Mason Collection

Fortnum & Mason
The Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s

Fortnum & Masons Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1
Advertisement for quintessential London department store, Fortnum & Mason, in particular their Thirty Shilling Xmas Box of selected provisions which could be sent to the front for lucky soldiers

LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review
Lambeth, headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, hosted annual displays and regular reviews of the Brigade. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse drawn steam

1909 FA Cup Final: Manchester United beats Bristol City 1-0
The Football Association Cup Final at the Crystal Palace, where Manchester United beat Bristol City by one goal to nil. Players including A. Turnbull, C. Roberts, W

Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman
A scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)

Freemasons at the Royal Albert Hall
The installation of his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the freemasons of England at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Freemason seal of the 19th century with different symbols as the Seal of Solomon or Star of David. Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)
Shand Mason (Blackfriars) supplied the London Fire Brigade with this hand operated 75 foot turntable ladder on a four wheel horse drawn carriage

LCC-LFB Shand Mason motor steam fire engine
The motor steam fire engine with independent pumping and propelling engines was developed later than the Merryweather Fire King self-propelled steam engine

Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Inland navigation of England and Wales by
Map of the inland navigation of England and Wales by the canals and principal rivers, 1809. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the homes swimming pool. Date: circa 1930s

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Tango craze: The Girl on the Film, 1913
A front cover from The Sketch, 1913, showing Mr. George Grossmith(1874 6 June 1935) and Miss Kitty Mason knee to knee at The Gaiety Theatre, for " The Girl on the Film". 1913

Three ballooning personalities
Three miniature portraits of ballooning personalities, arranged in a triangle, with a small balloon at the centre, and signatures below

Distinguished masons of the revolution

Printed Fortnum & Mason dresses for the Riviera casinos
Elegant evening dresses in print crepe-de-chine, among the styles seen in the casinos of Southern France according to The Sketch magazine in which this photograph was featured

A Day at the Races
3 To 1, - Bar Two The singer Miss Annie Adams is pictured in the foreground enjoying champagne and lobsters from her Fortnum and Mason hamper

Napoleon I on Elba
NAPOLEON I in exile on the island of Elba comes across one of his former Garde Imperiale, now working as a stone-mason

Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England - Nave - In 1338 the mason William Joy employed an unorthodox solution by inserting low arches topped by inverted arches of similar dimensions

Types of leaves of plants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G. Kearsley, London, 1813

Would-Be Actors, Palace Theatre, London
Would-Be Actors, at the Palace Theatre, London, with Carter Livesey, Albert Mason and Lilian Rosebery. 1906

Grandpa Unwin - Provincial Grand Primo - Masonry
Grandpa Unwin in his uniform as the Provincial Grand Primo (P.G.P.) and member of the Roll of Honour (ROH) Assembly- Sheffield and District Masonic Lodge - his apron was presented by the Angling Club

Stone Masons Victorian period

Builders early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

The fair Danseuse showing three London fashion outfits
Advance designs for the fair Danseuse showing three London fashion outfits, December 1923: two gowns from Reville and a Mason Lewis hat worn by Heather Thatcher Date: 1923

Two dancing features from the Screen, December 1923: Lady Bancroft (Patricia Prevoss) with Lou Mason in Flaming Youth (First National) and a scene from The Darling of the Rich (Vitagraph) Date: 1923

Poster, Ellerman's City & Hall Lines, Suez Canal scene
Poster, Ellerman's City & Hall Lines to and from Egypt, India, Ceylon - showing the City of Benares on the Suez Canal with the Ferdinand de Lesseps statue in the right background Date: circa 1936

Seascape
An oil painting of some grasslands situated before a distant view of the sea, over a row of trees, under a cloudy blue sky. Date: circa 1921

The Channel Crossing
A tempera painting of some figures tightly fixing themselves to seats and rails of a boat, travelling across the Channel Crossing, on a somewhat turbulent sea. Date: circa 1920

Mason Court, Stratford-On_Avon
An etching of Mason Court, located right in the centre of Stratford-Upon-Avon, a medieval hall built in 1482, close to the birthplace of William Shakespeare

Hotel De Ville, Loches
An etching of a town hall in Loches, France, dating from 1543, built out of limestone, under the guidance of the master mason, Jean Baudoin, authorized by King Francois. Date: circa 1920

Heirlooms
A still life painting of some heirlooms, in the form of figurines wearing tunics of various colours, behind them is a series of illustrated cards. Date: circa 1918

Moonlight In An Arab City
A painting which shows an alleyway in the early evening, with two figures wearing white walking between the two rows of white buildings, located in an Arab city. Date: circa 1916

The Gardens Of The Luxembourg
A painting of the Luxembourg Gardens in France, the creation of which began in 1612, when Marie de Medici, the widow of King Henry IV made Luxembourg Palace her new residence. Date: circa 1915

Park Land
An illustration of a town park, populated by a number of people who are walking their dogs or sitting on benches. Date: circa 1915

On The Seine
An illustration of a line of fisherman along a bank of the River Seine, in France, with an arched bridge in the background

Bookstalls, Paris
This painting shows a row of outdoor book stalls, lining an old pedestrian bridge with side steps in Paris, France. Date: circa 1914

Paris
A drawing of a coach in Paris, with a large mass of people standing nearby. Date: circa 1914

Paris
A drawing of Parisian people walking a pavement and entrance way to the Pantheon, a monument in Paris, France. The edifice was built between 1758-1790, designed by architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot

Music cover, Shrimp Boats, recorded by Jo Stafford
Music cover, Shrimp Boats, words and music by Paul Mason Howard and Paul Weston, recorded by Jo Stafford Date: 1951

Elizabeth Arkell, (1891?-1962) actress, seated studio portrait. Captioned, A Portrait from Theatreland'. With description, Who has scored many successes in child parts

Blanche Sweet in The Woman in White
Blanche Sweet and Haddon Mason in British Dominions mystery film The Woman in White, directed by Herbert Wilcox, based on the novel by Wilkie Collins Date: 1929

A E W Mason, English author and politician, by Imre Laszlo Unvardy aka Spy Junr Date: 1927

Mason Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon by W.W. Quatremain

The Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza, Woodburytype
Vintage 19th century photograph: the Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza, Woodburytype from a photograph by Frank Mason Good

English tourists see Scots dancing to bagpipe music on the bank of the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Inverness, Scotland. Doctor Prosody meets a highland wedding on the Calidonian Canal

Bag
Fortnum & Mason. Black calf bag. Bembaron design. 3 pockets, one lined black, one red & white. Modernistic chromium clasp. 1930s style. Artist: Anon. Date: 1931

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