Tiles Collection (page 10)

Two Moorish Women - Algeria
An attractive hand-tinted postcard depicting two Moorish Women sitting and standing at the bottom of a narrow set of stairs leading to the upper level of a house

Algeria - Charitable Embroidery School
Young girls at work on embroidery at the Charitable Institution run by Mrs Ben Aben. They sit and stitch in the natural light of the open courtyard

St Georges Chapel interior, Windsor
Interior of St Georges Chapel, Windsor, at the time of the funeral of King Edward VII, showing the ornate gothic choir stalls, fan vaulting on the ceiling and stained glass windows

Turkish boy standing with a traditional rifle
Young Turkish boy standing for a portrait photograph with a traditional rifle. He also wears a loose pouch and carries a long curved knife

The Aqudeuct and Castle at Ephesus, Turkey
Panoramic view of the Aqueduct and Castle at the site of the ancient city of Ephesus, Turkey

Woman making mudbricks - Madhya Pradesh - India
Scene in a village Madhya Pradesh Province, India with a woman making waht appear to be mudbricks, although these could be roofing tiles or dung fuel (?). Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Spedale Degli Innocenti
Ceramic plate of a child on the Spedale Degli Innocenti in Florence, Italy

Fountain Recef - Fez, Morocco

The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (1 / 2)
The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (1/2) - The Hot Air treatment (Greville System). A remarkable collection of health paraphenalia!

The Willow Pattern Tea House, Shanghai, China

Queen Annes Bath, London, 1859
Engraving showing Queen Annes Bath in the basement of a tenement house in Endell Street, London, 1859. When built, lined with Dutch porcelain tiles, this represented a fairly luxurious bath

Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight
A discovery by Captain Thorpe of Yarbridge at Morton Farm, near Brading, Isle of Wight. The area was fully explored, exposing several chambers and decorative Roman tiles

Roman pavement in Cannon Street
A Roman tesselated pavement discovered by workmen at a depth of 12 feet from the surface. The pavement, made up of tiles of red tesserae was without pattern

Kitchenmaid in Kitchen
The kitchen maid hard at work drying dishes over the butler sinks

Cooking & Baking 1940S
The grandmother of the house struggles to make ends meet and cooks the best meals she can with the rations she has. Her daughter rolls out pastry for baking with a rolling pin

1940S LOO
A typical 1940s lavatory, with green walls and black and white floor tiles, separated from the bathroom

Lindisfarne Cottages
An unspoilt row of cottages in Lindisfarne, the one and only village on Holy Island, off the wild coast of Northumberland, England

Giant Sundial
A giant sundial, looking almost like a modern day satellite dish, on the outside of a private cottage at Seaton Ross, Yorkshire

Bath / Torpedo 1917
A little girl in her bath: " I hope to goodness I shan t be torpedoed!"

Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders, warming her pretty little toes. Her mother came and caught her and smacked her little daughter for spoiling her new clothes

Parliament of King Edward I
The parliament of Edward I, King of Britain, consisting of clergy, aristocracy, and other representatives

The Country Maid: A pretty country maid walks through a field carrying a basket of eggs and a jug of milk

The Town Lady: A richly dressed, aristocratic-looking lady from the late 18th century sallies forth for a chat and a game of cards. Victorian depiction

Dame Marjorie book, title page design
Title page design, based around a large pre-Victorian fireplace

Housemaid ironing clothes (Wednesday)
Wednesday: The housemaid irons the clothes

Dame Marjories Chimney Corner, contents page
Contents page, based around an open china cabinet with blue and white tiles on either side

Crystal Palace / Lodgings
Satire on the lack of lodging facilities during the Great Exhibition; " This is all I have ma m - I have just let the last tent on the tiles to a Foreign Nobleman"

Ornamental Fireplace
Ornamental fireplace with flower-decorated tiles to the sides and in front

Costume / Amy Aged 10 1865
Girl wears a dress with loose, pleated bodice, a crinoline supported short skirt trimmed with lattice motifs & sleeves with epaulettes & turned back cuffs. Hair worn plain

Female Type / Drying 1927
A young woman dries herself with a towel after her bath

Long Pipe 1836
Decadent gent smoking a long exotic looking oriental pipe converses with a cohort back from a night on the tiles

Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason
King Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason. This process was used three times during Richards reign, the first one being in November 1387, when the Duke of Gloucester

German alchemist at work
An allegorical portrait of a German alchemist at work, with various symbolic items -- Sun and Moon, Flowers and Furnace, and a lion swallowing a serpent

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