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Background imageReads Collection: Beaker - A Souvenir of the Great War

Beaker - A Souvenir of the Great War
Beaker. Transfer reads Well if you knows. Transfer of bird, tree and barbed wire on the other side. Ornate border to rim. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Tankard - A Souvenir of the Great War

Tankard - A Souvenir of the Great War
Tankard. Transfers read The Historical Touch. and What time. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Vase - A Souvenir of the Great War

Vase - A Souvenir of the Great War
Vase. Transfers read Dear. and Where did. Ornate border to rim. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Jug - A Souvenir of the Great War

Jug - A Souvenir of the Great War
Jug. Transfer reads Coiffure in the trenches with Crest of Herne Bay on other side. Ornate border round rim. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Milk Jug - A Souvenir of the Great War

Milk Jug - A Souvenir of the Great War
Milk Jug. Transfers read Where did. and When the ell. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Teapot - Grimwades, Winton

Teapot - Grimwades, Winton
Teapot. Transfer reads Where did. with Royal Coat of Arms transfer on other side. Base - Grimwades, Winton. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Teapot - A Souvenir of the Great War

Teapot - A Souvenir of the Great War
Teapot. Transfers read Dear. and Well, if you knows. Ornate border around the rim. Base reads - A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Embroidered badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps

Embroidered badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps. which reads In Arduis Fidelis. (Faithful in Adversity - the Regimental Motto of the Royal Army Medical Corps.). Commemorative Art

Background imageReads Collection: Embroidered badge of the British Red Cross

Embroidered badge of the British Red Cross, together with a scroll which reads Canny Auld Cumberland. Commemorative Art

Background imageReads Collection: Embroidered badge of the Welsh Guards

Embroidered badge of the Welsh Guards, worked by Private H. Gee, 13th Battalion Manchester Regiment and dated March 1917, Netley

Background imageReads Collection: Bairnsfather Ware - Bruce Bairnsfather

Bairnsfather Ware - Bruce Bairnsfather
Bairnsfather Ware butter dish. Transfer reads - ere with a loaf of bread. Striped border, clear base. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Tobacco jar made from a 4 5 Howitzer shell case

Tobacco jar made from a 4 5 Howitzer shell case
Tobacco jar made from a 4.5 Howitzer shell case, dated 1915, with a matching lid. The base has copper handles and a copper inscription which reads Tobacco decorated with copper oak leaves

Background imageReads Collection: Grimwades Bairnsfather Ware Winton teapot plate

Grimwades Bairnsfather Ware Winton teapot plate. Transfer reads Dear. At present. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageReads Collection: Ciss on Rose Day - WWI postcard

Ciss on Rose Day - WWI postcard
Ciss on Rose Day. Won t you buy my pretty flower. Caricature of Ciss. Includes card saying Happy Christmas with pressed leaf and ribbon (one leaf missing). Card on verso reads To Ciss

Background imageReads Collection: 6 studies - WWI soldiers

6 studies - WWI soldiers
6 studies, including The Bread Winner, When the boys go back, The Picket and a Scottish soldier at Victoria Station.On reverse - man playing a flute

Background imageReads Collection: Woman reads the news of a great British victory, WW1

Woman reads the news of a great British victory, WW1
A woman reads the news of what is described by the newspaper as a great British victory in the early days of the First World War

Background imageReads Collection: Mounet-Sully - French Actor

Mounet-Sully - French Actor
Mounet-Sully (18411916) - French actor. Born Jean-Sully Mounet, Mounet-Sully was his stage name. Date: 1910

Background imageReads Collection: Street parade with people in costume

Street parade with people in costume
A street parade with people in costume, including big heads

Background imageReads Collection: Uzbeks reading public decree

Uzbeks reading public decree
A group of Uzbek people wearing taqiyahs crowd around a public decree notice pinned to the wall of a building. Date: 1924

Background imageReads Collection: Potential army recruit looks at the proclamation

Potential army recruit looks at the proclamation
Two soldiers look on as a civilian reads the notice which shows how volunteers can enlist. These soldiers were known as Kitcheners Men and were often from the same factory or town

Background imageReads Collection: Why the Expected Presents didn t arrive by Will Owen

Why the Expected Presents didn t arrive by Will Owen
Humorous illustration by Will Owen showing a disconsolate Father Christmas bemoaning the fact that he had chosen an airship, rather than a sleigh to deliver presents

Background imageReads Collection: Serfdom Abolished

Serfdom Abolished
An Orthodox priest reads out the tsars announcement that serfdom is abolished throughout Russia. Date: 1861

