Stones Collection (page 5)

Christmas card in the form of weight scales -- Try Your Weight, Drop Penny in Slot. Date: circa 1890s

People with model sailing boats on a pond. Date: circa 1960

Man and boy with model sailing boat
Man and boy with a large model sailing boat. Date: circa 1960

Advert for James Aitchison brooches 1883
James Aitchison, manufacturer of National Scottish Jewellery. From birds shot in the Highlands of Scotland, mounted as brooches in gold and silver, and set with Scotch Cairngorms stones. 1883

Diadem of Tutankhamun
Diadem of Pharao Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) made out of solid gold and various semi-precious stones, as exhibited in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo

Communist China - teachers doing manual work
Communist China - teachers from Qinghua (Tsinghua) University and Beijing University forced to do heavy manual work during the Cultural Revolution period

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for Women
A girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Leap Year Proposal
A dis-shevelled suffragette with a hammer and a bag of stones appeals to John Bull. Militant suffragette - I have smacked policemen, broken windows, assaulted ministers, broken up meetings

View from the lake, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Israel
View from the lake, city of Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Israel. Date: circa 1910

St Stephen stoned - Acts 8. circa 1688

Bismarck memorial, Muanza, Tanzania, East Africa
Captains Marsh and Marshall at the Bismarck memorial in Muanza (Mwanza), Tanzania, East Africa (formerly German East Africa). 1919

Egyptian art. Tutankhamuns pectoral. Dynasty 18. 1332-1322
Egyptian art. Tutankhamuns pectoral with solar and lunar emblem and Scarab. Dynasty 18. 1332-1322 BC. New Kingdom of Egypt. Egyptian Museum Cairo

Votive crown of Recceswinth, found in the treasure of Guarra
Votive crown of the Visigoth king Recceswinth, made of gold and precious stones in the 2nd half of the 7th century. Treasure of Guarrazar. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Roman jewellery. 1st-4th century AD
Roman jewellery of the Imperial Age. 1st-4th century AD. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Oliphant. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
Oliphant of Charlemagne. C. 1000. Ivory. Hunting knife (8th century) and sheath (10th - 11th centuries). Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany

Dolmen El Sotillo. Spain
Dolmen El Sotillo. Neolithic. Laguardia. Basque Country. Spain

Jesus meets a man possessed by evil spirits. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Tomb of Clitmenestra
Mycenaen Art. Greece. Tomb of Clitmenestra. XIII century. Mycenae. Argo?lide province. Peloponnese region

Baalbek / Stone
The Temple platform, showing the massive stones whose size (note the figure standing by them !) has led some to conjecture that otherworldly beings were responsible Date: 1880

Stone-breaking cell in a workhouse
Illustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909

Poster, the Rolling Stones latest disc
Poster advertising the Rolling Stones latest disc. Date: 1960s

Cartier workshop 1957, mounting brooch
A mounter at work in the Cartier workshop on the second floor of the firms New Bond Street headquarters in London. The mounter uses tweezers to place gemstones on the brooch

WW1 - Anzacs fighting near the Krithia heights, Gallipoli
WW1 - The Anzac troops gain fresh ground in Gallipoli as they storm the enemys line near the Krithia heights. The soldiers fight among the ridges of the road to Constantipole. Date: 1915

Roman slingers with slingshot and stones.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages

Stepping Stones, Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

Tomb of Joseph, Nablus, Palestine, West Bank
Tomb of Joseph (the biblical patriarch, son of Jacob) at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank. Date: 1920s

Beitin (Bethel), Palestine, West Bank
Beitin (identified as the biblical Bethel), Palestine, West Bank. Date: 1920s

Street in Jenin, Palestine, West Bank. Date: 1920s

Ruined fortress at Beth Zur, Judea
Ruined fortress at Beth Zur (Beit Tzur, Bethsura), Judea, mentioned in the Bible (Old Testament), site of the Battle of Beth Zur in 164 BC, during the Maccabean wars. Date: 1920s

WWI Sweetheart brooch in the form of a rifle and cap
The Army Brooch. First World War Sweetheart brooch in the form of a rifle and cap, with semi-precious stones. Commemorative Ware

WWI Army Brooch, on its original presentation card
The Army Brooch, on its original presentation card. First World War Sweetheart brooch in the form of a rifle and cap, with semi-precious stones. Commemorative Ware

Wrought iron gate in a garden with female model. 1959

Justinian Code. ca. 1350. Money changer and trade of precious stones. Byzantine art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. National Library of the Turin University

Barcelona Tragic Week (26th-31st July 1909)
" Barcelona Tragic Week (26th-31st July 1909). Barricade composed of paving stones and barrels at Nueva de Dulce street, next to Ronda de San Antonio

Playing Taba, a variant of Knucklebones, Argentina
Customs of the countryside, Argentinian gauchos playing Taba a variant of the game of Knucklebones, Argentina. The game is played in a field where the taba or talus bone is thrown to the air

Windmill and water mill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones, purchased together with the nearby water mill by John Archer in the 19th century

Garden and house, Paddockhurst, West Sussex
View of the garden and house at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school

Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones

Bombed Bath - St. Andrews Church Damaged
The centre of Bath, the view from Julian Road showing bomb damage to St. Andrews Church (left) after a German air raid - circa August 1940"

Native Doctor - Sierra Leone. Checking a diagnosis by the means of the placement of a set of small stones of seeds

Peter Samson, the Strongman, 1898
Photograph of Peter Samson, the strongman of P.T. Barnums travelling circus in 1898, who could reportedly smash stones with his bare fist

Egyptian Sundial
A primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next

Grosnez Castle, Saint Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands
Part of the ruins of Grosnez Castle, Saint Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands, dating back to the 14th century. Date: circa 1970s

Lady on a south coast beach writing postcards to family. Date: 1937

Damage from cyclone, Isabela de Sagua, Cuba
Damage from cyclone of 1 September 1933, Isabela de Sagua, Cuba. Date: 1933

Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), a ruined city in the south-east of Zimbabwe, near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo

Location of Parliament Plains and First National Park in Iceland Date: circa 1930

Third coffin of Tutankhamun in stone sarcophagus
The innermost coffin of Pharao Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC), as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

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