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Millstone Collection

Background imageMillstone Collection: Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning

Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Background imageMillstone Collection: Cleobury Mortimer corn mill

Cleobury Mortimer corn mill
The miller carries a sack of corn for grinding at Cleobury Mortimer mill, Shropshire England. First published The Daily Telgraph Date: 1986

Background imageMillstone Collection: The Avalanche

The Avalanche
This illustration shows a worker accidentally allowing a tumble of rocks fall down upon a gentleman walking below, was accompanied with a caption Don't be afraid, sir

Background imageMillstone Collection: Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632). Engraving, 1840

Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632). Engraving, 1840
Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632) or Sigismund III of Poland. King of Poland (1587-1632) and Sweden (1592-1599), Grand Duke of Lithuania and monarch of the united Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Background imageMillstone Collection: Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic

Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic. The Order was created on 14 March 1815 by King Ferdinand VII in honor of Queen Isabella I with the name of Royal

Background imageMillstone Collection: The Triumph of Death (detail), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death (detail), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel The Elder, called Peasant Bruegel (1525-1569). The Triumph of Death (detail). Date: circa 1562

Background imageMillstone Collection: 3 JOVIAL HUNTSMEN 2

3 JOVIAL HUNTSMEN 2
The three huntsmen encounter a millstone and are much puzzled by its appearance and whence it came

Background imageMillstone Collection: Cleobury Mortimer mill wheels

Cleobury Mortimer mill wheels
The miller grinds corn on original mill wheels at the Cleobury Mortimer mill, Shropshire England. First published The Times Date: 1986

Background imageMillstone Collection: Pompeii. Pistrinum belonged N. Popidius Priscus

Pompeii. Pistrinum belonged N. Popidius Priscus
Pistrinum. Oven for bread. Belonged to N. Popidius Priscus in the Vicolo Storto. Old-mill for grain and the fireplace of the oven for bread. Pompeii. Italy

Background imageMillstone Collection: Ostia Antica. House of the Millstones

Ostia Antica. House of the Millstones. 2nd century AD. Italy

Background imageMillstone Collection: Interior of a mill with two millstones

Interior of a mill with two millstones
Interior view of a mill with two round millstones at the centre


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