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REYKJAVIK STORE 1876From drums to rum, you may buy just about anything in this general store in Reykjavik, Iceland Date: 1876
Bernard Palissy, French Huguenot potterBernard Palissy (c.1510-c.1589), French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, working in his studio. Date: 16th century
DYEING CLOTH WITH INDIGOIndigo in India. Lengths of cloth are dyed and dried in the sun. Date: 1878
POTS AND SO ONA Parisian chaudronnier selling cauldrons, pots and other metalware Date: 1774
STREET TRADES / POTSAn itinerant pedlar seeks to persuade a French countrywoman to purchase one of his pots Date: circa 1840
GIRL WITH POTS C1850A German girl with remarkably long plaits carries her basket of earthenware pots securely balanced on her head. Date: circa 1850
HAPPY FAMILIES / MSTR POTSHappy Families was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861 Date: 1861
GIRL & MAMA WATER POTS GIRL & MAMA WATER POTSA little girl stands on a chair to water the flower pots on the window sill Date: 1931
Pottery processesVarious pottery proceses : 1. The Thrower 2. The Turner 3. The Biscuit Oven 4. Printing 5. Ornamenting. Date: 19th Century
The Roof GardenThe Midland Hotel, Manchester Date: circa 1905
Young cat (humanised) torn between Good and EvilA young (humanised) cat, torn between Good and Evil, represented by a cat angel and a cat devil. The setting appears to be a rooftop with smoking chimney pots. Date: circa 1840
A country girl fetching water from a spring, in a matching pair of pots. Date: 1888
Paris - The Kitchens of the Lycee Montaigne, a famous French public secondary school. It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, near the Jardin du Luxembourg, and was founded in the 1880s
Chef prepares a Peking Duck - floating restaurant, Hong KongA chef, stripped to the waist, prepares a Peking Duck in a floating restaurant kitchen on a sampan boat in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Date: 1982
Do Mori - the oldest bar in VeniceDo Mori, oldest bar (bacaro) in Venice, near Rialto fish market. 500 years old. The barman serves wine Date: 2013
Lobster fisherman with pots on the harbour at Portstewart, NA lobster fisherman stacks his lobster pots ready for use on the harbourside at Portstewart, County Derry, Northern Ireland Date: 1989
Amphorae pots, Djerba, TunisiaStacked earthenware pots or amphorae on market stall, Djerba, Tunisia Date: 1987
Nomad musician, JaipurNomadic musician squats at a ceramics shop in Jaipur, India. Over his shoulder he carries an Ektara, a single string gourd musical instrument
Boys on footbridge StokeTwo small boys and their mongrel dog run up the steps of a railway footbridge in Stoke on Trent Date: 1987
Altar in Snake Temple at Sungai Kluang, Penang, Malaysia. Date: circa 1930s
Georgian Donkey Water Carrier - Caucasus. Date: circa 1908
Hardware Shop, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920s
Indian general store, Tabora, Tanzania, East AfricaIndian general store, Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The woman on the left is operating a Singer sewing machine. Date: circa 1910
Recipe for Lancashire hot pot by Mrs BeetonMrs Beetons recipe for Lancashire hot pot Date: 1907
British and German boy scouts at camp, DenmarkBritish and German boy scouts at camp in Copenhagen, Denmark, making a kitchen rack for pots and pans. They were taking part in an international Jamborette arranged by the Danish Boy Scout Movement
Tunisia - Streetside Arab Hardware storeStreetside Arab Grocer / hardware store in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, pots, jars, pans, baskets and rope
Contrary Mary / GreenawayMary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And cowslips all of a row
Farm cart with animals on a Christmas cardFarm cart full of pots and pans, with animals, birds and people on a Christmas card Date: circa 1890s
Pot of mustard with comic verse on a Christmas cardPot of mustard with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Woman serving Roskillys Cornish Clotted Cream. Date: circa 1980s
A Mound of Aluminium, July 1940In response to the appeal for aluminium from Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, families hand in their spare pots and pans to aid the war effort. 1940
Chad - Milk Sellers at N Djamena (Fort-Lamy). Date: circa 1930s
Jasper Ware, Plate 36, showing Wedgwood-style patterned teapots, coffee pots and jugs in blue, green and brown. Date: circa 1880s
Poster design, Heal & Son Pottery Exhibition. Date: circa 1920s
Poster advertising Austin Cambridge carPoster advertising Austin A55 Cambridge Mark II car. Two fashionable women chat to a fisherman at a harbour. Date: circa 1959
Water carriers, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
Following in fathers footsteps by George StuddyFollowing in fathers footsteps -- the Bonzolines take after their father by getting into a complete mess with ink and paint, which Bonzo finds hilarious
Hungry Peter the pig cooks for a party, watched through the window by the naughty dogs Rags and Forager who are worried that they won t be invited. Date: 1914
Turquoise pots with white flowers on three cutout cardsTurquoise pots decorated with white flowers on three cutout greetings cards for Christmas, New Year and Birthday. Date: circa 1890s
Tapping a rubber tree in Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s
A Colourmans Shop, London, 1829 by George ScharfThe shop of a colourman, Mr Allen, brightly painted in green. Colourmen would grind pigments and mix paint colours. Examples of pots of colours are displayed in the window
Macedonian women at the fountainCountry Women at the village fountain, Macedonia Date: circa 1913
India - A Brahmin worshippingA Brahmin worshipping in India. He is sitting cross-legged making an offering at a low table
Back to Back HousesA row of back to back terraced houses in Manchester; the chimney pots show up stark against an overcast sky
Susi - playing with paints. 1950s
Susi - with coffee potSusi - with metal coffee pot. 1950s
Keepers of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, CornwallThree keepers of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall, in the kitchen area, preparing for their Christmas dinner. Date: circa 1970s
Entrance to Great Pagoda, Pondicherry, Puducherry, IndiaEntrance to the Great Pagoda, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India. Date: circa 1905