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THE MAGIC CUPWhen the Little Folk offer you a MAGIC CUP, beware ! It may contain Love, or Sleep, or Oblivion, or even Death : but it is unlikely to be dietary, and certainly not organic
X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband
Notes in the Chinese Court - various artefacts and scenes from Chinese life on exhibition. 1884
New Ideas for using X-Rays for Medical use WWIUsed in the British, French and Russian military hospitals the Kompact, apparatus, to find foreign bodies in wounded soldiers
Dr Schliemanns Trojan antiquities on view, London 1877The antiquities found at Hissarlik (Hisarlik, modern Turkey), on the plains of Troy, by Heinrich Schliemann during his remarkable excavations
Method of sealing an ancient letter - Paston correspondenceMethod of sealing an ancient letter, an item from the correspondence of the Paston family in the time of Henry VI and Richard III (15th century). Date: 15th century
Ancient items from the Treasury of Great BritainAncient items from the Treasury of the Exchequer of Great Britain, following an inventory conducted by Sir Francis Palgrave, archivist and historian - a medieval leather pouch. Date: 1840s
Outbreak of WWII Evacuation of objects from British MuseumTrucks and carriages outside the British Museum as delicate objects were removed and taken to safety after the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939. Date: 1939
French department at The Great Exhibition 1851French display of objects in bronze. 1851
Articles in the Chinese Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 1865Precious objects brought from the Emperor of Chinas Summer Palace, near Pekin, displayed at the Chinese Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1865
Men assisting Howard Carter with Tutankhamuns tombThe men assisting Mr Howard Carter: the three head men (at back) who are helping Mr Carter to pack and remove the objects from Tutankhamuns tomb to that of Seti II. 1923
MEDIUMSHIP / WEBBERJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, uses ectoplasm to send objects round the seance-room Date: 1939
United States Air Force - Chase YC-122C 49-2879, of the 16th Troop Carrier Squadron at Stewart Air Force Base, TN. 14 November 1954 16th TCS moved to Ardmore AFB, OK. 30 August 1955 to storage
A man of the Admiralty Islands, wearing ear-rings and another in his nose, carrying two obscure objects... Date: circa 1780
A man who never stops to attract a crowd in the streets of London, with his little table on which he feasts upon small objects. Swallowing pebbles, nails, broken glass and similar delicacies
Household Objects Date: 1940
France. Paris. International Expostion of 1867. Chapel for tHistory France. Paris. International Expostion of 1867. Chapel for the exhibition of objects of worship. Engraving. 1867. Colored
CHINESE ORNAMENTSOrnaments exported from China displayed in a British auction house. They will be sold just in time for Christmas presents Date: 1930s
TINKER IN A CARAVANA French retameur lives in a caravan. A retameur re- silvers objects. The local children pay him a visit and watch him work. Date: circa 1920
Coronation ParaphenaliaThe Bishops of Gloucester, Ely and Chester carry ceremonial objects: the Patina, Bible and Chalice as they walk down a flower strewn aisle
The Great bell at the base of the tower 1858Officially known as the Great Bell but better known as Big Ben, at the base of the tower, being pull alone with make-shift logs. Date: 1858
MICROMETERSA micrometer and its mechanisms, designed for measuring very small distances, objects or angles Date: 1810
Great Exhibition - Glassware 1851Engraved glassware at the Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London. Date: 1851
Stanislawa Tomczyk demonstrates psychokinesisStanislawa Tomczyk, Polish medium, demonstrates psychokinesis while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz, at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects. Date: 1909
VasesOne of two clear glass vases with a spreading foot and a long slim stem rising to a pinched neck opening with a serpentine three lobed rim. The glass has twisted ridges and dates from c.1870-1910
Christmas postcard, reverseChristmas postcard printed with a design of four red-breasted birds in a pine tree, sent to Mrs Dick and Miss Hudson from Jugederd Gedulof, manufactured in Sweden and postmarked 22 December 1947
