Stocking Collection (page 2)

Father Christmas and Xmas stockings
Father Christmas about to fill the stockings hanging in the fireplace with presents Date: 19th century

GEORGIAN STAIRCASE
This lovely ornate staircase, decorated with a grapevine motif on the walls, is within Royal Fort House, Bristol (now part of the University). Dated 1760, it is by Thomas Stocking. Date: 1760

HANDY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Every well-stocked household should have handy packs of matches, safety pins, once- use stocking pencils, etc. Date: 1930s

The Rising Generation, Pier Theatre, Herne Bay, Kent
The Rising Generation, a three-act comedy by Wyn Weaver and Laura Leycester, at the Pier Theatre, Herne Bay, Kent, by the Marlborough Amateur Dramatic Society. 1925

Maltese Milk Seller - stocking up on his wares
Maltese Milk Seller, Malta - stocking up on his wares... Date: circa 1910s

Susi - ruining Mums stockings. 1950s

What People Are Wearing - April Olrich
The actress and ballet dancer April Olrich (1933 - 2014) wearing a real fishnet top over a body stocking and Jaeger denim hipsters with tie sides. Soleless sandals as worn in South Africa. Date: 1966

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠Women Undressing
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Women Undressing. 1933. Contemporary Art. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

Advert for Mackintoshs carnival assortment de luxe 1931
The gift for every stocking. Advert for Mackintoshs carnival assortment toffees and chocolates. Date: 1931

Bar Room ceiling of The Glory Hole Tavern in Colorado
" Bottoms Up" the rather fun and risque painting on the Bar Room ceiling of The Glory Hole Tavern in Colorado, USA. Date: 1953

Princess Elizabeth and her mother the Queen, Zimbabwe, 1947
Princess Elizabeth stands shoeless with her mother the Queen after climbing the Matopos Hill, Bulawayo. The Queen had damaged her shoes during the climb

Frilly French Knickers
A young woman lifts her dress to reveal a lace edged pair of camiknickers (French knickers or step-ins )revealing a glimpse of her stocking tops, suspender belt and garter

Christmas advertisement, Wrigleys PK Chewing Gum -- good to chew and good for you! 1957

Aristoc WWII stockings advertisement - rayon
Advertisement for Aristoc stockings in 1944 showing a woman in WRNS uniform inspecting a pair. The adverts copy promises that once victory has been achieved, a plentiful supply of lovely

Tango apache. Illustration by Marinero for the cover of the entertainment magazine Sparta, Madrid 1933. Engraving

Advert for khaki stocking puttees
Advertisement for khaki stocking puttees in medium and heavy weights from Turnbull and Asser. For use in Home Service when off parade, or at the Front when out of the firing line

Woolly Stockings C. 1940
A smiling young woman, reclining on tasselled cushions, pulls on a wool stocking while pointing her toe in the air

Woman knitting with six foot needles and very thick wool. Date: circa 1980s

Susi - with stockings and underwear in a suitcase. 1950s

Advertisement, Stockings by Carlton. 1936

The Hold Up by Harold Earnshaw
The Hold Up! A Startling Christmas Eve Incident. A small child emerges at the top of a chimney on a snow-topped roof offering his empty stocking to a rather startled looking Father Christmas

Boy with stocking and gifts on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Father Christmas - selecting gift from his sack
A terrific Edwardian postcard depicting Father Christmas - selecting gifts from his sack to add to the childrens stockings hanging on the Fireplace

The Christmas stocking
Xmas greeting. Young children sitting on the bed emptying their Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1906

Advertisement for Aristoc silk stockings - the aristocrat of silk stockings, perfect for playing Tennis. They re pure silk - fit like your skin - your skirt can t catch on them

Christmas presents for the teddy bears. early 20th century

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a stocking, with presents overflowing out of the top. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Fairies and sleeping girl on a Christmas card
Fairies with gifts, hovering round a sleeping girl on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Mary Countess of Cork
MARY MONCKTON, countess of CORK & ORRERY blue-stocking and kleptomaniac, wife of the seventh earl Date: 1746 - 1840

Girl Shows a Leg 1908
A young woman lifts her ample skirts & petticoats in order to check her stockings. 1908

Market, Algeria
The fruit market at Biskra - a place for socialising as well as stocking the larder. Date: 1906

Stocking Weaver 1827
A stocking weaver at his loom. Date: 1827

Blue Stocking
A French blue-stocking Date: 1850

French Blue Stocking
A French bas-bleu; blue- stocking Date: 1850

Maid Stitching Stocking
The maid does some last-minute repairs to her mistresss stocking before she leaves for a ball Date: 1908

Faulders chocolate
Advertisement depicting Santa filling the Xmas stocking of a young girl asleep in bed. Artist: Mittie Morris Date: circa 1910

Three children and stockings on a Christmas card
Three children with their stockings on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of fir tree branches and presents. Date: circa 1890s

Birds and stockings on a Christmas card
A little child looks up at a line of birds on a tree branch with their stockings waiting for gifts on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sy-metra stockings advertisement, 1939
Two women are chatting over afternoon tea about the wearing qualities of Sy-metra stockings. Date: 1939

Cover design, Paris Plaisirs no. 81 for March 1929, depicting a female performer in a multi-coloured, tight-fitting costume. Date: 1929

Courtly wear of Count Kenneberg, 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, stocking out
Housekeeping aboard the liner. The huge supply for the Queen Marys stay at port between voyages. To ensure that fresh supplies were always available, triplicate stocks of linen were ordered

Khaki puttee footless stockings, WW1
Pattern for some khaki puttee hand knitted stockings to make for soldiers during the First World War to replace shop-bought puttees. Date: c.1915

Girl with dolls & Xmas stocking. Girl with dolls & Xmas stocking. Date: circa 1917

Darn It by Edmund Blampied
A pretty sketch of a young woman darning a stocking - a fine example of war economy. 1916

Great Expectations by Harry Rountree
A meek, little mouse sits on a branch and waits hoping that Father Christmas will fill the threadbare stocking with some Christmas presents. Date: 1914

Advert for Foxs puttees stockings 1916
Foxs puttees non - fray spiral puttees stockings. Date: 1916

Advert for Foxs spiral puttees 1902
Foxs puttees for men, comfortable support spiral wraps closely fitted from ankle to the knee, can be worn under your trousers. Date: 1902

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