tall glass jars in the shop window

Tunisian potter in his shop
A Tunisian potter surrounded by his wares in his shop

Young Egyptian Arab girl water carriers
Two young Egyptian Arab girl water carriers stand behind a seated young boy playing his flute

Chevreul / Andrielli / Ils
MICHEL-EUGENE CHEVREUL French chemist in his laboratory

Grocers shop by Percy Macquoid
Engraving to accompany a story in the Graphic ( Madame Leroux ), showing a typical interior of a grocers shop during the late 19th century

Making Apricot Jam
Home made jam, made from fresh apricots and lemons, sugar etc, beautifully preserved in well-labelled jars

Preserving Plums
If it is not necessary to preserve whole plums, it takes up less space in the jar if they are cut and stoned first

Racial / India / Jar Carry
Two Indian women carrying jars are approached by a handsome young man

Pile of Pots / Sakara
A street in Sakara. A young girl stands close to a stall selling decorated pots

Worcestershire garage and owner before a fire
Worcestershire garage and seated owner surrounded by oils, engine treatments and lubricants. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Elisha and the Widow
To help a pious widow, he tells her to buy as many jars as she can, then fills them with oil which she sells to pay her debts

Village Shop 1960S
A young boy being served in a well-stocked village shop, including sweets in jars, Homepride flour, Kit-Kat chocolate bars etc

Grinding Corn Ethiopia
An Ethiopian woman uses a saddle quern to grind corn

Ballerina and Cans
A ballerina holds a Liebig can - another floats in the air beside her - two more jars are at her feet

Brit Mus Etruscan Room
They learnt Macaulays Horatius at school, so they know all about the Etruscans and can enjoy the Etruscan Room even if its mostly jars and pots

Arabian Nights / Ali Baba
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The thieves hide in jars

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