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Lipton Tea Plantation - Sri Lanka - Bunyan Estate - Pickers. Date: circa 1910s
Oh I don t know" Oh" - I don t know. A clear message being presented on this card, unafraid to illustrate a certain lack of knowledge on the part of the sender!! Date: 1907
Christmas postcard, reverseChristmas postcard printed with a design of four red-breasted birds in a pine tree, sent to Mrs Dick and Miss Hudson from Jugederd Gedulof, manufactured in Sweden and postmarked 22 December 1947
The Laundry MaidMezzotint on laid paper by Philip Dawe, after Henry Morlands The Laundry Maid, published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett in London in 1774. Date: 1774
Receipt confirming payment for a mahogany music chair manufactured by G.D. Fontaine, a cabinet maker and upholsterer in Covent Garden, London, dated 1805. Date: 1805
Advertising leaflet for silver and plated wares including table services, candlesticks, dishes, tureens and lamps manufactured by Spooner Clawes & Co. of Birmingham, printed in England c.1820-1830
The First Interview, or Happiness Sacrifised to RichesThe FIRST INTERVIEW, or HAPPINESS SACRIFISED TO RICHES, hand-coloured mezzotint on laid paper, printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, London, 1784. Date: 1784
Back cover of Catalogue of Materials for House PaintingCatalogue of Materials for House Painting & Glazing, a hardback illustrated catalogue containing paint samples, produced by Jas. Nicholson & Co. London, and printed by Henry Drake & Co. London, 1893
Page from Catalogue of Materials for House Painting and GlaCatalogue of Materials for House Painting & Glazing, a hardback illustrated catalogue containing paint samples, produced by Jas. Nicholson & Co. London, and printed by Henry Drake & Co. London, 1893
Elizabeth Wray, Baroness Norris, detailPortrait of Elizabeth Wray, Baroness Norris, holding a funerary wreath, oil on canvas by John Hayl, c.1638 and overpainted c.1645, in a gilded frame with moulded decoration. Date: c.1638-1645
Title page from Illustrated Catalogue of Machine-Made and CIllustrated Catalogue of Machine-Made and Cast Cabinet & Builders Brassfoundry, published by White & Pike Ltd. of Birmingham and London on 1 January 1897. Date: 1 January 1897
Price list, back coverPrice list for flint glass ware manufactured by Apsley Pellatt, including illustrations printed in blue, published in London c.1850. Date: c.1850
Pages from a price listPrice list for flint glass ware manufactured by Apsley Pellatt, including illustrations printed in blue, published in London c.1850. Date: c.1850
Christmas baublesSet of 12 miniature coloured Christmas tree baubles in their original packaging, a printed red, cream and green cardboard box with a cellophane window, manufactured c.1950-1960. Date: c.1950-1960
SheetA broadside, single page printed on one side, with an engraving at the top of the page of a kissing couple, illustrating the poem, The Mistletoe A Christmas Tale beneath
Back cover of Utility and ArtUtility & Art, an illustrated catalogue of home furnishings by Oetzmann & Co of 67 Hampstead Road, London, printed by Chas. Straker & Sons of London and Redhill, c.1900. Date: c.1900
Teapot stand, reverseGlazed earthenware tile with a transfer-printed design illustrating the month December from the Early or Old English series, mounted in a twisted wire frame
Page from Utility and ArtPage A1, of Utility and Art catalogue, entitled Preface to Abridged List. This is a page from Utility and Art, an illustrated catalogue of home furnishings by Oetzmann & Co of 67 Hampstead Road
Front cover of Useful Artistic FurnitureUseful Artistic Furniture, a catalogue by Story & Triggs of London, illustrated with colour and black and white photographs of furniture in appropriate interior settings, printed in Austria, c.1900
Page from Useful Artistic FurnitureUseful Artistic Furniture, a catalogue by Story & Triggs of London, illustrated with colour and black and white photographs of furniture in appropriate interior settings, printed in Austria, c.1900
Front cover of New Artistic Wall PapersNew Artistic Wall Papers, a bound wallpaper sample book produced in England by Lightbown Aspinall, dated 1894. Date: 1894