Background imageReads Collection: To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

Background imageReads Collection: Man Reading 1913

Man Reading 1913
One man reads while his companion peels an apple. Date: 1913

Background imageReads Collection: POTTY NEWS

POTTY NEWS
A little boy reads the latest news whilst sitting on his potty! Date: 1930s

Background imageReads Collection: Washington Despatch

Washington Despatch
WASHINGTON reads a despatch Date: 1770s

Background imageReads Collection: Mungo Watson

Mungo Watson
MUNGO WATSON - beadle of Lady Yesters church, Edinburgh : the caption reads Prayers at all prices which suggests that his conduct was not above reproach. Date: ? - 1809

Background imageReads Collection: Air Raid Notice

Air Raid Notice
A smart young man reads an air raid notice. Date: circa 1940

Background imageReads Collection: Mary Magdalen Reading

Mary Magdalen Reading
MARY MAGDALEN, repenting of her former life, reads a Good Book which inspires her to behave better in future. Date: first century

Background imageReads Collection: Christmas Tattoo

Christmas Tattoo
A young woman with dark hair having a tattoo put on her shoulder. It reads: Merry Xmas Bob from Annie. Date: early 1930s

Background imageReads Collection: Japan - Two Japanese girls in traditional costume reading

Japan - Two Japanese girls in traditional costume reading a picture book. Date: circa 1905

Background imageReads Collection: Japan - Geisha Girl - reading a book at a small table

Japan - Geisha Girl - reading a book at a small table Date: circa 1910s

Background imageReads Collection: O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war

O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war
Japanese woman O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war. Date: circa 1910

Background imageReads Collection: Tamao-Dayu - Famous Geisha, Japan & Komagata, Tokyo

Tamao-Dayu - Famous Geisha, Japan & Komagata, Tokyo. Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Background imageReads Collection: Scamp cheekily drinks a Gentlemans tipple whilst distracted

Scamp cheekily drinks a Gentlemans tipple whilst distracted
" Why don t we have Open-air Cafes? So pleasant to takes ones refreshment in the open air." (vide newspapers) Date: 1895

Background imageReads Collection: Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War

Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War
A Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the front (during the Second Anglo-Boer War). Date: 1900

Background imageReads Collection: Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read

Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read by pointing to words on posters on a brick wall. Date: 1902

Background imageReads Collection: Pretty girl in white dress looking through photograph album

Pretty girl in white dress looking through photograph album
Pretty girl in a thin and off-the-shoulder white dress looking through a photograph album. What are the contents ?? Date: circa 1910s

Background imageReads Collection: Child as a political moderate - Russia

Child as a political moderate - Russia
Moderate Russian postcard depicting a child in the dress of a Russian moderate, reading a newspaper. Date: circa 1907

Background imageReads Collection: Billiards Illustrated - Trying for the pocket

Billiards Illustrated - Trying for the pocket - A youthful pickpocket has a rummage through an elderly gentlemans trouser pocket whist he browses some titles on a bookstall. Date: circa 1903

Background imageReads Collection: Love Triangle scrap

Love Triangle scrap
A charming chromolithograph Victorian scrap featuring a rural scene of young love and possible jealous attention. A pretty girl in pink sits below a tree reading the latest chic-lit whilst her male

Background imageReads Collection: Sweet little boy reading a childrens magazine

Sweet little boy reading a childrens magazine
Little boy in knitted outfit and knee-high white socks, holds a childrens magazine as he smiles at the camera. c. 1930

Background imageReads Collection: Woman sitting at desk

Woman sitting at desk
A woman wears her reading glasses as she reads a book at her desk. c. 1910

Background imageReads Collection: Valentines magazine cover

Valentines magazine cover
A beautiful art deco magazine cover featuring a huge red heart surrounded by an intricate lace border. In the foreground a fashionable young lady reads a love letter from her sweetheart. 1927

Background imageReads Collection: Children playing with their Christmas presents

Children playing with their Christmas presents
Three children sit together, playing with their Christmas gifts which include dolls, a Mother Goose book and a toy sailing boat. c. 1925

Background imageReads Collection: Boy Reading in Nursery

Boy Reading in Nursery
A little boy sits on the nursery floor near his wooden rocking horse and reads a large book in the sunlight streaming through the windows. Date: 1930s

Background imageReads Collection: Girl Reads Green Book

Girl Reads Green Book
A girl propped up by pillows reading a book with a green cover. Date: circa 1910

Background imageReads Collection: Girls Reading by River

Girls Reading by River
A girl wearing a bonnet with a pink ribbon sits on the river bank and reads her book. Date: 1889



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