Best wishes card printed with a photographic image of a bunch of red, pink and yellow roses in front of a yellow curtain, with a pale green toy car, sent to Mrs Dick and Mrs Hudson from H G Long
PlateTin-glazed earthenware plate painted in a blue floral design with a foliate border, made in London c.1785. Date: c.1785
PlateTin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue with a central floral stem and an interlocking border, made in either Bristol or London c.1740. Date: c.1740
Game TagOval card for the game Dressing the Dandy, made from white cardboard printed with a figure of a dandy man wearing a monocle and smoking a cigarette
The Laundry MaidMezzotint on laid paper by Philip Dawe, after Henry Morlands The Laundry Maid, published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett in London in 1774. Date: 1774
The Profligate Punished by Neglect and ContemptMezzotint on laid paper, by Valentine Green after Edward Pennys The Profligate Punished by Neglect and Contempt, one of a pair, published by R. Sayer and J. Bennet in London, dated 1775. Date: 1775
Six ladder-back chairsOne of six matching walnut ladder-back chairs. It lacks its original seat, but the seat rails bear slight indentations that indicate that it was most likely to have been made with a rush seat
ToyWooden toy with a turned boxwood handle and a wooden ball attached with string, painted with alternating red and green bands and thin purple lines, thought to date c.1800-1900. Date: 1800-1900
The Virtuous Comforted by Sympathy and AttentionMezzotint on laid paper by Valentine Green, after Edward Pennys The Virtuous Comforted by Sympathy and Attention, one of a pair, published by R. Sayer and J. Bennet in London, dated 1775. Date: 1775
Receipt confirming payment for a mahogany music chair manufactured by G.D. Fontaine, a cabinet maker and upholsterer in Covent Garden, London, dated 1805. Date: 1805
Advertising leaflet for silver and plated wares including table services, candlesticks, dishes, tureens and lamps manufactured by Spooner Clawes & Co. of Birmingham, printed in England c.1820-1830
The First Interview, or Happiness Sacrifised to RichesThe FIRST INTERVIEW, or HAPPINESS SACRIFISED TO RICHES, hand-coloured mezzotint on laid paper, printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, London, 1784. Date: 1784
Textile swatchesA selection of seven textile samples which were found loose with in the volume and not associated with a particular page. Date: 1887-1894
Capt Jessamy Learning the Proper Discipline of the CouchMezzotint on laid paper entitled, CAPT JESSAMY learning the PROPER DISCIPLINE OF THE COUCH, hand-coloured with watercolour and gouache, printed and published in London by Carington Bowles in c.1782
The Contemplative CharmerMezzotint on laid paper, The Contemplative Charmer, extensively hand-coloured with watercolour and gouache, published by R. Sayer and J. Bennett in London in 1780. Date: 1780
The Musical Charmer, a woman seated in a domestic interior playing a stringed instrument, mezzotint print on laid paper hand-coloured with watercolour and gouache, by R. Sayer and J
Interior with a couple playing cards, oil on canvas, signed by Nancy A Sabine Pasley, 1887-1891. Date: 1887-1891
Back cover of Catalogue of Materials for House PaintingCatalogue of Materials for House Painting & Glazing, a hardback illustrated catalogue containing paint samples, produced by Jas. Nicholson & Co. London, and printed by Henry Drake & Co. London, 1893
Page from Catalogue of Materials for House Painting and GlaCatalogue of Materials for House Painting & Glazing, a hardback illustrated catalogue containing paint samples, produced by Jas. Nicholson & Co. London, and printed by Henry Drake & Co. London, 1893
Bust in glass domeGlass dome with metal base
Elizabeth Wray, Baroness Norris, reversePortrait of Elizabeth Wray, Baroness Norris, holding a funerary wreath, oil on canvas by John Hayl, c.1638 and overpainted c.1645, in a gilded frame with moulded decoration. Date: c.1638-1645
Frame for Elizabeth Wray, Baroness NorrisPortrait of Elizabeth Wray, Baroness Norris, holding a funerary wreath, oil on canvas by John Hayl, c.1638 and overpainted c.1645, in a gilded frame with moulded decoration. Date: c.1638-1645