Platter Collection

Thanksgiving turkey
Two small children carry an incredibly large turkey on a platter Date: c. 1920

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)

Beardsley / Salome / Head
The dancers reward : the head on a platter

Girl with a Platter of Fruit after Titian formerly Lavinia a
Girl with a Platter of Fruit (after Titian) (formerly Lavinia as Flora ). Atkins, James 1799-1833

Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope

The Famous Dolma Maker, Constantinople
A Famous Dolma maker. Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions. The stuffing may or may not include meat

Play / Wilde / Salome
The dancers reward: the head on a platter. Maud Allan holds the head of Johannen. Date: 1907

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1932
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1932 with an illustration of a lively medieval banquet, with a jester ushering an enormous boars head on a platter. Date: 1932

Jeweller and Antique Silver Dealer - Arthur & Co. 36 New Bond Street, London. Now Delvaux - a high end handbag shop, thankfully retaining many of the period frontage feature depicted here. Date: 1906

White Star Line, First Class oval starburst fruit platter. 15ins

The Sideboard
A still life oil painting of a sideboard laid with a white tablecloth, upon which a presentation of cutlery, wine bottle, silver platter, and four vases of red flowers sits. Date: circa 1921

Gladioli
A still life flower piece oil painting of a vase of gladioli flowers, sat in front of a platter dish. Date: circa 1924

Salome and the Head of John the Baptist
A sculpture depicting Salome, the daughter of Herod II, sat on top of the pedestal, after requesting the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Herod was forced by oath to have John beheaded

Illustration by Norman Morrow, of Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter. Captioned, Salome without the Baptist's Head'

Puss in Boots - the Ogre - Nursery Tale
The ogre glares at Puss in Boots as he bows and scrapes before him; a platter of dead babies and a calf's head stew are on the table Date: circa 1870

Barber cutting his thumb trying to shave a customer
Barber cutting his thumb with a razor trying to shave a customer with soft cheeks. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

King Henry VIII of England celebrating May Day with his first queen Catherine of Aragon, circa 1509. He is dressed in anachronistic Victorian outfit of top hat, coat, chain breeches and boots

Tray with lemonade jug and two glasses. 1922

Thermometer, barometer and engraved visiting card tray. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Engraved metal platters and waiters. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Metal baskets, platters and bowls. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Cheese cover, cheese waiter, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Platter from Moustiers, France, with sea god
Platter from Moustiers, France, decorated with scene of sea god Neptune and naiads with trident. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Nevers, France, with landscape scene of boy and dogs at river, within border of cupids, birds, and flowers. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient

Plate and planter from Nevers, France
Plate with Chinese scene in blue and gold and jardiniere or planter with mottled foliage pattern from Nevers, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Oval platter from Niderviller, Lorraine, decorated with botanical illustration of roses and tulips. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Rouen, France, with fantasy Oriental landscape of pagoda, mountains, birds and flowers in imitation chinoiserie

Platter with handles from Rouen, France. Decorated with a fantastical Oriental scene with king, throne, parasol, birds, flowers

Platter from Venice, Italy, landscape inside a border of foliage. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris

Plate from Chaffagiolo, Tuscany, Renaissance enamel ware, with Moors head within escutcheon, border of dolphins, shells and cornucopia

Plate and platter from Treviso and Nove, Italy. Decorated with vegetables and fruit, border of flowers. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Faenza, Italy, Renaissance maiolica ware with portrait of a young man inside a border of gold foliage. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with portraits of women within a floral pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18th century, decorated with scene of demons, monsters, chimaera and serpents attacking a wild boar

Platter from Avignon, Vaucluse, France, decorated with gold and crimson filigree pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Platter from Marseille, France, 18th century, decorated with botanical painting. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Platter from Moustiers, France, 18th century. Chinese fantasy figures with exotic bird and hats on sticks. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Queen Dido of Carthages banquet for the poet Aeneas. Dido in a tiara is flanked by Aeneas and her sister Anna on a raised platform, while servants bring food and drink to a platter on a tripod

Beefex makes the ideal sandwich
Advertisement for Beefex, a beef extract, promoting its use as a nourishing and delicious sandwich filling. Date: c. 1920s

The Kitchen of the Bratwurstglocklein in Nuremberg, Germany
The Kitchen of the most famous purveyor of traditional Nurnberg Bratwurst sausages, the Bratwurstglocklein (Little Sausage Bell)

Cheese Tray Selection Date: 1948

PLAICE AND LEMON
A plate of plaice on a bed of lemon slices, garnished with parsley. Date: 1930s

SHELLFISH PLATTER
Buisson de coquillages - a magnificently presented shellfish platter. Date: late 19th century

OLD PUB SIGNS (PLATE 2)
Various old pub signs: Bush, Bush, Ale-Pole, Cross, Black Jack and Pewter Platter, Nags Head, Bush. (plate 2 in series)

HYGEIA Greek deity, goddess of health, daughter of Aesculapius and Epigone, with snake, platter, laurels and branch

Jimmy Wild by George Studdy
A rather stupid Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy is distracted from stealing a chop by his reflection in a silver, domed platter cover

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Streetside Confectionary Salesman. Date: circa 1911

Cornish Traditional Pasties: " Which will ee ave, a Turmut, Lickey or Tatie Pasty?" circa 1905

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