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Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background, an apprentice works the felt in a battery (hot-water kettle)
Kettles, Coffee Pots and other items. 19th century
R A Lister Military Band, Roman Baths, Bath. Date: 1935
Itinerant tinker with pots and pans, China, East AsiaItinerant tinker in a street with pots, pans and kettles to mend, together with his portable stove and tools, China, East Asia. Date: 1922
Cartoon, Miss-Ann-Thropy. 19th century
Young woman cooking in a kitchen Date: circa 1990s
Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1897Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1897
St Thomas, Ontario, Canada -- Michigan Central Railroad at Kettle Creek, with railway bridge, looking east. Date: early 1910s
Stand and lamp for making toast 1909Christmas gift for any table! Elkington plate stand and lamp for making toast for breakfast table, also forming a stand for the kettle. 1909
Electric kettle connected to the ceiling light 1902Two victorian couples seated at the dining room table with a hot cup of tea, from a kettle connected to the ceiling light. 1902
Advert for Mappin & Webb Edwardian items 1907Selection of Princes plate and sterling silver items from 1907. Date: 1907
Advert for Mappin & Webb tea & coffee service 1929Seletion of three different style sterling silver tea and coffee service, with tea pot, sugar basin, cream jug, coffee pot, kettle and stand and tea tray. 1929
Advert for Mappin & Webb sterling silver service 1908 Advert for Mappin & WebbAdvertisement for Mappin & Webb, sterling silver, tea and coffee service. Date: 1908
Advert for Thomas Fletcher gas heating appliances 1889Page of advertisements of gas-heating appliances. Date: 1889
VICTORIAN RANGEAn interesting old Victorian range, which has seen good use over the years. Date: 19th century
SATIRE ON STEAMBOATSAn early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830
Talented DaughterUnappreciated talent : Now then Julier do a done with that pehanner and give the mangle a turn ! Date: 1837 - 1838
WOMAN PREPARES TO DYEA woman prepares a dye mixture before adding it to a basin of water. Date: 1940s
Advert for Sanitas flu fumigator 1900Advertisement for Sanitas fumigator, for the treatment of influenza and other lung and throat infections. Date: 1900
Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. Men employed in wetting, rolling, pressing ruffling and blocking the hat bodies. Date: 1841
DENIS PAPIN & KETTLE DENIS PAPIN & KETTLEDENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, who formulated his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth Date: 1647? - 1712
CHILDREN PICNIC IN WOODSChildren having a picnic in a wood Date: 1900
A farmer sits in the farm kitchen, Co Clare, IrelandAn elderly farmer sits in the farm kitchen and puts the kettle over the peat fire. He wears a cloth cap and wellington boots. Co Clare, Ireland. See also 12445690 - 1247384 Date: 1990
Farm kitchen, Co Clare, Ireland - 2A farmer and his wife and family sit in front of a peat fire over which a kettle boils in their farmhouse kitchen. County Clare, Ireland. First published The Sunday Times
Sandy Balls campersTwo men campers prepare breakfast at the Sandy Balls campsite beside their vintage Austin A40 Devon car. A dog walker and storm clouds in the background. First published in The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Maori Women Boiling water in a hot pool - Rotorua, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1896Advert for Elkington & Co, with Victorian household items including polished oak Tantalus with nickel plated mounts, and best cut Hobnail Quart bottles, corinthian table lamp
Sudanese kettle drum, 1898 (c). Reputedly taken form Dervish forces at the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899) 1898
Omani girl in OmanOman. Omani girl wearing colourful tradition clothes. Kettle on the ground. Date: 1976
Female contortionist Diana Gaye making teaThe female contortionist Diana Gaye in the kitchen with her mother, making a pot of tea. (2 of 2) Date: 1971
The Black Sheep Restaurant, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Date: circa 1950
Advert for Mappin & Webb Sterling Silver items 1904Selection of household items from Mappin & Webb, specialists in sterling silver plate. 1904
Cosy scene with cat and fireplace on a greetings cardCosy scene with cat sleeping in front of a fireplace on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1900s
Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1893Selection of Victorian sterling silver household items; coffe and tea service with tea kettle, afternoon tea set, fruit dishes, biscuit box, salts bottles, claret jug, scent bottle, cigar case
Advert for Drew & Sons tea basket 1896Patent " En Route" tea basket. 1896
An Incident in the Life of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), when as a young man he worked in the printing trade. 1895
Electrical household appliances 1929Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, household items with a flexible wire and wall plug. Date: 1929
Hot Water BottleA smartly dressed woman fills her hot water bottle from a kettle
Advert for Magnet household items 1929Magnet, a wide variety of electrical gifts for Christmas. 1929
Late afternoon on Wharf Road and beach, St Ives, Cornwall" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. Wharf Road showing the bandstand, Crimson Tours, Harbour Cafe, Copper Kettle, Brig Y Don & Dinas Ia
Kettle-Drum in Mayfair - Victorian fundraising partyKettle-Drum in Mayfair, London - Victorian fundraising party. circa 1870s
Advert for Mappin & Webbs wedding gifts 1889Selection of silver plate wedding gifts; fluted biscuit, butter and cheese stand, oak salad bowl, with electro silver mounts with servers to match, solid silver salt cellars and spoons
Girl with kettle and teapot on a Christmas cardGirl in a kitchen with kettle and teapot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Davids Astonisment - Col.David Putting kettle on fire. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Trap to Catch a Sunbeam. Date: circa 1900
Hop Picking - Kent - The Midday Rest Date: 1906
Advert for Paz & Silva electrical household items 1913French electrical household items: light bulbs, ornate chandeliers, irons, curling iron, kettles, Russian coffee maker, radiators, heaters Date: 1913
City gent in a park, using an ingenious water-boiling spirit-powered stove stored in his bowler hat -- an invention by Alistair McBride. The stove has sufficient fuel to boil three kettles per day
Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101. 5Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101.5, showing a range of tables, some with squares marked for chess and draughts. Date: circa 1880s