Container Collection (#98)

Ampulla and Spoon, 1953. The pieces (second half 12th century) are part of the Royal Collection at the Tower of London. From The Crown Jewels, by Martin Holmes FSA

Courtyard in Damascus, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Courtyard in Damascus, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

Patio of the Palace of Photography. c1935
Patio of the Palace of Photography, c1935. The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California in 1935 & 1936

Wine Jar: Ming Dynasty, c1500, (1936). Held by the Eumorfopoulos Collection, London. From The Connoisseur, Vol. 97, edited by H. Granville Fell. [International Studio, London, 1936]

A 20-Carat Gold Ampulla or Anointing Vessel with Effigy of the Magdalen, 1803. From The Connoisseur Volume 102. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1938]

Serving out a days fresh meat ration on board HMS Talbot, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
Serving out a days fresh meat ration on board HMS Talbot, 1896. The Talbot was a cruiser that entered service in September 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 30th October 1896

Vercingetorix imprisoned in the Tullianum in Rome, c52-46 BC (1882-1884). The Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix was chosen as king by the Arverni

The Oath Box, House of Commons, Westminster, London, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume X, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

Still life with roses and tulips in a dragon vase, 1882 (1931). Artist: Edouard Manet
Still life with roses and tulips in a dragon vase, 1882 (1931). From Apollo magazine, volume XIII, no 76, April 1931

Eel bucks on the Thames, 19th century

Tinsmiths in a tinsmiths shop, India, 1922. Artist: R Gorbold
Tinsmiths in a tinsmiths shop, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Mitre case of William of Wykeham. 1905
Mitre-case of William of Wykeham. 1905. William of Wykeham (1320-1404) was the Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford

White-robed inhabitants of Korea, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos
White-robed inhabitants of Korea, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Mingrelien woman collecting water, c1890. Woman from the Samegrelo (Mingrelia) region of Georgia. Illustration from Caucase and Asie Centrale, Types and Costumes

Raleighs pipes, c1920. Pipes for smoking tobacco, belonging to English adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618). Raleigh brought the tobacco plant from the New World to England

The hot soup man at the front, First World War, 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918, seventh edition

Pressers at work, c1880. Workers making bottles. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

A triptych of the healing work of St Remy, Bishop of Reims, 11th century (1870). The first compartment represents St Remy healing a paralytic; the second

Cardinal Antonellis Casket, 19th century. Artist: John Burley Waring
Cardinal Antonellis Casket, 19th century. By Florentine of Rome

Florence St John, English actress and singer, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Florence St John, English actress and singer, 1901

Packing cartridges into boxes at Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893. A print from the Illustrated London News, (7 January 1893)

Diving for Apples, (1833). His head is placed over water to catch an object or avoid being ducked when elevated. Illustration after a manuscript in the Bodleian Library

A Milkmaid, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
A Milkmaid, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

German table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper, late 16th century, (1870). Artist: Franz Kellerhoven
German table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper, late 16th century, (1870). Ornament in the form of a man carrying a barrel, and holding a staff entwined with a vine

Monstrance, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Monstrance, (1843). After an engraving by Israel Van Meekin of a monstrance, a vessel used to hold the host in the Romish ceremonies

Pyx, 12th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Pyx, 12th century, (1843). Container for consecrated communion bread. This example was made of gilt copper with the ornaments relieved in blue and green Limoge enamel

Design for a saltcellar, 1645, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Design for a saltcellar, 1645, (1843). Copy of an engraving by Hollar after a drawing by Holbein. Illustration from Dresses

Belgian Milk-Woman, 1809. Artist: W Dickes
Belgian Milk-Woman, 1809. Here you see the image of a milk-woman with her brass milk pails, which she keeps bright and clean and are carried about the town by donkeys in panniers

Band Boxes, Tabarts Juvenile Library, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Reliquary, 15th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Reliquary, 15th century, (1843). Copy of a woodcut showing a container for holy relics. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries

Womans bronze perfume oil cista, Hellenistic period, 3rd century BC. Found in the collection of the Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

Case, Sacrifices, Egyptian. Located in the collection, Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Various Egyptian Containers. Located in the collection, Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Miniature canopic coffin from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. From the Treasure of Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC), discovered in the pharaohs tomb and today kept at the Cairo Museum, Egypt

Canopic chest from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. Canopic chests contained the organs which had been removed during mummification: the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines

Replica canopic chest from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Egypt
Replica canopic chest of gilded wood from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Egypt. The original chest contained the organs which had been removed during mummification: the lungs, liver

Caldeirinha, 13th-16th century. From the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Portugal

Still Life with Fruit, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Georg Flegel
Still Life with Fruit, late 16th/early 17th century. From a private collection

Lavoisiers investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air, late 18th century, (1894). French chemist Antoine Lavoisiers (1743-1794) experiment to demonstrate the existence of oxygen

Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Miners are gathering loose rock salt after blasting, and loading it into a horse-drawn tub for hoisting to the surface

Red figured Nestoris (wine-jar), Lucania, , c390-c380 BC
Red figured Nestoris (wine-jar), Artemis and Actaeon, Lucania, c390BC-c380 BC. Aktaion changed to a stag by Artemis and killed by his hounds

Seven Angels with Seven Vials, 14th-15th century. Artist: Master Bertram of Hamburg
Seven Angels with Seven Vials, 14th-15th century. Revelations 15 v5--8, Panel 38 of the Altarpiece of the Apocalypse. German, at Victoria and Albert Museum

The Monymusk Reliquary, 8th century
The Monymusk Reliquary is a blend of Pictish and Irish style, probably made by monks. It is said to have been the brechbrennoch of St Columba

Minoan wine press, 16th century
A Minoan wine press at Vathypetro in Crete. The grapes were pressed in the vessel on the right, and fed the juice into the left. The stone trough is for washing feet, 16th century BC

Etruscan bronze handle of a cista, showing Peleus and Thetis wrestling
Etruscan bronze handle of a cista from Palestrina, showing Peleus and Thetis, mother of Achilles, wrestling. Peleus had to wrestle Thetis in her many forms to win her hand

Empress pepper pot from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. The pepper pot is in the form of a silver bust of an Imperial lady of the late-Roman period

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

Victorian London - Brewers Men
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Workers at a London brewery circa 1870

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