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Can Openers, Skewers EtcCan openers, sharpening steels, cutlet bats/beaters, larding pins, trussing needles, hatchet, skewers and steak tongs
Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic - Incredibly long hairSri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic Sadhu with incredibly long hair, worn in thick dreadlocks called jata. Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner
Barbers shop with Monkeys and Cats. Teniers, Abraham (1629-1670). Oil on copper
Advert for Harrods silverware 1937Advertisement for siverware for Harrods to celebrate the Coronation Year including Silver- salver, entree dish, hot water jug, coaster, asparagus tongs, pair of candlesticks
A Barber DistractedTHE RED-HOT POLITICIAN A barber is more absorbed in the latest political gossip than his hot curling tongs, with painful results for his singed customer
Medieval comedian playing bellows and tongsVignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle, 14th century manuscript. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Examples of 18th century bandages, tongs and suturesExamples of 18th century bandages 1, bec-de-corbin tongs 2, bec-de-canne tongs 4, bullet-remover tongs 4, and various sutures 5-11
Fire companion setChromed metal fire tongs with a thistle-shaped knop, from an Ianthe fire companion set, made in England c.1930. Date: c.1930-1939
White Star Line, asparagus tongs and tea strainerWhite Star Line, First Class silver plated asparagus tongs and Cunard White Star plated tea strainer
White Star Line - assorted silver plated cutleryWhite Star Line - assorted silver plated flatware cutlery (all marked). One fish knife, two table knives, one fish fork, two table forks, one table knife, one fork (fruit or cake), one sugar tongs
White Star Line - Elkington plate asparagus tongs. Date: early 20th century
White Star Line - Elkington sugar bowl and tongsWhite Star Line - Elkington plate First Class sugar bowl and tongs
Illustration of Wedding presents, from Mappin and WebbWedding presents, from Mappin and Webb. Illustration showing, clock with barometer, tongs, serving dish and sauce boat, silver vase, and butter dish
Masonry and sculpture tools and equipmentItalian Masonry and sculpture tools and equipment on display Date: circa 1920s
A French barber puts his male client's hair into curling papers Date: 1840
Comic postcard, Polite table manners Date: 20th century
The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith. A very relaxed Victorian man is transported to the top of the mountain on a giant pair of retractable mechanical
Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm with a servant holding a lantern. Miseries of the Country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Harrods advert, Hairdressing, Manicure and ChiropodyHarrods Stores advert, Hairdressing, Manicure and Chiropody Departments, Brompton Road, London SW. 1897
Cutlery, salad servers, tongs, etcCutlery, salad servers, sugar tongs, bread knife, etc. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896
King David playing handbells from a 14th century manuscriptKing David playing handbells with hammers from a 14th century manuscript of his psalms, with a vignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle
Machinery for making cutlery, 18th centuryMachinery for making cutlery: troughs of a grinding mill, tongs for pressing knife handles, pressing vice and spring drill
Blacksmith using hammer and tongs to beat a piece of red-hot iron heated in a forge. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Christmas present - Dutch doll sugar tongs 1922Novelty sterling silver Dutch doll sugar tongs with enamelled face, available by Vickery of Regent Street. 1922
A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a BrushSmiling Fireplace tools - A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush. Date: 1922
Saint Apollonia by Piero della Francesca (1416-1492) - Umbrian - painted on wood, apparently formed part of a polyptych. Date: 1462
TOILET / HAIRUsing tongs and paper to style hair Date: 19th Century
Brass tongs and shovelBrass tongs, with a lobed stem, curved bracket and a ring on the top. Manufactured in England, c.1650-1700. Date: 1650-1700
Sugar tongs, detailA pair of silver sugar tongs, made in London by Joseph Drake, c.1730-1739. Date: 1730-1739
Fire tongsBrass fire tongs, the arms with turned shafts featuring three knops and a ball knop at the top, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700
Fire shovelBrass fire shovel with a turned shaft featuring three knops, a ball knop at the the top, and a bell-shaped pan, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700
Set of fire toolsBrass and wrought iron poker with a turned shaft featuring three knops and a ball knop at the top, part of a set of fire tools made in England c.1650-1700. Date: c.1650-1700
Sad irons, curling and goffering ironsA selection of home appliances, as featured in a catalogue. A sad iron and stand, a polishing iron, a spirit iron, a hat iron for ironing brims and a Dalli box iron are pictured
St Dunstan & the DevilARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, and Saint Artists sometimes depicted him holding the devil by the nose with a pair of tongs, as here Date: 924 - 988
Advert for Mappin Brothers solid silver items 1895Selection of decorative items available from Mappin Brothers in Regent Street. 1895
Poorly puppy by the fire - His First Trouble by G E StuddyHis First Trouble by G E Studdy - A poorly puppy, wrapped up warm by the fire staring across to his medicine on the hearth with apprehension. Date: 1912
WW2 Comic Postcard - Short WaveWW2 - Comic Postcard - Short Wave! A blonde girl has her hair curled into a short wave by a fellow ATS member with some curling tongs - a play on the short wave radio craze
Electro silver plated goods, Plate 222, including a range of cutlery, nutcrackers, cheese scoops, sandwich tongs and grape scissors. Date: circa 1880s
Our Lady and St. Bernard, 1709. Copy. Prague. Czech RepublicOur Lady and St. Bernard. By Matej Vaclav Jackel (1709). 18th century. Baroque sculpture decorating the Charles Bridge. Copy of the original. Prague. Czech Republic
Seletion of sterling silver, electro-plate cutlery 1929A selection of sterling silver, electro-plate and stainless steel butter, bread, cake knives, cheese scoop, sugar sifter, tea infuser, asparagus tongs, wine cork, crumb scoop, pickle, butter
Advert for Mappin & Webbs Christmas presents 1888Selection of artistic and useful Christmas presents. 1888
Card; Tongs and so OnThe poker, the shovel. the broom and tongs, made Christmas merry with dance and songs Date: circa 1905
Anglo Saxon banquet and tools.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798
The Sphere Christmas 1917 coverIt was like this, Mother The cover of The Spheres Christmas 1917 issue. An illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a young British officer, home on leave for the holiday period
Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly FlindersNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. Date: early 20th century
A Street Hardware Stall, Japan - selling a wide array of goods including scissors, tongs, trowels, pans, hinges and metal rods. Date: circa 1910s
Bronze cooking utensils recovered from Pompeii, ItalyBronze cooking utensils recovered from excavations at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1906