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Sweet acacia, Acacia farnesianaSweet acacia or needle bush, Acacia farnesiana. Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L. Reeve, London, 1878
Golden dewdrop, Duranta erectaGolden dewdrop, pigeon berry or skyflower, Duranta erecta (Duranta plumieri). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured
Yellow oleander, Thevetia nerifoliaYellow oleander or lucky nut, Thevetia nerifolia (Thevetia nereifolia). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates
Asian pigeonwings, butterfly pea or Darwin pea, Clitoria ternatea. Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L
Young lady of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her embroidered cap is adorned with large gold plates called willow leaves over a veil and can cost up to 400 florins
Tomb of a Guinean king, guarded by warriors, and decorated with severed heads on spears, offerings, plates and urns. Men sacrificing more victims in the background
Porcelain factory in China, Qing Dynasty. Workers painting dishes by hand while another brings more plates. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Jacques de Chabannes, seigneur de la Palice, French military officer, 1470-1525. He wears a suit of armour with iron-plate tonlets with scarlet coat of arms over the shoulders
Roanoid bakelite switch plates in dark red. Date: 1930s
Roanoid bakelite finger plates, one in plain brown, the other in marbled brown. Date: 1930s
Collection of silver horseshoes, Virginia City, Nevada, USACollection of silver horseshoes at the Bucket of Blood Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA. The shoes were made by Charlie Farrell and shown at the Midwinter Fair at San Francisco in 1894. Date: 1940s
Two women and a man at the seaside, sitting at a table with teacups and plates. Date: circa early 1920s
Comic Christmas card, scene from The TempestComic Christmas card designed by Robert Dudley -- a scene from The Tempest, with Ferdinand lured by Ariel played by a turkey (holding a pudding), and Prospero supervising in the background
Cover design, Two Knapsacks in the Channel Islands, illustrated by Victor Prout. 1897
Room designed for a Rhenish industrialist in a furniture factory. circa 1898
Refreshment Break - bringing the ladies drinks. circa 1898
Staffordshire pottery 1884Flat presser, making plates. Date: 1884
Place des Gendarmes and French church, BerlinGendarmenmarkt market square in Berlin. Date: 1834
Manufacturing Sevres porcelainA very beautifully shot postcard photograph showing the colouring workshop (preparing the background colours) for Sevres porcelain, particularly the famous Sevres Blue - Sevres Factory, France
Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate & soup tureen 1912Welbeck plated pattern hoat plate, soup tureen and syphon stand. 1912
Advert for Alexander Clark, hot plate 1912Luxury patent hot plate. 1912
Brass postal, door handles and letter platesWilliam N. Froy and Sons, brass door knockers and letterboxes. Date: late 19th century
SEPECAT Jaguar A-04, the fourth pre-production Jaguar on display at the Air and Space Museum on Le Bourget Airport. Of note are the intake splitter plates which were only fitted to prototypes
Fourteen colour plates are used to make the engraving for the special supplements, here you can see the different print machines used for each colour that is done separately. Date: 1881
Pile of License Plates Date: 1933
Daily Chronicle newspaper 1900Making curved plates for offset printing, on cylinders. Date: 1900
Photographic studio 1878Photographer with bellows style camara taking a photograph of a posed victorian woman. Date: 1878
PICNIC HAMPERNeat and practical is the slogan for a well-ordered picnic hamper. This seasons gagets simplify matters - boiled egg cases and plates with sandwich compartments! Date: 7 June 1935
FALL / BASENJI / EATINGA row of four young Basenjis, eating from plates. Their wrinkled skin around their foreheads is very noticeable as they bend forward. Date: 1940
GLASS 18TH CENTURY 15GLACES Polishing glass plates Date: 1765
CERAMICS MAKING PLATES 1902Making plates and saucers at the Britannia Pottery, Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1902
RAMSDENS MACHINEJesse Ramsdens improved machine for generating static electricity using glass plates, the original version of which he had invented in 1768. Date: late 18th century
Potter artist, Stoke on TrentA skilled potter artist sits holding a plate in a Stoke on Trent pottery workshop. He painted by hand the gold rim around each plate. Pottery believed to be Minton, but unsure Date: 1986
Sandy Balls campersTwo men campers prepare breakfast at the Sandy Balls campsite beside their vintage Austin A40 Devon car. A dog walker and storm clouds in the background. First published in The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of ChickensMadame Fillioux (1865-?) working at her sons (D. Frechin) establishment where she appears to specialise in the sale of wine, asparagus and chickens! 73, Rue Duquesne, Lyon, France
Lunch at the Races - Louis Wain postcard. A dog raids the cats hamper and runs off with the lunchtime duck, whilst a bottle of bubbly is uncorked and the plates set out. Date: 1911
Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip platesKyabe, Moyen-Chari, Chad, Africa - Man of the Sara People with enormous upper and lower lip plates. Date: circa 1920s
Hardware Shop, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920s
Middle Ages in Spain. Market sceneMarket scene in the Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula. From left to right, dealer Muslim, Christian and Hebrew. Illustration by Lluis Bargall atercolour
African Woman with huge lip plates from Sarh (formerly Fort Archambault) - the third largest city in Chad, Africa. In Africa
Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth)Hyacinthus Orientalis, also known as common hyacinth, garden hyacinth and Dutch hyacinth, drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Coronation street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexTo celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens street parties at various locations around the town
Camping Family 1950SA happy mother emerges from the tent with a tray of unbreakable plastic plates and cups, surrounded by her loving family in this rather idealistic camping scene! Date: early 1950s
Bruce Bairnsfather Ware by GrimwadesA selection of pottery manufactured by the firm Grimwades of Staffordshire, featuring the designs of Bruce Bairnsfather, the artist whose cartoons featured in The Bystander during World War I
Victorian dinner sceneA dinner scene from 1881 showing ladies and gentlemen around a table dressed in evening attire. The table is lit by a large lamp and as well as the dinner plates
Three cats with pudding on a Christmas cardThree cats with a pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a pudding on a plate, with a sprig of holly on top. circa 1890s
Three dogs with moveable heads on a Christmas cardThree dogs with moveable heads sitting at a dinner table on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s