Shaped Collection

One of three miniature metal Sikh kirpan daggers, nd. Blades shaped like pesh-kabz. Hilts of metal rod, with moulding. Believed to be associated with the indian Mutiny (1857-1859)

Ufos / Belgian Wave
Triangle-shaped UFO observed by many over the outskirts of Brussels

Fontainebleau Forest - Three Mausoleum Boulders
Fontainebleau Forest - Barbizon, France - The Three Mausoleums. The Forest is popular location for the climbing activity of Bouldering - the sport climbing of rocks such as this. Date: circa 1908

Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas card
Butterflies and flowers with a snow scene on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Wilmington
Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Hilton Park, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. A three hundred year old Live Oak tree lighted with 4000 bulbs - a popular toursit attraction in Wilmington

Art Deco Dressing Table
This charming bedroom dressing table is in polished mellow toned walnut of pleasing modern design. It has a shaped rimless mirror with a glamorous light fitting!

Unusual Tanks
A selection of tanks shaped like animals

Scottish Toast 1893
Scotsmen make a toast with thistle shaped glasses full of John Robertson & Sons whisky Date: 1893

Deep-Fat Fryer
An oval shaped deep-fat fryer with removable basket for frying fish and chips, or perhaps I should say pomme frites as it is French

Ufos / Adamski
Cigar-shaped Venusian interplanetary carrier photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California; it was 50 km distant at the time

Good Luck card with two cricket bats, a ball and a wicket. Date: circa 1890s

St Margarets Hospital, Epping, Essex
Aerial view of St Margarets Hospital, Epping, Essex. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, the site began life in 1837-8 as the Epping Union workhouse

Nelson / Birthplace
HORATIO LORD NELSON English naval officers birthplace at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, six miles from North Walsham

Mediaeval Headdresses
Medieval ladies in their fancy headdress

Robins nesting on a bell-shaped Christmas card
Robins nesting in the snow on a bell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Seascape on a sail-shaped Christmas card
Seascape with sailing boat on a sail-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a pipe and tobacco pouch. Date: circa 1890s

Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

Christmas card in the shape of a lobster. Date: circa 1890s

Frock, Fur & Feather Fan
Narrow tubular shaped dress in an ornate fabric by Worth with a plunging back, beaded straps, fur trimmed hem & a long train attached at the lower back. She holds a large feather fan

Roast turkey on a plate on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, Birmingham
Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, a Ford van shaped like a milk churn, Victoria, Birmingham. Date: circa 1920s

Gloster Gorcock fitted with a D-shaped radiator

Lady Blessingtons Tomb
The pyramid-shaped tomb of Marguerite, countess of Blessington, Irish writer, photographed by her lover, the count d Orsay. Date: 1849

Two Ladies Walking 1853
Brown dress: Greek key design border, blue waistcoat, tie & black hat with plumes; black dress: skirt en tablier, caraco body, scallop shaped cuffs & basques & a paisley shawl. Date: 1853

Pansies in a wheelbarrow on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The boat bed at Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster, England. Photographed in 1989 with full permission of then owners Ron and Pam Williams in 1989 Date: 1989

Toads Mouth Rock, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Date: 1904

Bottlenose dolphin, underwater, blowing heart shaped bubbles. Digital manipulation

Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a sailing boat, the Mermaid, with two passengers, their dog, and two sailors. circa 1890s

Santiago, Mexico, El Alamo - Restaurante Sombrero El Charro
Sombrero El Charro Restaurant at El Alamo, Santiago, a municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Date: circa 1910s

Cliveden, Bucks - Peacock Topiary in the Gardens Date: 1980s

Model wearing a knitted sweater in white Tricoton cotton with shaped sleeve cuffs. Date: 1935

Almshouses, Maugersbury, near Stow on the Wold, Glos
Old half-moon shaped almshouses, Maugersbury, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s

Modernist House, Moor Park, Roof Terrace
A photograph of a roof terrace to a modernist house in Moor Park, Rickmansworth, designed in 1937 by architects Colin Anderson Lucas, Amyas Douglas Connell and Basil Robert Ward

Carrington House Staircase, Whitehall
An architectural drawing of a double sided staircase below a dome shaped sky light within Carrington House, in Whitehall, the property was designed by architect William Chambers. Date: circa 1818

Great Gable
A landscape watercolour painting of Great Gable, a mountain in the Lake District, given the name for it's pyramid like appearance from Wasdale

Poinsettia
A still life oil painting of some red poinsettia flowers, with leaves shaped like angular shards, placed in a simple glass bottle vase. Date: circa 1918

Crescent Harp
A poster style painting of a knelt woman, playing a crescent shaped harp, upon a blue floor. The design of her clothing and the patterned strip linking the floor and wall, suggests an Egyptian theme

The Haystack
A landscape painting of a very large haystack, standing beside a giant mushroom shaped tree, on what is most likely an English countryside. Date: circa 1917

Cows On Hill
An oil painting showing some cattle on a hillside, with a textured blue sky set behind, which bears uniquely shaped clouds. Date: circa 1914

Mrs. Fred Taylor
A portrait oil painting of a woman wearing a dark blue velvet gown, jade coloured necklace and a large, blue diamond shaped brooch. Date: circa 1918

White Star Line and Cunard - souvenir brooches
White Star Line and Cunard souvenir brooches - RMS Baltic, RMS Celtic, RMS Megantic and RMS Queen Mary. Pictorial brass enamel brooches. Date: 20th century

Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle - instruments
Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle, later SA Oranje - rare collection of brass engine room instruments together with the ship's bulkhead clock, fixed to an oak shield-shaped panel. 32 inches

RMS Titanic - gold stud recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a late Victorian 18 carat yellow gold round collar or dress stud

Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogens
Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone

Tamamushi Zushi, Japanese Miniature Temple, Horyuji Temple, near Nara, Japan. Tamamushi signifies Chrysochroa elegans, an insect with golden wings

Penfold's Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Penfolds Artists Materials, based in Sydney. The shield shaped image shows a group of people observing some paintings in a gallery. Date: circa 1923

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