Barrels Collection (#7)

Salmon works, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Salmon works, between c1900 and c1930

Salmon works, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Salmon works, between c1900 and c1930

Tomsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tomsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kharkov Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kharkov Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Ekaterinoslav Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Ekaterinoslav Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

The inside of a barn in the village of Selivanikha, 1907. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
The inside of a barn in the village of Selivanikha, 1907. This collection presents sketches, drawings, watercolors, and paintings by three well-known Krasnoiarsk artists

Pipeline barrel stroke, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Pipeline barrel stroke, early 20th century. Relates to the establishment of a firefighting service in eastern Siberia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Minsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Minsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Estland Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Estland Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kherson Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kherson Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Stavropol Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Stavropol Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Land of the Black Sea Cossacks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Land of the Black Sea Cossacks, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Vitebsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Vitebsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kursk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kursk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kamenets-Podolsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kamenets-Podolsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Orlov Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Orlov Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Plock Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Plock Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Irkutsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Mogilev Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Mogilev Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Tavrich Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tavrich Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Dwelling of Two Shipwrecked Europeans in Port Lloyd of Peel Island, Bonin Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world

Arrival of goods at the International Exhibition Building: a scene in Cromwell-Road, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of goods at the International Exhibition Building: a scene in Cromwell-Road, [South Kensington, London], 1862....a pictorial representation of...the Cromwell-road front of the exhibition

Convicts at Work, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Convicts at Work, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Reinforcements for Canada: shipping sledges on board the Calcutta at Woolwich for guns... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Reinforcements for Canada: shipping sledges on board the Calcutta at Woolwich for guns and carriages of the battery 4th Battalion Royal Artillery, 1862

Khabarovsk: Cliff, 1904-1917. Creator: Pil'man
Khabarovsk: Cliff, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

The Temple of Vesta, the Piazza di Bocca di Verita (oil on canvas)
NGW336496 The Temple of Vesta, the Piazza di Bocca di Verita (oil on canvas) by Williams, Henry Penry (1798-1885); 20.8x31.3 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

The manufacturer of barrels
Antonio Grambone

The Wine Temple
Marco Romani

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

Marseille, 20th October 1887 (b / w photo)
STC284390 Marseille, 20th October 1887 (b/w photo) by Portuguese Photographer (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Crookedholm, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Scotland. circa 1910s

Australian troops land at Jacquinot Bay in New Britain, Papua New Guinea during the battle in the Far East in the Second World War

American landing craft on Okinawa. Landing craft nose inshore to land troops and supplies as the American invasion of Okinawa, Ryukyu island less than too miles from the Japanese homeland

Ansells Brewery pouring 400, 000 pints of beer into Birminghams sewers because of an inter - union dispute, which has closed over 50 public houses

Scottish fish lassies in Great Yarmouth preparing herrings for Russia. 10th November 1954

Julie Goodyear, aged 21, a Solicitors Secretary, is the daughter of the licensee of the Bay Horse Hotel, in Hopwood, Lancashire. She helps out in the bar and cellar when necessary. 30th December 1963

Actor Michael Newport, 16, is playing the part of Jim Hawkins in a new BBC production of Treasure Island. 1st November 1968

It is a well known tradition among coopers that when an apprentice cooper completes his training he goes through the ritual of being rolled in a barrel

Scottish herring girls in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, circa 1936. Fisherwomen carrying a tub of herring on the quayside

Janette Harper with a Giant Newcastle Brown Ale Bottle 1977

Country Inn, 1787. 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Country Inn, 1787

Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram detail of the cyclic multi-barrel Gatling gun, an early form of rotary cannon. Invented by Richard Gatling and patented in 1862

New Orleans, 1872. Creator: DG Thompson
New Orleans, 1872. Goods on the quayside by the Mississippi River in the port of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

The Wine Commission, mid 19th century. Creator: AH Payne
The Wine Commission, mid 19th century. Men seated round barrels in a cellar, tasting wine. Engraving after a painting

Windsor Castle, c. 1829 (watercolour)
3086778 Windsor Castle, c.1829 (watercolour) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); British Museum, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Herring Girl statue, Stornoway harbour, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. The statue commemorates the women and girls who worked in the Hebridean herring industry in the 19th

Mediterranean Sailing Boats, 1923. Artist: Paul Signac
Mediterranean Sailing Boats, 1923. From Modern French Painters, by Jan Gordon. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1923]

Palace, Liege, 1850. Artist: R Brice
Palace, Liege, 1850. After George Shepherd (1784?1862). From The Continental Tourist, Belgium and Nassau (and Pictorial Companion). [Parry and Co, London, 1850]

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Coopers at work, their skilled hands crafting wooden barrels with precision and care. The workshop of a cooper, filled with the scent of freshly cut wood and the rhythmic sound of hammers striking against staves. In a dimly lit wine cellar, rows upon rows stand tall, patiently aging fine wines. In the dead of night, smugglers unload their illicit goods from hidden compartments within barrels, evading authorities in secret operations. At Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery in 1890, towering stacks of oak barrels hold the promise of rich flavors and smooth finishes. A replica Samuel Adams beer barrel proudly stands in Boston, Massachusetts - a symbol of craftsmanship and tradition. Maid Bestys Cellar in Porthmeor transports us back to 1871 Cornwall; its walls adorned with countless stacked barrels holding treasures yet to be discovered. Barrels brimming with molasses line West India Docks in London during 1926-1927 - an artist's lens capturing history frozen in time. Trams causing havoc on Belfast streets pass by Scotch Fishwives hard at work in Eyemouth - their laughter echoing through the air as they skillfully gut fish into waiting barrels. Step into a London Gin Palace circa 1820; ornate chandeliers illuminate shelves lined with glistening bottles while bartenders expertly pour spirits from aged casks. Holmes investigates another mysterious case involving a barrel marked "Baskerville, " unraveling clues hidden within its depths alongside his trusted companion Hound. From coopers' workshops to wine cellars and smuggling escapades to historic distilleries – these humble vessels have witnessed tales that span centuries and can not just containers but storytellers themselves; each one carrying whispers from generations past as they continue to shape our present-day experiences.