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A woman from CameroonPeople of the Cerere tribe in Senegal preparing a drink by fermenting grain (millet). Date: circa 1910s
London taxi in basement crashA London taxi which has crashed through some iron railings into the basement area at the front of a house. Date: early 20th century
Poster: Pots and PansPoster giving advice on looking after Pots and Pans so that they last as long as possible. 20th century
Hadrian in EnglandThe Emperor Hadrian inspects Romano-British potteries, during his stay in Britain Date: Circa 122 A.D
India - Women carrying milk on their heads in stacked pots Date: circa 1910
Jar SalesmanA wandering itinerant Mexican jar seller, his wares on a frame across his back (however, is he earning pots of money?). Date: circa 1905
Army field kitchen at Aldershot, HampshireAn army field kitchen with two soldiers at Aldershot, Hampshire. Camouflage netting can be seen above them, and there is an open tent behind. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1970s
Man carrying withies for lobster pot making, DevonA man carrying withies (willow branches) to be used in the making of lobster pots, at Start Bay, Devon. Date: circa 1970s
China - Qingdao - TradesmenChina - Qingdao (Tsingtao) - Tradesmen, selling a variety of foodstuffs, ceremic pots, plates and bowls, reed bags, grills and dried rushes. Date: circa 1910s
Mexico - Lady making tortillas. She is rolling out the dough on a stone (with a rolling pin), shaping the tortillas and cooking them on a hot stove, with a elaborate stone chimney. Date: circa 1905
Lacock Abbey CourtyardThe Tudor stable courtyard of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century
Tanzania - Native Potter, Kigoma Date: circa 1930s
UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s
Lacock Abbey Gateway and Clock House, Wiltshire, England. Founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century
Lacock Abbey GablesFine Elizabethan gables of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century
Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century
Lacock Abbey FarmyardThe Tudor farm buildings of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century
Gipsy Encampment MealMother gets the fire ready to cook the food in huge pots at a gipsy encampment, while the menfolk mind the children on the caravan steps, England. Date: 1930s
Potted PlantsCommunity pots - the tiny plants have been removed from flasks and are pricked off into pots. The compost is sphagnum moss and osmunda fibre - finer than normal. Date: 1955
Dunderpate sees a pedlar and donkey walking byDunderpate sees a pedlar and his donkey laden with pots and pans walking by. Date: 1938
Cover design, Kate Greenaways Painting Book, with outlines from her various works for boys and girls to paint. circa 1880s
Chimney pots with sweeps brush poking outTwo chimney pots with a sweeps brush poking out of one of them -- the last place to choose when looking for somewhere safe to build a nest! Date: 1937
Illustration, Wishes, showing a little girl and a little boy imagining what it would be like to grow whiskers and have curly hair. 1885
Little girl walking across the rooftopsA little girl walking across the rooftops, on her way to Somewhere Town. first published 1879
India - Madras - A Public Fountain Date: circa 1910
Sir Douglas Haig with General Rawlinson, FranceField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) with General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925) at 4th Army Headquarters, Querrieu, northern France, during the First World War. July 1916
Great Indian Exhibition, Paris -- nine Indian menGreat Indian Exhibition (Grande Exposition India), held in Paris, showing nine Indian men with their arts and crafts. Date: 1902
Chief Cook of the JanissariesElchi Bashi or Chief Cook of the Janissaries. Military officer with cooking pots and implements as part of his uniform. 1803
Bonang Players - BaliThe Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)
Aesop / The Two PotsTHE TWO POTS The iron pot and the china pot in the water
Greenhouse with manure pitA greenhouse with a manure pit filled with compost in 18th century France. Date: circa 1760
Young woman watering her gardenA young woman waters her garden on a warm day in May. A white cat and two white kittens are playing on the path
Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 JuneA double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 June. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Lindley Silver Medal winner, RHS AwardsThe display of potted flowering plants that won the Lindley Silver Medal at the Royal Horticultural Society Awards in 1910
Marlene Dietrich by Tony WysardSubtitled Gilding the Lily, a caricature of film actress Marlene Dietrich gazing at her reflection in the mirror while at a dressing table littered with numerous bottles and pots of cosmetics
Brambles and pink flowers beside a lakeBrambles and pink flowers growing at the side of a lake
St Justinian lifeboat, Pembrokeshire, South WalesPeople in the St Justinians lifeboat, near the lifeboat station, on the Pembrokeshire coast, Dyfed, South Wales
Logs stored under a chalet in SwitzerlandA large store of logs, ready chopped for the fire, forming an interesting pattern under a chalet in Switzerland, along with some cooking utensils
The Park Hospital, Hither Green, LondonKitchens of the Park Hospital, Hither Green, south east London. Uniformed staff cook food on a large range. The only man present operates a large mincing machine
Arab servant woman in Egypt
A Jersey KitchenA Jersey cottage kitchen, complete with copper pans on the fireplace range, a well-stocker dresser and curtained mantlepiece
Mudeford Boathouse - DevonBoathouse at Mudeford, Devon. Pencil drawing by Raymond Sheppard
Fishing nets hanging on racks at Mudeford, Dorset. There is also a pile of lobster and crab pots stacked in the shade of the building on the right. Pencil study by by Raymond Sheppard
Small shop Selling Moroccan goods, TunisiaA small boutique selling Moroccan goods in Tunisia!
Tunisia - Arab paintersArab painters decorate metal pots/ewers in Tunisia, North Africa
Three maids cleaning potsThree maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside
Algerian Moorish CafeMoorish Cafe in Algeria - interior
Metal Collection WWIICollection depot for aluminium pots and pans outside Boro Hall in Brooklyn, America during World War II