Melted Collection

Icarus & Daedalus
Daedalus encouraged his son Icarus to fly from the island of Crete to the sun. But the sun melted the wax with which his wings were fastened on and Icarus fell into the sea

The Enthusiasts
Cartoon, The Enthusiasts. The last bit of Winter sport in Switzerland on the approach of spring. Skiers skiing at the top of mountains where snow hasn t melted

Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2
Blitz in London -- incendiary device which burnt itself out on an asphalt roof. Date: 1940s

Madame Tussaud's fire debris
A fire at Madame Tussauds wax figures museum caused it to be burnt to the ground in 1925. The fire took one and a half hours to get put out. Everything melted within

Christmas Fold-out Greetings Card - Melting Snowman
Christmas Fold-out Greetings Card - Snowman meets his demise thanks to rain and the kindly gift of a hot water bottle from a little girl. Date: circa 1937

Eusebius Church parachutists, Arnhem, Holland
The original church was built between 1452 and 1650. During German occupation most of the church bells were, as with many Dutch churches, taken away to be melted down for the German war effort

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

Tulip and Scrolls Cake Date: 1935

GLASS MAKING 1755 - 2
The Casting and Running of PLATE GLASS. The man in the background is breaking up lumps of raw Glass which will be melted in the furnace. Date: 1755

Porcelain vase and molten glass bottle from Hiroshima, Japan
ROYAL NAVY/MILITARIA/ICONIC EVENTS: Two astounding relics recovered near Ground Zero at Hiroshima, Japan, by Commander R W Pakeman RN OBE while serving onboard HMS Belfast at the end of WW2

The Golden Horns of Gallehus. North of Mogeltonder, Southern
The Golden Horns of Gallehus, discovered in Gallehus, north of Mogeltonder, Southern Jutland, Denmark. The horns date to the early 5th century, the beginning of the Germanic Iron Age

The Wellington Monument, Hyde Park, London
The Wellington Monument to Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, commemorating his victories in the Peninsular War and the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars

Bronze gun (1751), melted in the Duchy of Modena by master Herivel. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Woolwich Arsenal
Twisted steel girders in the aftermath of a major fire at Woolwich Arsenal, SE London, in April 1906

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales fo
In June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights

Queen Victoria visiting HMS Resolute, Cowes, 1856
Engraving showing Queen Victoria of Great Britain boarding the Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute in Cowes Harbour, 15th December 1856

Cemetery Looting 1917
Desperate for metal to make shells, the Germans loot Belgian cemeteries, taking anything that can be melted down for arms

Nap. and Mme Hatzfeld
Melted by Mme Hatzfelds prayers, Napoleon burns her husbands incriminating letter

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