Tray Collection (page 6)

Girl carrying tea tray, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Susi - with soda syphon. 1950s

Susi - splashing out with the soda syphon. 1950s

Susi - with drinks tray. 1950s

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1935
Lightweight cases by Asprey. Obtainable in a variety of coverings and with a wide range of high quailty fittings, made from chinese lacquer. Also supplied unfitted. Special design to order. Date: 1935

Advert for Asprey walnut cutlery cabinet & breakfast heater
Fine walnut canteen table with drawers, fitted with 98 piece cutlery set. Also breakfast heater with plate oven. 1934

Air crash investigation, clerical staff at work
Air crash investigation, three clerical staff at work in an office. Date: 1960s

Susi - standing on hind legs, looking surprised. 1950s

Art pottery, Latest Novelties, Plate 89, showing vases, jugs, jars and other items in a range of styles and patterns. Date: circa 1880s

Art pottery, Plate 82, showing a range of styles and patterns, including human and animal figures, and ornate containers. Date: circa 1880s

China medallions, Tea and Coffee Sets, Plate 39
China medallions, Tea and Coffee Sets on revolving trays, Plate 39, showing patterned cups and saucers, plates, teapots and coffee pots. Date: circa 1880s

The Meet by Harold C. Earnshaw
Cartoon showing a young butchers boy with his tray of meat surrounded by a crowd of hopeful looking dogs. 1917

Ara Pacis Augustae. Aeneas sacrificing to the Penates. Relie
Roman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Aeneas sacrificing to the Penates. Two young attendants in short tunics, with laurel wreaths

Egyptian Art. Karnak. Offerer. Relief
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting an offerer with food. New Kingdom. Egypt

Drinking coffee in the garden. Colored engraving, 1876

The centurions servant sick in bed. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Majolica Ware, Plate 67, showing a range of items, including a tray, teapots, cups and saucers, jugs, dishes and bowls. Date: circa 1880s

China Toilet Table Sets, Plate 58, showing plain and patterned trays, candlesticks, jars, pots and bowls. Date: circa 1880s

China Tea and Breakfast Services, Plate 33
China Tea and Breakfast Services, Tea and Coffee Sets with Tray, Plate 33, showing blue and white patterned plates, cups and saucers, covered dishes, teapots, coffee pots, sugar bowls and milk jugs

Tea and Coffee Services, Luncheon Trays, Plate 34
Tea and Coffee Services, Luncheon Trays, Plates, Plate 34, showing plain and patterned cups and saucers, plates, serving dishes, teapots and coffee pots. Date: circa 1880s

Snap Playing Card - Muffins O, muffin man with a tray on his head and a bell in his hand. circa 1900s

Zoological Misfitz - Jumbo. early 20th century

Two children in a trailer. Date: 1970s

Butchers boy and housemaid on a comic Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Maid with Tray
An Edwardian housemaid hurries along the vast hallway of an Edwardian Country House carrying a tray of edibles for her masters. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Roasted Hazel Nuts
Roasted Brazil nuts: Shell the nuts and dip them in hot butter. Roll them in salt and place them on a baking tray. Sprinkle them with more salt and roast them in the oven. Date: 1930s

Au Pair Agency
The receptionist of an Au Pair agency answers a telephone enquiry and makes a booking in the office diary. Date: 1960s

Christmas / Sweden / Lucia
In Sweden, Christmas begins on December 13th, St Lucias Day. The youngest daughter in a family carries a breakfast tray to her parents. Date: 1910s

Butchers Boy Delivering
A London butchers boy, delivering a leg of meat to a customer, is dressed in the traditional butchers blue smock with broad white cuffs & apron spattered with blood. Date: circa 1870

Cartoon, The first outing. Europe goes dance-crazy in the immediate aftermath of the Armistice, after five years of fighting. A couple dance the foxtrot in a cocktail bar. Date: 1919

Air Stewardess 1960
An Air Stewardess serves a meal aboard a BEA flight from London to Gibraltar. Date: 1960

Cartoon, How Many Lumps? WW1
Cartoon, How many lumps? The French comic actress Cecile Sorel serves her guests, including a bearded man who has been fighting in the war. On the left sits the French philosopher Voltaire. Date: 1917

Father Reads to Family
At 25 minutes past 1, a German father reads to his family, while a servant girl pauses with a tray Date: 18th century

Pieman
Hogarths Pieman, holding a tray with his delicious pies on, shooting out " a good pennyworth for a penny". Date: 1876

HALVDAN KOHT (1973-1965)
HALVDAN KOHT Norwegian politician, in his office during his time as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1935 - 1941). Date: 1873 - 1965

Elf delivering a letter on a greetings card, with a large spray of blue flowers across his shoulders. Date: circa 1890s

Two children with tea and biscuits on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Family with Christmas pudding on a New Year card
Family with a large Christmas pudding and other nice things to eat and drink on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Staff & patients in C Ward of Quex Park VAD Hospital. The patients are all wearing hospital blues with the exception of one man who is a Belgian solder (holding a tray with glasses)

Clown and jester on a Christmas card -- the clown has dropped all the food and drink from his tray. Date: circa 1890s

Girl serving hot drink on a Christmas card
Girl serving a hot drink (probably tea) to another girl on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Boys clearing snow on a Christmas card
Boys clearing snow from the front of a house on a Christmas and New Year card. circa 1890s

Two boys snowballing on a Christmas card, when they should be making deliveries. Date: circa 1890s

The Brass Rail restaurant, New York City, USA
The Brass Rail restaurant, 7th Avenue and 49th Street, New York City, USA, showing meat cooking in front of burning coals on an English Roasting Jack. Date: circa 1940

Entomological Specimens from the Wallace Collection
Display showing differences in colouring between male and female butterflies of the same species. Wallace believed that males fight to compete for females but that female choice was not a factor

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Japan - Creating a miniature Bonseki landscape
Japan - Bonseki - the ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using white sand, pebbles, and small rocks

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