Powder Collection (page 5)

The 1958 Season - Gay companions to sparkling debut
Double page spread from The Tatler suggesting various accessories required by the debutante to ensure a sparkling season! Clockwise from top left

Charles of the Ritz cosmetics advertisement, 1961
Fabulous advertisement for make up brand, Charles of the Ritz, showing a woman emerging from a column comprising of various shades of face powder which could be made-to-order. Date: 1961

Leather Breton by Chez Elle
Model wearing a beige and white leather Breton tied under the chin by Chez Elle. Worn with make-up by Helena Rubinstein using " French Beige" Silk Tone Foundation under " Golden

Victorian Scrap, woman with powder puff
Victorian Scrap, black woman with powder puff. circa 1880s

Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, WW1
Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, showing a variety of German boffins doing their work. Date: 1916

Advert for Birds Custard, 1927 1927

Les Poudres Coty Advert, 1927 - Face powders perfumed with Coty fragrances Date: 1927

Ashes & Roses Face Powder advert, 1927
Advert for Ashes & Roses Face Powder from M. Bourjois Date: 1927

Advert for Kissproof (1928) - lipstick, rouge and powder Date: 1928

Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920s
Stylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll

The Empire Cookery Book - Advert for Cow & Gate Baby Milk Food Date: 1920s

White bulldog puppy looking for chocolates
A white bulldog puppy looking for chocolates in an actresss dressing room, but only finding theatrical makeup. Date: 1905

White bulldog puppy feeling sick
A white bulldog puppy feeling sick after eating theatrical makeup. Date: 1905

Book cover design, A Gay Dog, by Cecil Aldin
Book cover design, A Gay Dog, The Story of a Foolish Year, by Cecil Aldin, showing a white bulldog looking down at some discarded female garments. Date: 1905

Young merchant of Brabant playing a lute, 1588, and a soldier from Holland with arquebus, 1588.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Loading motor buses with ammunition, WW1
Soldiers loading motor buses with ammunition from the Powder Magazine in Hyde Park in August 1914. Date: 1914

Boots Les Fleurs face powder advertisement, 1914
Advertisement for Les Fleurs face powder, made in four distinctive tints to suit all complexions. Date: 1914

Lux advertisement, 1923
Advertisement for Lux soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight. Ideal for dainty fabrics the illustration shows a mother and her children sorting through clothing from her drawers

Paris, France - L Arsenal et son magasin a poudre. Vue prise de la rue Contrescarpe. Date: circa 1800

Vinolia for war workers advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Talcum Powder, ideal for factory and munitions workers during the First World War. According to the advert

Lady powders her face, 1917
A woman in an evening dress powders her face with Pomeroy face powder. Date: 1917

Birds Custard advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for Birds custard featuring a little soldier, marching off to war with a box of powder on his back. Date: 1916

Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605

Gooch hat, WWI
A lady checks her reflection in a compact mirror and powders her nose while wearing a black panne hat embellished with an osprey feather by Gooch. Date: 1915

Woman and maid
A woman gets ready to go out, helped by her maid. Date: 20th century

Loading ships guns in 1805 and 1935 by G. H. Davis
From Nelson to Nelson : feeding a ships guns today and in 1805. Loading methods in a modern battleship and at Trafalgar: contrasts after 130 years of naval gunnery. Date: 1935

Advert for Asprey mirror glass bedroom furniture 1934
Exclusive productions reflecting the latest trend in fashionable modernity. The craftsmanship is all that the name. Dressing table, tip mirror, drawers lined with washable leather

Advert for Tsang-Ihang perfume 1923
Grossmiths Tsang-Ihang sweet perfume of Thibet. A perfume of distinctive charm and fascination, an undying fragrance of mystic East, and will long remain a delightful reminder of the giver. Date: 1923

Powder box design by William Barribal
Face powder box label for Poudre Tokalon which gives a peach bloom complexion) featuring a lady in a green hat by the artist, William Barribal, about to enjoy a plump peach on a plate. Date: c. 1930

Coaching Club meet in Hyde Park
Riders in Hyde Park watch the drivers of the Coaching Club meet setting off for the Ranelagh Club in Barnes. The Coaching Club, one of the traditional highlights of the London Season

His mistresss vice by George Studdy
His mistresss vice -- Bonzo has fun with a mirror and cosmetics from his owners handbag. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Mother Hubbard, Peter Piper
Nursery Rhymes. Old Mother Hubbard (above) -- She went to the tavern for white wine and red, and when she came back the dog stood on his head

Business card design, cute girl with powder puff
Business card design, depicting a cute little girl with a powder puff and hand mirror. Date: 20th century

Advert for Dubarry gift cases 1934
A seletion of beautifully decorated gift cases from Dubarry, including perfume, flower scented bath crystals, fragant talcum powder, 2 tablets complexion soap and handkerchief puff. Date: 1934

From a P. C. - I m making up for lost time by Lawson Wood
Humorous colour illustration by Lawson Wood depicting a small white bear ransacking a ladys handbag and clumsily applying lipstick and powder. Date: 11th January 1928

Green & Gold Compact
Green circular compact with diamante (paste) decoration, gold cord and tassels containing a mirror, powder and two lipstick holders. Date: circa 1920

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Artificial carborundum
Aggregate of black lustrous hexagonal crystals with a slight iridescence, and a pile of ground powder. Carborundum is used to produced emery cloth, it is not natural

Chalk
A piece of flintless white chalk from the Upper Chalk, Flamborough, Yorks. Chalk is a sedimentary rock formed in deep seas

The Jester Knight. Alric the court jester uses his skills to distract robbers

Rasphouse Entrance, Heilige Weg, Amsterdam
Entrance gate to the Rasphouse on Heilige Weg, Amsterdam. The building was used as a workhouse or house of correction for male vagrants who rasped brazil wood into a powder used to create a textile

Jewellery 1933
Necklaces in crystal, paste, mirror, galalith, stone or a hand-painted floral motif, dress & bar clips, brooches, pendants, hat or bag clips, bracelets & a powder case. Date: 1933

Clothes Soak in Rinso
Clothes soaking in Rinso in the washtub of an American home : more than a million packages are used every week ! Date: 1924

Birds Custard advertisement 1927
Advertisement for Birds Custard Powder featuring a rather lovely silhouette illustration showing a woman at a stove preparing some more custard for her husband who is slurping it with relish at a

The California Powder Works. Santa Cruz County Cal

Orange sporting powder. Laflin & Rand Powder Co. New York

Thompsons vegetable cattle powder For diseases of horses, cattle, hogs & sheep. Print shows a horse, cow, pig, and a sheep in a farm yard. Date c1868 June 13

Powder monkey by gun of USS. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C. Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy - the Federal Navy, 1861-1865

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