Pointed Collection (page 7)

Caricature of Charles Warner, English actor
Caricature of Charles Lickfold Warner (1846-1909), English actor, seen here getting ready in his dressing room. 1880

Music cover, Broken-Hearted Clown, a song by Art Noel and Don Pelosi. 1937

Three frogs and rocking horse on a cutout card
Three frogs dressed as clowns on a rocking horse on a cutout greetings card. circa 1890s

Three goblins and a frog on a cutout Christmas card
Three goblins tickling a frog with a peacock feather on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Farcey Gunboat
French cannoniere Farcey - a neat little steamcraft with one huge gun, and a pointed prow with which to ram an enemy vessel, Date: 1869

Chess Board Frock 1930S
A silk dress with a high neck line and full, 3/4-length sleeves in a brown and white chess board check design. Worn with gauntlets & a belt with pointed ends & button fastener Date: 1930s

Doublet, Hose & Points
The man holding stones wears hose & a doublet attached by means of laces called points (poins). His boots have a slightly pointed toe. Another man wears a full length gown. Date: 15th century

English Costume 1620
Man: doublet with overlapping, pointed tabs, cloak, shoes with roses, transitional collar between ruff & falling band. Woman: ruff, bodice with pointed waist, triple cuffs. Date: 1620

German Costume C. 1650
Farmer: doublet, bag attached to his belt. Gentleman: lace edged falling band (collar), cloak with cape collar, doublet with pointed front. Woman: elaborate petticoat. Date: circa 1650

Racial Types France
Strasbourg costumes including a bride: skirts with gathered yokes, bodices pointed borders, ornate stomachers, large lace hat or close- fitting cap or toque. Date: 1670 - 1690

German Nobles Circa 1650
German nobles: bucket-top boots & boot hose tops or shoes with roses, ruff or lace falling collars, doublet with pointed front, side fastening breeches, Brandenburg coat. Date: 1650s

Evening Dress 1889
Countess Cadogan in a decollete evening gown with deep V neckline, pointed bodice, box-pleated skirt & a cascade of drapery at the back. Date: 1889

English Seneschal / C14
An English Seneschal: official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements, servants & sometimes dispensing justice and high military commands. Date: 14th century

Frocks / Red Parasol 1899
Blue tunic dress: 3 pointed upper skirts draped up at the back, gauged lace edged yoke. Grey mohair costume with orange lace bodice & simulated tunic. Date: 1899

Racegoers Fashions 1899
Blue: tucked front & sleeves, wrap-over front, high pointed collar. Lilac tunic dress: dentate wrap over body, pointed & curved hems, flat braid trim, lace & belts. Date: 1899

Open Robe 1888
Green open robe: loose sash at the waist, tall soft hat with stuffed bird. Striped robe: pointed bodice, skirt with 3 rows of puffing & tunic fullness draped at the front. Date: 1888

Ladies Treasury 1880
Jacket body: pointed side basques, wrap-over front & buckle, skirt of narrow flounces & slight train. Plum & grey tunic: pleated bodice, cord & tassel belt. Date: 1880

Park Wear 1898
Narrow sleeves, slight puff at shoulder, d-b jacket bodice, pointed revers, border of machine stitching, scallop edge over-skirt with side split, 3/4 rounded cape. Date: 1898

Evening Dress ?1882
Low cut with pointed bodices, decorative plastrons, epaulettes & trained skirts. Black: checkerboard fabric, jet & diamante trim. White: pearls & artificial flowers. Date: ? 1882

English Ladies C15
Three ladies of rank wear long high-belted dresses to keep them warm in draughty castles, and high pointed hats for ornament rather than any practical purpose Date: 15th century

Cartoon, War and Peace, WW1
Cartoon: You forced your war on us, we shall force our peace on you! An allegorical female figure with a sword (France) confronts the German invaders

Cartoon, The peaceful ex-scarecrow, WW1
Cartoon, the peaceful ex-scarecrow, a satirical comment on the mistake of believing in a peaceful relationship between France and Germany during the First World War. Date: 1915

Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, WW1
Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, showing a German soldier struggling with two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918

Diego Sarmiento / Gondomar
DIEGO SARMIENTO DE ACUNA COUNT OF GONDOMAR Spanish diplomat Date: 1567 - 1626

KEEP FIT CLASS / 1930 S
A Keep fit Class. Exercises are performed on the floor to enhance posture. Date: 1930s

Krupps Birthplace
ALFRED KRUPP Birthplace of the German manufacturer Date: 1886

Nicholas Ridley / Marshall
NICHOLAS RIDLEY Bishop of London, burnt at Oxford for refusing to accept Roman Catholic doctrine Date: 1500 - 1555

Marguerite De Flandre
MARGUERITE DE FLANDRE Wife of JEAN de MONTFORT, DUC de BRETAGNE, circa 1341 Date: -

John Harington / Age 30
SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612

Modelling Gown 1930S
Two potential customers watch a mannequin model a gown with a gored skirt, pointed panels forming a yoke on the hips, a loosely tied narrow sash & a marabou trimmed cape. Date: early 1930s

Jean Froissart / Leon
JEAN FROISSART - French chronicler. Date: circa 1337 - circa 1410

Euterpestraat with Lutheran chapel, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Date: circa 1930

Pointed stakes of the Eastern Front, Russia, WW1
Pointed stakes on the Eastern Front, Russia, First World War, to supplement a shortness in supply of barbed wire. Date: circa 1917

New Amstel Bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands, with St Willibrord Church in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930s

Mother Christmas on a Christmas card -- With trumpets and with drums, Lo! Mother Christmas comes. Date: circa 1890s

Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas card
Acrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. circa 1890s

East Main Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
East Main Street (looking west), Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, with the Hotel Montgomery on the left. Date: 1913

YMCA and Kenmore Hotel, Albany, New York State, USA
YMCA Building and the Kenmore Hotel, Albany, New York State, USA, with shops on the ground floor. Date: circa 1905

Five kittens on a greetings card, trying to learn a lesson. Date: circa 1890s

Clown with pudding on a Christmas card
Clown carrying a pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two musical clowns on a Christmas card
Two musical clowns shaking hands on a Christmas card -- May Mirth and Music join hands this Christmastide. Date: circa 1890s

Three clowns with a ladder on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Clown writing on a slate on a Christmas card
Clown writing on a childs slate on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Clown with paper hoop on a greetings card
Clown grinning through a paper hoop on a greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Black clown playing concertina on a Christmas card
Black clown playing the concertina on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Clown falling from a donkey on a greetings card, with accompanying verse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Clown with head through paper hoop on a greetings card
Clown with his head through a paper hoop on a greetings card. circa 1890s

Cartoon, A shady deal, WW1
Cartoon, a German suggests a shady deal involving the import of German goods to France, perhaps for the purposes of spying. Date: 1916

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