Pearl Collection (page 13)

Young lady in green theatre dress by Beer
Young lady wearing green theatre dress with fur-trimmed border and a diamond patterned belt, by Beer. 1924

Arab pearl divers at work, 1903
Arab pearl divers at work. As a result of long practice, they are able to remain underwater for some minutes, during which time they collect the pearl oysters from the ocean bed. Date: 1903

Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip smiling and waving from the royal coach during the procession through London following their wedding. 20 November 1947

Myanmar - Pearl Fishing Boat at Mergui
Myanmar (Burma) - Pearl Fishing Boat at the Mergui Archipelago Date: circa 1910s

A String of Pearls
A stylish woman shows of her pearl necklace. Date: 1940s

Female Type with Roses
A demure young woman with a bunch of yellow and red roses. circa 1910

Womens Costume Mid C17
Mourning Dress with a pointed bodice & a cloak-like garment with hood; a bodice with tabs, large slashed sleeves, lace falling collar, hitched up over-skirt & floral petticoat Date: mid 17th century

Petite woman in a summer dress from Selfridge s
A petite woman in a summer dress from Selfridges Salon for Petites department. It is in ivory with navy blue spots, and is ideal for Ascot. The price is 18 guineas

Gladys Cooper, actress of stage and screen
A double-page portrait of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress of stage and screen. She is seen in profile with her eyes closed, holding a large bunch of flowers. Date: 1925

Woman in black, with pearls and brooch
A woman in a hot country, dressed completely in black, apart from her white pearls and metallic brooch. Her coat is billowing above her head as if blown by the wind

Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (Temps)
Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (or Temps), meaning Waltz in Two Beats or Two-Step Waltz, a popular style of waltz in the mid-19th century

Princess Diana visiting St Columb, Cornwall
Diana, Princess of Wales, out on a visit, possibly in the Cornwall area. She is holding a small bunch of daffodils, and is sheltering from the rain under an umbrella

Princess Diana visiting St Marys, Scilly Isles
Princess Diana on a visit to St Marys in the Isles of Scilly. She is wearing a polka dot dress and is pregnant with her first child. She appears to be bending down to speak to someone in a wheelchair

Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show
The Queen Mother makes a presentation to the winner of a Ridden Class at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Bethlehem - Working Mother-of-Pearl
Working Mother-of-Pearl used (amongst other things) in the decoration of furniture and small decorative items in Bethlehem, then very much part of the Ottoman Empire

Turkish woman from Constantinople
Veiled turkish Woman from Constantinople, Turkey with a star in her hair and her scarf/veil covereing a bow on top of her head

Dancing girl from Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey
A Dancing Girl from Smyrna (Izmir) Turkey, holding a tamborine and standing before a small inlaid Mother-of-pearl octagonal table witha Hookah Pipe on top

The Galata Tower and Pera District, Constantinople
The Galata Tower and Pera District, across the water, set within a border of a Mother of Pearl shell

Viscaria Oculata, Blue Pearl (Silene Coeli Rosa), also known as German Catchfly

Pearl Harbour

Wreckage of the U. S. Destroyer Shaw
The U.S. destroyer lies on the sea bed after the Japanese airstrike on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii

The Wreckage of West Virginia
The photograph shows the battleship West Virginia on the sea bed of Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, after torpedo strike by the Japanese

How the Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbour and its Warships was carried out By English School

The Japenese Bombing of Pearl Harbour
Photograph showing the Japenese attack on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, 1941, which began the War in the Pacific

The Battleship Arizona
The photograph shows the battleship Arizona which was sunk by a Japanese aircraft in Pearl Harbour, 1941

Japans raid on Pearl Harbour

Attack on the battleship West Virginia at Pearl Harbour
American sailors fight the flames on the battleship West Virginia which was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour with the use of torpedoes

Arab Carpentry Shop, Cairo, Egypt, making screens, furniture, bookstands and Mother-of-pearl inlay

Egyptian Beauty amoking
An alluring Egyptian beauty turns her gaze outwards from behind her sheer veil, as she smoking a cigarette

The Lake at the Earls Court Exhibition, 1898
Photograph showing the lake and assorted buildings at the Earls Court Exhibition of 1898. The lake was surrounded by thousands of pearl and amber-coloured lights

Dinners singing Auld Lang Syne at the Savoy Restaurant, 19
Illustration showing some of the thousand guests who had supper at the Savoy Hotel on New Years Eve, 1907, and sang Auld Lang Syne to see in the New Year

Great Eggspectations
A fashionably dressed lady pauses to admire a pearl necklace in a shop window, and hopes that her handsome, parcel carrying partner will take the hint

Pearl Fishing
Pearl fishing at Tuticorin (known at that time as Toute Coryn) in southern India

Two fashionable coats, 1899
Illustration of a three quarter length coat of black cloth lined with white satin (on left). The coat was decorated with large white pearl buttons

Fashions for April, 1872
A selection of ladies fashions from the Paris designers, April 1872. From left to right: Toilette de Diner, trimmed with a deep flounce

Paris fashions for February, 1864
Sketches of designs featured on the monthly ladies fashion page. (From left) The walking dress, made from dark brown silk, trimmed with black velvet

Humbug Pillar Box Hat
A young woman wearing a black & white humbug striped pillar box hat with a large black ribbon hat band & pearl button earrings

Pearl Trimmed Headdress
Platinum, fifties blonde wearing a pearl trimmed headdress with a veil & triple pearl drop earrings. Her theatrical style eye make-up lends an exotic appearance

Pearl Lenore Curran
American housewife of St Louis, who under the name Patience Worth authored several writings of remarkable literary force, purporting to be dictated by a spirit Date: 1883 - 1937

Regency Beauty
A Regency beauty wearing a white robe over a blue slip, low cut corsage with lace tucker & medici collar, cameo belt buckle, pearls, long gloves & Kashmir shawl

Various Skippers
Pearl Skipper Five-Spotted Burnet Moth Large Skipper Green Forester Six-Spotted Burnet Moth

Pearl Trimmed Dress 1910
Empire revival gown in white silk voile with a high waist, square corsage, cap sleeves & a narrow trained skirt is profusely ornamented with pearls & beads

Girl about Town
A young woman wearing a red jacket and a pearl necklace, a carefree girl about town doing a spot of sightseeing near the Tower of London

THE SORRY TALE novel communicated by Patience Worth through American psychic Mrs John H Curran (Pearl Curran)

Female Type / 4 Admirers
A fashionable woman, with her four admirers, all of whom wear top hats and monocles

Futuristic pearl fishing. Two divers have just got out of their submarine, and have found a large oyster shell containing pearls on the seabed

MARY II / PLAYERS / 35 / 50
QUEEN MARY II OF ENGLAND Reigned 1688 - 1694

Mary Evelyn / Nanteuil
MARY EVELYN nee BROWNE Wife of JOHN EVELYN, diarist, and daughter of Sir Richard Browne, ambassador

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