Condition Collection (#11)

The Ambassadors, , (1533): Jean de Dinteville (1504-1555) and Georges de Selve (1508-1551), Bishop of Lavaur, ambassadors at the court of Henry VIII of England

Merry Making On The Regents Birth Day, 1812, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Etcher, 1812, George, The Prince Regent, Dancing And Drinking At A Lavish Party With The Wife Of A Man Who Sits With A

Victorian decor, Coffer or Jewel Box, 1855
Vintage engraving of Victorian decor, Coffer or Jewel Box by Riester of Paris, in Ebony and steel panels inlaid with gold, 1855

Antique map of West Indies and Central America, 19th Century, 1873

Walls of Jerusalem, 18th Century
Vintage engraving of Walls of Jerusalem, 18th Century

bald, body, chest, close up, color image, concept, condition, copy space, cut out
Chest and abdominal muscles in man

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Gold Mines
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Mines - Gold Mining - miner operating a pneumatic drill. Date: circa 1930s

Urinary stones - Copper engraving based on a drawing by Franz Bauer. E. Home, Lectures on comparative anatomy. Supplement 2, London, 1828, t. 6. General Library. Date: 1828

Workers Cottage
Double cottage for agricultural districts, drawn from the plans presented to the Society for improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes. Date: 1849

Advert for Homocea, babies medicine 1894
Homocea touches the spot in croup and all similar ailments Available from Hooper, Chemist, King William Street, London. 1894

Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1
A winters fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldiers rifle in good working order

Cafe de Paris, Monte Carlo in its pre-First War condition. Date: 1913

CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635). Henry of Bourbon in the siege of Paris of 1594 during the Eighth War of Religion or War of the three Henrys (1585-1598)

View of Sidcup House - SW - Lantern slide from the Boswell Collection. Black and white, depicting large house on corner of road.. Part of Box 399 of the Boswell Collection

Plate design - flags of the Allies - FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM
Unmarked plate with mottled edge. Transfer shows flags of the Allies and reads FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM. Good condition. Commemorative Ware

W H Goss china plate - Patriotic war humour
W. H. Goss china plate with gold border. Transfer shows flags of the Allies, c. 1915 and reads TO COOK A GERMAN : COOK ON A BRITISH KITCHENER. USE A JAPAN ENAMELLED SAUCEPAN

Unmarked plate - FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM
Unmarked plate. Transfer shows flags of the Allies and reads FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM. Good condition. Commemorative Ware

W H Goss coffee cup and saucer
W. H. Goss coffee cup and saucer. Transfers show flags of all the Allies, all named, c. 1915. Very good condition. Commemorative Ware

Ashtray with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware
Ashtray with ornate border. Inscribed - Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Fluted sweet dish with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware
Fluted sweet dish with ornate border. Inscribed Where did that one go to. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Small milk jug with metal cover - Bairnsfatherware
Small milk jug with metal cover. Inscribed - Dear. At present we are staying at a farm. and Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Large water jug - Bairnsfatherware
Large water jug - 2 inch crack by lip. Inscribed - Dear - At present we are staying at a farm. Other side of jug shows a shield with the Royal Coat of Arms

Large mug - Bairnsfatherware
Large mug. Inscribed - My dug-out. A lay of the trenches. With four poignant poems reproduced around the sides of the mug. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Milk jug with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware
Milk jug with ornate border. Inscribed on one side - When the ell is it goin to be strawberry And inscribed on the other side - What time do they feed the sea-lions, Alf Very good condition

Flower vase with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware
Milk jug with ornate border. Inscribed on one side - When the ell is it goin to be strawberry And inscribed on the other side - What time do they feed the sea-lions, Alf Very good condition

Tea caddy - Bairnsfatherware
Tea caddy (without lid). Inscribed on both sides, one large and one small version - Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Bowl - Bairsnfatherware
Bowl with a black lined border. Inscribed - Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar
Plate. Inscribed - Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Plate - Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it
Plate with embossed black rim. Inscribed - Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Square plate - Give it a good ard un Bert - WWI era
Square plate with foliate design. Inscribed Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em rizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Difficult provisioning condition on the Yser Plain.. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)

Plate - Out since Mons - WWI
Plate with foliate design around rim. Inscribed - Out since Mons: Well, what sort of a night ave yer ad Novice (but persistent optimist: Oh alright. Ad to get out and rest a bit now and again)

Plate - Historical Touch Well Alfred ow are the cakes
Plate - The Historical Touch. Well Alfred ow are the cakes Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Plate - Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Plate - When the ell is it goin to be strawberry
Plate - Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine. And thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise enow. Good condition

Plate - WWI humour
Plate - Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine. And thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise enow. Good condition

Wall plaque with ornate border - WWI
Wall plaque with ornate border showing plane, shells, parcels, tins, barbed wire, etc. Centre shows cartoon I likes me drop o rum. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

August 1917 rains on British Western Front
Heavy rainfall in August 1917 caused massive problems, especially in the Western Front and in Flanders and Northern France. Date: August 1917

Advert for Sanatogen tonic 1919
Nerves won the War. To recuperate the exhaused shattered nerves, and so fit yourself to make a fresh start in civilian life and work. Date: 1919

Eye Wash in the Pub
An eye wash in the bar of a London pub, built over a well with medieval properties. It was a condition of the licence that they should give free eye treatment. Date: early 1930s

Antique damaged map of Victoria, New South Wales, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Antique damaged map of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia in the 19th Century, 1873

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