Shelf Collection (page 3)

Mantel, Over Mantel and Ornaments, Plate 196, with a clock on the mantel shelf and an ornately tiled fireplace below. Date: circa 1880s

Carved Wood and Plush Covered Brackets, Plate 80, showing a range of styles and patterns, some items with mirrors. Date: circa 1880s

Italy. Herculaneum. Urban Thermae. Apodyterium. Detail
Italy. Herculaneum. Urban Thermae. 1st century BC. Shelf for clothes in the male locker room (Apodyterium). Detail

House from Sarkoz region. 19th century. Hungary
Interior of a house from the Sarkoz region. Second half of 19th century. Museum of Ethnography. Budapest. Hungary

House from Orseg region. 19th century. Hungary
Interior of a house from the Orseg region. Early 19th century. Museum of Ethnography. Budapest. Hungary

The last pawning. 18th century. Colored engraving. The Artistic Illustration, 1886

Pharmacy. Franciscan Friary. Dubrovnik. Croatia
Pharmacy. Franciscan Friary. Detail. Dubrovnik. Croatia

ART XIX century. FRANCE. CEZANNE, Paul (Aix-en-Provence, 1839-Aix-en Provence, 1906). French Post-Impressionist painter. The buffet, 1873-1877. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Rowlands Aqua d Oro - Distilling Perfume, marketed by A Rowland & Son of Hatton Garden, London. circa 1850s

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Allwise the Matrons daughter. 1928

Bill Twigg at the counter of his shoe shop. Date: 1970s

Christmas card with dogs and fireplace
Handmade Christmas card with dogs and fireplace, and a string to pull to make Santa Claus appear. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card
Three fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sir Kenelm Digby
SIR KENELM DIGBY - Scholar and statesman, depicted with a shelf of books representative of his interest in science, including Plants, Bodyes and the Powder of Simpathie. Date: 1603 - 1665

Sir George Croke
SIR GEORGE CROKE Judge, in skull-cap and robes, holding a scroll, and with a shelf of statute-books ready to hand. Date: 1560 - 1642

William Cartwright
WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT churchman and playwright, depicted at his writing desk with a shelf of books above him. Date: 1611 - 1643

Advert for Maple & Co drawing-room suite 1880
Victorian Vicarage ebonized drawing-room suite consisting of 6 chairs 2 easy chairs with loose seats covered in silk plush, handsome cabinet with 2 bevelled and decortaed panel on cupboard doors

Braille Books on Shelf
A young woman holds a novel in one hand & the same novel made up of seven braille volumes in the other. Date: circa 1930s

Futuristic machine for reading human thought waves
A futuristic machine which registers and translates human thought waves, even if the subject is unconscious or unable to speak. Date: 1928

Wine Room, Pierres Restaurant, New York City, USA
Wine Room, Pierres Restaurant, East 53rd Street, New York City, USA, offering French cuisine. circa 1950s

Cartoon, Time for a drink, WW1
Cartoon, Time for a drink. A French soldier sits on the back of a chair with his feet on the seat to drink at a bar. The two soldiers with him tell the owner not to be shocked by his behaviour

Coloured Enamel Iron Bath with Chromium plated fittings from a catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London. Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Materials. Date: circa 1920s

Vitromant Coloured Shelf Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) - from the Vitromant Sanitaryware range - from a catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Wild Cat (Scotland). Date: 1933

Bed sitting room by Herman Schrijver for Miss Gladys Burlton, in pink, blue and green. Date: 1933

Four soldiers playing darts in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

Four soldiers relaxing in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

Toddler helping out in the kitchen
A toddler helping out in the kitchen with the pots and pans. Date: circa 1960s

LFB Merryweather fire engine with stored hoses

Refreshment vehicle at Lambeth HQ
Refreshment vehicle at the new Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, probably during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for the opening of the building. Date: 1937

Man in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
A man adjusting his tie in the mirror of a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961

With the high browse 1923
A customer enters a disorganised bookshop to have a browse. Date: 1923

Poems of Childhood -- boy and tutor
A boy and his tutor in a medieval setting. Date: 1912

Soldier at Tidworth, Wiltshire
A soldier sitting in a room at the army village of Tidworth, Wiltshire. Date: 1915

Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations. A man in a room full of mice reaches for a plate of meat on a shelf. A bridegroom wheels his bride along the road in a wheelbarrow. A frog eats a worm

Cover design, Library List, showing an elderly man and a young woman in a library, selecting books

A rest between duty in the trenches
A British officer resting in a billet in France. A photograph can be seen standing on the shelf, acting as a comforting symbol of home. 1915

Two doves and a pigeon on a shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The Botany Library
The upper floor of the Botany Library of the Natural History Museum

The Bernard Sunley Room
Housing large books in the Natural History Museums Department of Botany

Mother and daughter in a shop
A mother and her daughter study the food shelves in a shop, deciding what to buy. c. 1910

LCC-LFB Canteen Van (CaV) at Lambeth HQ
The Brigades canteen van, stationed at Lambeth fire station (D61). The Brigade only had the one CaV which was sent to all major fires or other protracted incidents

International Stores, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Interior view of The International Stores at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, showing biscuit containers (Mitre Biscuits) in front of the counter, and stacks of tins and packets on shelves behind. 1963

A man reads a book in a shop
A man reads a book in a bookshop, with many strange-looking busts in the background. 1925

FALSE BOOKCASE
A false corner cupboard bookcase, concealing a drinks shelf, radio and speakers! Date: early 1930s

Two men looking rather serious
Two men sitting at a table, looking rather serious. circa 1940s

Archive service at Paris Peace Conference
Gendarme officers in the archive service of the Paris Peace Conference which followed the end of the First World War. It was their job to classify three tons of documents. Date: circa 1919

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