Tantalus Collection

Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus (Bay ibis, Tantalus falcinellus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Black-faced ibis, Theristicus melanopis (Tantalus melanops). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Types of hydraulics systems and pumps: Persian wheel or sakia, Tantalus or Pythagorean cup, Ctesibiuss ancient pump, and sucking, forcing, lifting and chain pumps

Trade Catalogue for Tantalus frames 1930
A choice of fumed oak, mahogany and Princes plate Tantalus frames with finely cut glass decanter bottles and a elegant mahogany or oak cocktail table completely fitted with English cut-glass

Advert for Mappin & Webb luxury items 1916
Varity of sterling silver luxury Christmas gifts for the homefront. 1916

Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1896
Advert for Elkington & Co, with Victorian household items including polished oak Tantalus with nickel plated mounts, and best cut Hobnail Quart bottles, corinthian table lamp

Tantalus Frames
These tantalus frames and cocktail table can be locked so that your servants can t help themselves, thus saving them from the consequences of yielding to temptation. Date: 1930

Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5
Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for Tantalus lamps 1910
Three million Tantalus lamps are functioning in France alone - unlike modern bulbs, they never go out, they never die ! 1910

Tantalus, Plate 9 of Los Caprichos
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Tantalus. Plate 9 of Los Caprichos, etching and burnished aquatint. Etching;

A modern tantalus. Illustration shows a man and a woman (girlfriend or wife) at a musical revue, the man is staring at a chorus girl who is temptingly standing in front of him; the mans wife or

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