Pages from Hamptons catalogue, c. 1929-1930Bound trade catalogue for Hampton & Sons Ltd, published c.1929-1930. 52 pages incuding front and back covers, with colour and black and white photographs. 22.7 x 13.8 cm
Front page of Special New Designs of Brass and Iron FendersFront cover Date: c.1885
Page from a catalogue of domestic silverwareCatalogue of domestic silverware, dated c.1812, the catalogue contains 17 plates bound in a hardback book, measuring 25.8 x 40.5cm. Date: c.1801
InsertTrade card published by Maple & Co. Ltd. between c.1885 and 1895. Inserted into the catalogue, advertising a carved mahogany roulette, card and games table and the game, Billiard Nicolas
Front cover of Illustrations of Useful Articles Suitable foIllustrations of Useful Articles Suitable for Presents, catalogue for Maple and Co. with a gold foil cover decorated with a pink cherry blossom sprig motif. Published in England in c.1885-1895
Pages from Illustrations of Useful Articles Suitable for PrIllustrations of Useful Articles Suitable for Presents, catalogue for Maple and Co. with a gold foil cover decorated with a pink cherry blossom sprig motif. Published in England in c.1885-1895
Back cover of Illustrations of Useful Articles Suitable forIllustrations of Useful Articles Suitable for Presents, catalogue for Maple and Co. with a gold foil cover decorated with a pink cherry blossom sprig motif. Published in England in c.1885-1895
Pages from Catalogue of Latest Designs in General FurnitureCatalogue of Latest Designs in General Furniture, including black and white illustrations of bedroom, hall, library, dining room and drawing room furniture, mirrors and pianos
Page from Catalogue of Latest Designs in General FurnitureCatalogue of Latest Designs in General Furniture, including black and white illustrations of bedroom, hall, library, dining room and drawing room furniture, mirrors and pianos
A Most Infernal Bad Egg, an interior scene with a man and dog at a breakfast table, dust-ground aquatint painted in watercolour by H. Pyall after M. Egerton, published by Geroge Hunt, c.1825
Page from Illustrated Catalogue of Wire GoodsIllustrated catalogue of wire work, a hardback catalogue of wire goods for the house and garden manufactured by B.S.E. & Co. printed by Farmer & Sons, Edgware Road, London, 1887. Date: 1887
New Year postcard with an embossed design of holly and a bell printed with a rural snow scene, in white, green, blue, black and red, laminated on a gold ground, sent from Archie M.J
Christmas card, insertChristmas card from the Sharpes Classic range, embossed and printed with a design of a snowy farmyard scene with holly and a lantern picked out in gold and the words YULE-TIDE REMEMBRANCE
New Year card, insideNew Year card printed with a design of robins flying in a moonlit snowy scene, with holly motifs, orange fringing around the edge and a paper insert secured with orange thread
Christmas card, reverseChristmas card printed with a design of a bunch of yellow flowers with the text A CHRISTMAS SOUVENIR WITH EVERY WISH FOR YOUR HAPPINESS. published by J F Schipper & Co, London, 1880-1900
Page from Two wholesale stocks: Purchased for cash: OfferedOetzmann & Co. catalogue comprising 32 pages including the front and back covers, with black and white illustrations of bamboo furniture, curtains, carpets, tea sets and ironmongery
Christmas postcardChristmas Colored Crayon postcard No. 7674, with a design of two birds sitting on a branch of cherry blossom and a verse beneath, sent to Mrs Aspin (Aunty) from Dulcie Oates
Christmas cardChristmas postcard from the Smart Novels Series with a design of a lady wearing a turban holding a glowing lantern printed with the words A MERRY XMAS, unused and thought to date c.1880-1920
The house-keepers pocket-book
Wreath of everlasting flowers and grasses
Helsingeland runic alphabetScandinavia. Helsingeland runic alphabet
Roman alphabet, upper and lower case A-Z. circa 1900
Medieval alphabet, ornate initials L-Y. circa 1900
German text alphabet, upper and lower case A-Z. circa 1900
Italic alphabet, lower case A-Z. circa 1900
Italic alphabet, upper and lower case A-Z. circa 1900
German propaganda poster, War Bonds, WW1German propaganda poster, encouraging people to buy war bonds to support the war effort and sink enemy ships. 1914-1918
