Watering Collection (page 2)

Reads patent garden watering engine 1851
Reads patent garden watering engine, exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1851, demonstrated here in a real garden. Date: 1851

STREET ARAB RECLAIMED
A street arab as he was when he was picked off the streets, and as you will find him today, metamorphosed into a gardener. Date: 1875

Montmartre garden, Maurice Neumont, Paris, France
The artist Maurice Neumont waters the garden of his studio in the Place du Calvaire, Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: circa 1905

WATERING PLANTS
Sharing the job of watering the indoor plants Date: 19th century

Woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers, Lantau, HK
A young woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers outside the Po Lin Monastery in Lantau Island, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Appleby Horse Fair - horse wash
A young boy, stripped to the waist and wearing a cloth cap, washes a horse in the River Eden during the Appleby Horse Fair Date: 1990

Large waterwheels at Antakya
Hama, Syria. The city is renowned for its 17 norias (waterwheels) used for watering the gardens, which date back to 1100 BC

Watering pot
Earthenware watering pot, glazed around the front and on the sprinkler, thought to be made in London and to date c.1600. Date: c.1600

Pesh-kabz and scabbard, nd. Blade has traces of watering. Hilt possibly of walrus ivory. Lanyard stanchion missing. Inscription on reverse of tang explains its history

Shamshir sword with scabbard, nd. Possibly belonging to Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839). Associated with Maj William Stephen Raikes Hodson, Hodsons Horse

Cartoon, K and His (Anti) German Garden, WW1
Cartoon, K and His (Anti) German Garden, showing Lord Kitchener watering his garden during the First World War to grow more army recruits ready for a spring offensive. Date: 1914

Gardening silhouette
A father and his two children tend to the garden, pruning and watering a small tree. c. 1910

Cupid watering red hearts on a Valentine postcard
Cupid watering red hearts growing in a pot on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Cupids with red hearts on a Christmas and New Year postcard
Cupids watering red hearts on a Christmas and New Year postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Find the Fault card No. 9 -- red watering can. circa 1930s

Girl with watering can
Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Image from a German postcard series of nursery rhymes.Date: 1901

Busy Gardeners by Muriel Dawson -- two little girls with their watering cans tend a colourful flowerbed. Date: 1947

Little girl watering a garden by Muriel Dawson
A little girl watering a garden by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1924

Egyptian Shadoof - Irrigation system on the River Nile
Egyptian Shadoof at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields. The shadoof was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and appears on a Sargonid seal of around 2000 BCE

Tigress and cubs by a pool. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Sweden / Scenery / Smaland
Watering horses outside a country inn in Smaland

Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Roses
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Roses the Gardeners Wife. circa 1950

Advert for Aix Les Bains, France (1927) - the worlds most fashionable watering place Date: 1927

A Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump
An older Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump. Date: 1925

Old Maid card game - Jumbo the Gardener. circa 1950s

Cricket - The Lost Ball. circa early 20th century

Watering horses, Lumi River, East Africa, WW1
Watering horses at the Lumi River in East Africa during WW1. 1916

Susi - with watering can in the garden. 1950s

The Istanbul Underground Cistern
The massive columned Cistern (known as the Basilica Cistern during the Roman Period). Thought to have been built during the reign of Justinian I, the age of Glory of Eastern Rome

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - watering the flowers. circa 1910s

Happy Families - Master Flower. circa 1940s

Watering by Laszlo Mednyanzsky
Laszlo Mednyanzsky (1852-1919). Watering. 1888. Hungarian National Gallery. Budapest. Hungary

Birthday card for a 5th Birthday
A beautiful Birthday card for a 5th Birthday - Two 5-year-olds doing a spot of gardening. The caption reads: Because you re five years old to-day, I send this little card to say

Old Maid reissue - box design. circa 1960

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Weed the Gardeners Wife. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Hose the Firemans Son. late 19th century

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Miss Flower. circa 1935

Cheery Families - Master Grub the Gardeners Son. 1890s

Watering Babies
Babies thrive when well watered from the can. Date: 1950s

Boy / Girl / Garden / Watering
A little boy pours water on a little girl from a watering can: " I thought you d enjoy a shower" Date: early 20th century

Grandmother / Baby 1886
A grandmother in her cottage garden with two granddaughters Date: 1886

Watering Hanging Basket
A lady waters a hanging basket in her greenhouse. Date: 1895

Saint Silvanus - Greek actor who became a monk - though at one time he was excommunicated for neglecting his duties, he reformed and became a saint. Date: FOURTH CENTURY

East London Water / Punch
The water company`s turncock accused the local East London residents of wasting water by washing and watering their gardens. Date: 8 August 1896

A large Stove Conservatory. Date: 1873

Garden roller and watering machine, Paris
A combined garden roller and watering machine, Paris. Date: 1859

Advertisement for Cooks Pure Toilet Soap. Date: early 20th century

Little boy with green watering can in a garden
Little boy with a green watering can in a garden. Date: circa 1960s

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