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White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, dining roomWhite Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, view inside a dining room. Date: 1912
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, booklet coverWhite Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, Largest Steamers in the World, publicity booklet cover design by Sam M Brown, 32 pages approx. 4.75 x 7 inches, bound with red ribbon. Date: 1912
Engineering bound volume, July to December 1910Engineering, bound volume of the illustrated weekly journal Volume XC from July to December 1910 edited by W.H. Maw and B. Alfred Raworth
Engineering bound volume, January to June 1911Engineering, bound volume of the illustrated weekly journal XCL from January to June 1911, 872 pages. Edited by W.H. Maw and B. Alfred Raworth
White Star Line - two bouillon plates with logoWhite Star Line - two bouillon plates with red flag logo. 7.5 inches. Date: early 20th century
White Star Line - Wisteria side plate, Stonier saucerWhite Star Line - First Class Wisteria side plate, 8 inches, and OSNC (Ocean Steam Navigation Company) Stonier and Co saucer
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - publicity booklet, containing five sepia plates of the liner's first class areas complete with original tissue covers
Cunard Line, Royal Doulton QE2 dinner platesCunard Line, four Royal Doulton QE2 dinner plates, gilt rim with Cunard house detail on rim. 11 inches. Date: 20th century
RMS Mauretania souvenir ribbon plate
RMS Queen Elizabeth First Class Grill dinner platesRMS Queen Elizabeth First Class Grill, six dinner plates with gilt band decoration
Painting bands before glazing, Alfred MeakinPainting Bleu de Roi bands on Bisque ware before glazing Date: 1913
Making plates by machinery, Alfred MeakinMaking plates by machinery Date: 1913
Dipping the ware in glaze, Alfred MeakinDipping the ware in glaze before re-firing in Glost oven Date: 1913
Chinese PorcelainA still life watercolour painting of some Chinese porcelain in the form of plates, a vase and a bowl, with a faint reflection on the shiny surface. Date: circa 1924
The BuffetA portrait oil painting showing a woman, wearing a floral patterned, yellow and blue dress, with a red plumed, black hat. She is standing, calmy infront of a table
Australian HouseA photograph of a residence, used as an advertisement example, promoting a book of Domestic Architecture in Australia, which contains forty-seven plates like this. Date: circa 1919
An array of decorative glassware. Date: 1954
A display of bound, illustrated volumes. Date: circa 1954
Cover design, The Motor Picture Book, with 24 colour plates Date: 1930
Indigenous people of Brazil and Paraguay, South AmericaIndigenous men and women of Brazil and Paraguay, South America, wearing lip and ear plugs (pelele). This is done when the child is young, the upper lip is pierced close to the nose
The gilder at work: gilding the edge of the plates. Date: 1913
Young women painting plates, this would of been done in several stages. Date: 1913
c. 1880s Japan - curio or souvenir stall
Comic postcard, Lodgers and landlady - carving the poultry Date: 20th century
Advertisement for St. Ivel with a maid bringing bowls of soup (or cups of tea) to neatly laid lunch table already with ham, cold pie, bread and of course, a tub of St
Scene from Petroniuss Satyricon. Trimalchio comes to have dinner after a bath, led by a servant. Another servant takes off his shoes, while an old man plays the tibia or aulos
Friars cowl or larus, Arisarum vulgare. Arum arisarum Linn. Sp. plant 1370. Arisarum a larges feuilles. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Mandrake, female, Mandragora officinarum, Atropa mandragora, Mandragore femelle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Linn. Sp. Pl. 313. l Ouatte. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Candlenut, Crotn laccifer. Croton lacciferum Linn. Sp. 1426, Burm. 204. Halecus terrestris, Rumph. 3 p.199 T.127. Ricin en arbre aromatique
Low mallow, Malva pusillaLow mallow or round-leaved mallow, Malva pusilla. Malva rotundifolia, Linn. 969. La mauve sauvage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier
Starfish plant and white swallow-wortStarfish plant, Orbea variegata 1 and white swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria 2. Stapelia variegata Linn. Asclepias du Cap de Bonne Esperance 1, Asclepias vincetoxicum Linn. Dompte-venin
Cornucopian shrub, Copianthus indica, Hil. Dec. Tom. 1, Copianthe des Indes. Amaranthus species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier
Elkhorn plant, Rhombophyllum dolabriforme (Hatchet-leaved fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme). Mesembryanthemum a feuilles en forme de langue
Gooseberry, Ribes grossularia. Linn. Grosselier epineux. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Species of geranium, Geranium umbellicatumUnresolved species of geranium, Geranium umbellicatum. Bec de grue ombellique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior after a botanical illustration by Mlle. de St
European holly, Ilex aquifolium, Linn. Sp. plant 130. Le Houx. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Atropa mandragora, Linn. Sp. plant 250. Mandragore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnaleAutumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked ladies, Colchicum autumnale, Linn. Colchique d Automne. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier
Starfish flower or carrion plant, Stapelia hirsuta Linn. Asclepias d Affrique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Lebanon cedar, Cedrus libaniLebanon cedar Cedrus libani Pinus cedrus Linn. Cedre avec tous les details de sa fructification. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier
African bowstring hemp, Sansevieria hyacinthoides. Aloe guinensis radice geniculata foliis ex atro undulatim variegatis, Commelin, Aloes de Guinee
Italian maple, Acer opalus, Ital. L Erable opale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Les dons merveilleux et diversement colories de la nature dans le r?
Thomas Minton, founder of Mintons China Thomas Minton, founder of Mintons ChinaThomas Minton, founder of Mintons China, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. 1793
Early cameraDetails of an early model of a camera requiring the use of plates. 19th century
Retouching photographic negativesA man uses a magnifying glass to look at the details on photographic negatives in preparation of retouching them in a specially designed workroom. Date: 1863
Ancient Egyptian chair or throne decorated with bull, sphinx, scarab, and hieroglyphs, from the Borgia Museum in Velletri
Vase, altar and utensilVase from the Museum Giustiniani 1, altar with sacrificial victim from the Vatican Museum 2, and metal utensil from Naples 3