Precious Collection (page 4)

Ferreira gold bars, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Ferreira gold bars from the Ferreira Deep mine, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Village Main Reef Gold Mine, South Africa - Engine Chamber (9th level) - depth 1275 feet. Date: circa 1911

Fantastic Adventures - Eye of the World by Alexander Blade. Two men parachute over a mountain range, passing by a gigantic jewel

Torah crown inlaid with semiprecious stones. Poland, ca. 1729. Silver, repousse?, cast, punched, engraved, and partly gilt, semiprecious stones. Inscribed in Hebrew with words from Proverbs

Custody of gilded silver decorated with precious stones. 178
Custody of gilded silver decorated with precious stones who rich ladies of Amsterdam gave the monks of the Church of The Sapling, Amsterdam. By Jacques Francois Joseph Lefebvre-Caters. 1782-1798

Cabinet, c. 1660-1670. Augsburg. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Severus of Barcelona. 3th-4th centuries. Gothic altarpiece
Severus of Barcelona. 3th-4th centuries. Bishop of Barcelona. Gothic altarpiece. 15th century

Gold bracelets. Early Bronze Age. 1700-1100 BC
Smooth and spiral bracelets in gold. Early Bronze Age, 1700-1100 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Coffer of agates. Spain
Coffer of agates. 11th century. Made in silver and decorated with agates. From the Collegiate Church of Saint Isidore of Leon. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Venetian Reliquary 15C
An Italian reliquary, probably Venetian. Date: late 15th century

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870

Electrical gold finder
Experiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892

Folklore / Ring
POLYCRATES, TYRANT OF SAMOS throws a precious ring into the sea, to ward off ill luck, but a fisherman finds it and brings it to him - and soon Polycrates is murdered... Date: circa 515 BC

Manuscript with story about a dog and a wolf
Page from an illustrated manuscript with a story entitled The Dog and the Wolf, in a collection of fables by Ulrich Boner, Der Edelstein The Precious Stone), completed circa 1349

British Spring fashions from Isobel and Dora Ainsworth, 1927
The synchronisation of sumptuosity and simplicity - precious metals and exquisite fabrics form the loveliness for this seasons models - British fashions Date: 1927

WW2 poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious
WW2 Ministry of Supply poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious. Encouraging people to take care of resources. Date: early 1940s

Gold bricks on display, Lead, South Dakota, USA
Gold bricks on display at Lead, South Dakota, USA. The large Homestake Gold Mine was discovered in 1876. The gold bricks seen here were worth $125, 000 at the time

Italian noblewoman in courtly dress with fur-lined coat with voluminous sleeves, 1303.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Different types of corals and seaweeds.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), 1849

British art nouveau jewellery designs in gold, silver, enamel and mosaic by Thomas A. Cook.. Color plate from Charles Holmes Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans, published by the Studio 1902

Gold-plated silver cross decorated with rubies, amethysts, and precious stones, 14th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Cross and letters with inlay of precious stones belonging to the Treasury of Torredonjimeno. 7th c. Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Beatus of Ferdinand I. 1047. Romanesque art
Beatus of Ferdinand I and do񡠓 ancha. 1047. Ms. Vit. 14-2. Folio 253v. Representation of the heavenly Jerusalem with 12 gates

Central America - Gold Mining - Lantern Slide series
Gold Mining in Central America - A coloured lantern slide of two small white buildings in a hilly landscape, with trees and various foliage in the foreground.. Slide from Box 270B. Date: circa 1900

Zlata Ulicka (Golden Lane), Prague, Czech Republic
Zlata Ulicka (Golden Lane), in the Hradcany area below the castle in Prague, now in the Czech Republic. The name refers to the fact that alchemists used to practise their trade here

On Board the Berengaria
Notable members of the R.M.S. Berengarias ships company on a voyage to New York. Left to right in the group are Horace Nelson, Eugene Palette, Mrs Hsiung, Mr Hsiung (author of the play)

Carol Coombe Gives a Chopstick Lunch
Carol Coombe, who was then playing the lead role in the play, Lady Precious Stream at the Little Theatre, John Street, London, hosts a Chinese lunch

Kimberley Mine - diamond excavation
Diamond excavation machinery, and miners at the Kimberley Mine in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Date: 1883

Russo-Japanese War - Captured Wagons, Office and Train
Russo-Japanese War - Captured Russian baggage wagons, The Head Office of the Military Railways at Dairen (now Dalian, formerly Dalny)

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Stingy Librarian regretting charity
Stingy Librarian - Not the Troops best friend! She only seems willing to part with the most obscure titles to ship out to the boys at the frontline

South Africa - Transvaal - A Gold Mine, Johannesburg Date: circa 1906

The Wall Nut - Effeminate young gent pondering the scene
The " Wall-Nut" - An effeminate (Metro-sexual?!) young gent pondering the scene from his perch on the promenade wall of a seaside resort

Diamond Mine - Kimberley, South Africa Date: 1877

Sweet Little man making his case to bathing beauties
Sweet Little man making his case to three bathing beauties: " I may not be much to look at, Girls, but I m Reliable." Date: circa 1925

Opalised snails and clam
Found in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal

Silver wire
Found in the Kongsberg mines in Norway, this specimen still has its long wires attached to the white calcite in which they grew

The Latrobe gold nugget
A 717gm mass of crystallised cubes of gold about 11cms in length. Specimen was found at Mt. Ivor, Victoria, Australia in the presence of the then govenor of the colony, C. J. Latrobe

Tray of Precious Gemstones held in the mineralogy department of the Natural History Museum

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