Slice Collection (page 2)

Agate
A polished slice of agate or chalcedony from Uraguay. Agate (silicon dioxide) is a cryptocrystalline quartz

Slice of the lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 482
A slice of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 482. This meteorite is very rich in the feldspar mineral anorthite, which give it its pale colour

Agate
Dyed agate

Picnic Lemonade
What could be nicer on a hot day than home made lemonade in a basket outside in the garden or for a picnic? Serve it in lovely glasses from a decorative jug, with straws. Date: 1940s

Burnt Column of Constantine, Constantinople, Turkey
Greetings postcard from Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, showing the Burnt Column of the Roman Emperor Constantine, built to commemorate the declaration of Byzantium (later renamed Constantinople)

CREAM CAKE
A home-made cream cake, with a cake slice beside it. Date: 1980

Little Games for the Holidays - Pitching Poached Egg for Ter
Another ridiculous and rather messy game from the imagination of William Heath Robinson showing territorial army officers throwing poached eggs at a slice of toast skewered by a toasting fork

The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store

Summer Fruit Drinks
What could be nicer during hot summer weather than a glass of lemon barley water or lime juice cordial, with a slice of lemon or lime, in nice glassware with straws?

Girl Eats a Cake 1960S
A gleeful little girl takes a bite out of a huge slice of iced cake!

Sharing Chinese Cake / 189
The European powers share the Chinese cake. France backs Russia

Cooking an Old Lady
When the natives run short of food, they strangle the oldest and least useful woman of the tribe and smoke her; when shes cooked, they consume her slice by tasty slice

Hissalik Post-Excavation
The site at Hissarlik, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann and identified as ancient Troy. Schliemanns massive slice through the deposits can be clearly seen

Napoleon / Pitt / World / 1805
The Plumb-pudding in danger Napoleon and Pitt carve up the world at dinner

Pineapples Sold by Slice
A trader selling Pineapples - a penny a slice from a barrow when this fruit was still a rarity in Britain

Round Table & Seven
Arthur and seven of his knights dine at the Table Ronde. While they wait to be served, one of them cuts himself a slice of bread

Melon with Slice Removed
A melon with a slice cut out

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