Pots Collection

Scene with fishermen at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
Scene with fishermen and boats at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon -- coastal erosion can be seen in the middle distance, caused by storm damage and protected over the years by sea defences

Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
View from the Promenade, Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland Date: 1904

WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London
WW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941

Poster design, Grimwade Fine Art Pottery, Stoke. Date: circa 1920s

London Roofs & Chimneys
Rooftops and chimney stacks of London; some aerials are also visible

Pueblo Pots
Pots of the Pueblo peoples of Arizona and New Mexico : the five lower pieces are prehistoric, the rest are of late 19th century Hopi and other tribes

Four Japanese women amid bamboo with a young child
Four Japanese women stand amid bamboo with a young child seated in the front and surrounded by hanging baskets of food and Japanese flags and figurines

Tudor Chimneys
Some fine Tudor chimneys at Bramhall Hall, Cheshire, England

Happy Families / Mr Pots
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875, by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). French Impressionist painter. Eug?¨ne Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de Janeiro
Superb postcard from Brazil depicting Street vendor (seemingly specialising in pots, cans and pans) in Rio de Janeiro. He carries the majority of his wares in a large tin tub balanced on his head

Hopi Potter 1908
Nampeyo, a renowned pot-maker of the Hopi village of Tewa, northeastern Arizona : her pots are hand-made in every sense - no wheel or elaborate tools are used

Religion / Egypt / Menqet 2
The provider of food for the living and the dead - she holds two pots to prove it

The Harbour, Rozel Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Scene with lobster pots at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
Scene with lobster pots and rowing boats at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. circa 1970s

Young woman tapping a rubber tree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Street scene in Doboj, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, showing a shop selling pots and pans

Two chicks in a plantpot on a cutout greetings card
Two chicks nestling in a plantpot on a cutout greetings card -- Confidences. Date: circa 1890s

Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Four Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes

A Korean terracotta jar / pot seller and his seated chum
A Korean terracotta jar/pot seller and his seated chum (smiling) Date: circa 1910

Tunisia - Arab Bazaar
Tunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns

Seminole Indians - USA, Florida, Everglades
The Everglades, Florida, USA. Seminole Indians on the Tamiami Trail. The Kitchen of Chesnut Billys Indian Camp. The Tamiami Trail was opened in 1928

Fishermen by the sea with lobster / crab pots
Fishermen with their pots and nets. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Comic postcard, Men walk past shop window Date: 20th century

Easter Bunnies
White Easter bunnies carrying plant pots. Date: circa 1918

Man making lobster pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. Date: circa 1970s

Japanese Woman Cooking
A young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

Washing drying in the sun
Lines of washing drying in the sun with the outlines of roofs and chimney pots behind, in an unidentified location in either Islington or Camden, in London

The Victorian kitchen at Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, Doncaster, England. Photographed in 1989 with full permission of then owners Ron and Pam Williams Date: 1989

German rescue buoy in Channel by G. H. Davis
Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War

Las Cadenas bar, Seville, Spain
Street with Las Cadenas bar (right), and a partial view of the Giralda belltower in the distance (left), Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1940

A ward in the old Military Hospital on Isla Del Rey, Menorca
A ward in the old Military Hospital on the Isla Del Rey, in Mahon Harbour, Menorca, Spain. The former 18th Century British hospital has recently been completely renovated

Boat launch Robin Hoods Bay
Using an old farm tractor, three fishermen wearing oilskins launch a small lobster boat down the wet cobble slip of Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

India - Deolali - British Garrison
British Garrison at Deolali (Devlali), in Nashik District in the state of Maharashtra, India - British soldiers and Officers outside the Billiard Room

Native Street Store - Maala Village, Aden, Yemen Date: circa 1910s

Impressive Tall Cactus Grove and pot seller - Mexico
Impressive Tall Mexican Fence Post Cactus Grove (Pachycereus Marginatus) and a pot seller (carrying his wares on his back) - Mexico. Date: 1910s

Kilmore Lobster Fishing early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Mending crab pots, early 1900s

Tunisia - a trader in a shops in the medina of Tunis
Tunisia - a fantastic photographic portrait of a trader in a shop in the medina of Tunis. Possibly a fruit seller? Date: circa 1908

Arab Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Also pictured on image 13924865. Date: circa 1909

Canary Islands - Canary Islands - The Port, Santa Cruz de Te
Canary Islands - The Port, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Date: circa 1920s

Canary Islands - Fountain in the Plaza de Santo Domingo, Las Palmas. Date: circa 1910s

Portuguese woman flower seller, Lisbon, Portugal Date: circa 1895

Getting Entangled - young fisherman wooing his love Date: circa 1890

Women Of The Sea
A painting of some young women, carrying pots and urns above their heads, with another laid on the floor, near some waters, with a bridge visible. Date: circa 1920

Street Scene At Madura
This painting shows a busy street scene, involving women carrying pots on their head, some with children, wearing patterned dresses, at Madura, an island off the northeastern coast of Java

Vim Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vim, a cleanser and polisher manufactured by Lever Brothers Limited, used for cleaning kitchen utensils, glass and chinaware

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