Octagonal Collection

Ely Cathedral in the snow by Ernest Uden
Ely Cathedral pictured in the snow

Moroccan Harem - three women of the Harem seated on a fine carpet with a young child and surrounded with lush plants and octagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table and comfortable cushions

Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
The magnificent cathedral at Ely, Cambridgeshire, known affectionately as the Ship of the Fens. The present cathedral was started by Abbot Simeon (1082-1094, brother of Walkelin)

Bridge connecting buildings at Hertford College, Oxford
A new feature at Oxford: the bridge which will connect the old and new buildings of Hertford College, New College Lane, Oxford. The design for the bridge was by the architect Sir T. G. Jackson RA

Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA. The octagonal summer house where the American author wrote many of his books. He spent many summers in Elmira, and is buried there. Date: circa 1930

The Naze Tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Naze Tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. An historic landmark, it was built on the cliffs in 1721 by Trinity House as a navigation mark to guide shipping

Mahon Cathedral, Esglesia de Santa Maria, Menorca, Spain
Mahon Cathedral, Esglesia de Santa Maria in the centre of Mahon, Menorca, Spain. The church of Santa Maria. Seen from Placa d Espanya Date: 2012

Blankenberge, Belgium - The Belgium Pier. Built in 1933 after an Art Deco design by architect Jules Soete. The concrete structure stretches 350m out into the North Sea. Date: circa 1930s

Occasional table
Bamboo occasional table with a lacquered octagonal top and four drop-down leaves, manufactured by W.F. Needham in Birmingham, c.1888. Date: c.1888

Cunard Line, carved oak rampant lion by Gerry Holzman
Cunard Line, superb and highly impressive carved oak Cunard Line rampant Lion holding a globe aloft and stood upon a coil of rope by Gerry Holzman as signed to the underside G HOLZMAN 69

Wisbech Octagonal Church early 1900s

Arab Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Also pictured on image 13924865. Date: circa 1909

Tunisia, North Africa - the interior of an Arab shop specialising in ornate furniture, traditional crafts and decorative items. Date: circa 1930s

White Star Line, Stonier Losol ware octagonal serving bowl
White Star Line, rare Stonier and Company Losol ware octagonal serving bowl with flag logo. 8ins

Flower Pictures
A pair of illustrations of flowers in vases in square and octagonal frames. Date: early 1900s

RMS Carpathia, salvaged red octagonal floor tile
RMS Carpathia, salvaged red patterned earthenware octagonal floor tile from an unknown location on the ship, approx. 0.875 (d) x 5.875 (w) x 6 inches (diameter)

Hardy Bros Advertisement
An advertisement for Hardy Bros Ltd, Sydney based jewellers and silversmiths, with a decorative red border, promoting gem set watches, including an octagonal wrist watch in platinum

Umbrella Cottage, Lyme Regis, Dorset. Date: circa 1909

Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb. This is the most famous mausoleum in Baghdad. It is situated in the western sector of Baghdad not faraway from the main railway station.Erroneously ascribed to Sitt

View of Waterloo Place, looking toward Carlton Palace. Hackney cab in center. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1812

Two Girls and a Butterfly. early 19th century

Octagonal surtout or centerpiece dish from Rouen, decorated with foliage in blue and gold. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Sami people (Lapps) in an octagonal tent with herd of reindeer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence

Octagonal nine-story porcelain tower in Nanjing (Nanking), China. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Nilometer on Raudah Island, Cairo, Egypt, with its marble octagonal pillar marked in cubits to measure the water of the Nile

Castle at Edge Hill, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Castle at Edge Hill (Edgehill), Banbury, Oxfordshire (now in Warwickshire). Date: circa 1908

Flowers and holly on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Mappin & Webb sterling silver xmas gifts 1927
Mappin & Webbs range of sterling silver Christmas gifts. 1927

Octagonal Fountain Date: 1880

Young Chinese Girl - Beautiful composition and framing of this elegant studio photograph. Date: circa 1905

Florence, Italy - The Baptistry
Florence, Italy - The octagonal marble Baptistry, renowned for its three sets of artistically important bronze doors with relief sculptures

Candlestick, before restoration
Brass candlestick on a square base with cut corners and a drip depression, and an octagonal parallel-sided socket with an ejection hole, probably made in the Netherlands or France c.1700-1720

Candlestick, before conservation
Candlestick with a stepped octagonal base, baluster stem and knops towards the bottom, and a split at the base of the nozzle, cast in brass and made in England c.1715. Date: c.1715

Dunkirk, France - Tower Leughenaer
Dunkirk, France. The Leughenaer Tower is an octagonal tower 30 meters high in the centre of Dunkirk. Built in 1450, this tower is the oldest monument in the city

Egyptian Lady of the Turkish Harem
Egyptian lady of the Turkish Harem, smoking a Hookah Pipe and reclining on a armchair. The true historical nature of the Turkish/Eastern/Ottoman Harem was the housing of the women

Advert for Maple & Co. furniture 1890
Various furniture, available from Maple & Co, Tottenham Court Road, London. circa 1890

Baalbek, Lebanon - Marble columns - Octagonal Building
Lebanon - Polished marble columns suppport the heavy blockwork roof lintels in this octagonal structure in the environs of Baalbek

Yemen (Aden) - Group of local Arab Chiefs, standing and seated, close to a huge nargile pipe Date: circa 1910s

Mesmer Baquet
Mesmers octagonal baquet, showing how eight patients could sit round it and be cured of 8 different ailments simultaneously, from hydropsis to the stone

Morocco, Tangier, octagonal minaret on Kasbah Mosque towering over houses and buildings. Date: circa 1920s

High Street, Colyton, Devon - note the 16th Centry pub (The Colcombe Castle) and the octagonal lantern tower of St. Andrews Church (back left) Date: 1904

Orange River, Cape Colony, South Africa
Norvals Point, Orange River, Cape Colony, South Africa, with a Blockhouse (octagonal fort, a relic from the Second Boer War) on the right. Date: circa 1910

Isral. Old City of Jerusalem. Temple Mount. View of Dome of the Rock. 7th century

Octagonal clay prism (ca. 1100 BC) - annals of the Assyrian
The Octagonal clay prism (ca. 1100 BC) with the annals of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I (1114-1076 B.C.). This text spoke of a campaign of king Tiglath-pileser against the land of ?atti

Four robins on a plate-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Three blue tits on a plate-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Spain and Portugal - Old Houses, Braga - Fountain with steps left foreground, Octagonal House with pointed roof on right. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain. Date: circa 1900

White dog on plate design on a New Year card
White terrier dog with a pink ribbon on an octagonal plate design on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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