Tin Can Collection (#2)

Pithos amphora; Kamares ware; decorated with white and red palm trees on black, circa 1750 BC -1700 BC (clay, pigment)
7309971 Pithos amphora; Kamares ware; decorated with white and red palm trees on black, circa 1750 BC -1700 BC (clay, pigment) by Minoan; 54.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Corner of one-room cabin belonging to farmer... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939
Corner of one-room cabin belonging to farmer starting in cut-over area. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho

Possibly: Corner of one-room cabin belonging to farmer... Priest River Valley, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Corner of one-room cabin belonging to farmer starting in cut-over area. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho]

M. Magdalena, unknown (engraving)
7243131 M. Magdalena, unknown (engraving) by Schuler, Eduard (1805-82); 11.6x9.0 cm; (add.info.: After Carlo Dolci (painter, 1616-1686) and Eduard Schuler (sculptor, 1805-1882)

Buying chocolates by 8: 00pm (colour litho)
7150960 Buying chocolates by 8:00pm (colour litho) by Maurice, Reg (fl.c.1900-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Ancient Greek amphora from Apulia, Italy (colour litho)
7149483 Ancient Greek amphora from Apulia, Italy (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek amphora from Apulia, Italy)

Elisha multiplying the oil to relieve the debts of the prophets widow (engraving)
7172377 Elisha multiplying the oil to relieve the debts of the prophets widow (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Pot (en metal); Tin can; Zinnkanne (engraving)
7197231 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Pot (en metal); Tin can; Zinnkanne (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pot (en metal); Tin can; Zinnkanne

Arrangement with jars and flowers, 1928
7062526 Arrangement with jars and flowers, 1928 by Grande, Severin (1869-1934); 57x65 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Jarre; Jar; Wasserkrug (engraving)
7196435 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Jarre; Jar; Wasserkrug (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jarre; Jar; Wasserkrug)

Tail piece (engraving)
7200961 Tail piece (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tail piece. Illustration from Young England, Volume 19 (The Sunday School Union, London)

Boy showing off the five small fish he has caught (colour litho)
7157420 Boy showing off the five small fish he has caught (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy showing off the five small fish he has caught)

Water Carrier (oil painting)
7172245 Water Carrier (oil painting) by Feuerbach, Anselm (1829-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: Water Carrier. Illustration from Anselm Feuerbach - Acht Farbige Gemalde (E A Seemann, Leipzig)

Child with golden syrup, jam and honey (colour litho)
7150961 Child with golden syrup, jam and honey (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century)

Various Shapes of Greek Vases (engraving)
7193852 Various Shapes of Greek Vases (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various Shapes of Greek Vases)

Rebecca and Eliezer at the well (chromolitho)
7157068 Rebecca and Eliezer at the well (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rebecca and Eliezer at the well)

Thetis and Peleus (litho)
7149510 Thetis and Peleus (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thetis and Peleus, painting from an ancient Greek pelike (jar) from Camirus

Ancient Greek glazed pottery (colour litho)
7149487 Ancient Greek glazed pottery (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek glazed pottery)

James Keller & Sons Dundee marmalade, advertisement (chromolitho)
7154162 James Keller & Sons Dundee marmalade, advertisement (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Keller & Sons Dundee marmalade)

An Up-to Date Photo-engravers Dinner (photogravure)
7185306 An Up-to Date Photo-engravers Dinner (photogravure) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Up-to Date Photo-engravers Dinner)

Ancient Greek amphorae (engraving)
7149088 Ancient Greek amphorae (engraving) by Corbould, Henry (1787-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek amphorae, wine or oil vessels)

Young girl balancing to reach the sugar (colour litho)
7150071 Young girl balancing to reach the sugar (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young girl balancing to reach the sugar)

A Cat in a Barber Shop run by Monkeys (oil on canvas)
7088840 A Cat in a Barber Shop run by Monkeys (oil on canvas) by Teniers, Abraham (1629-70); Private Collection; (add.info)

Toleware Canister, c. 1941. Creator: Lelah Nelson
Toleware Canister, c. 1941

Bodegon with Bread, two Sweet Boxes, a Honey Pot and a Ceramic Jar
6201938 Bodegon with Bread, two Sweet Boxes, a Honey Pot and a Ceramic Jar, 1770-71 (oil on canvas) by Menendez or Melendez, Luis (1716-80); Private Collection; Spanish, out of copyright

Apothecarys jars, Delft
BAL1108 Apothecarys jars, Delft by Dutch School, (17th century); Private Collection; Dutch, out of copyright

Oyster can used by H. B. Kennerly & Son, Inc. 1935-1950. Creator: Unknown
An eight ounce tin can for the Maryland House brand of oysters distributed by H. B. Kennerly & Son, Inc. The can is white with red and black text

Poverty life
Fadhel Almutaghawi

tin master
durmusceylan

1949986

A Belgian soldier tired out with much marching, sits down by the roadside for a meal and prises a tin open with his bayonet. Circa October 20th 1914 Published Daily Mirror Page 7 29th October 1914

Batchelors Garden Peas tin, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Batchelors Garden Peas tin, 1963. A product image from 1963 showing the tin and label of the time

Batchelors Peas tin, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Batchelors Peas tin, 1963. A product image from 1963 showing the tin and label of the time, with the simple slogan Taste how sweet!

Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. The meat has just been imported from Denmark by the Danish Bacon Company

Dairy Farm tinned Irish Stew, 1968. Artist: Michael Walters
Dairy Farm tinned Irish Stew, 1968

Paintbrushes and Paint Can

Making bombs out of tin cans in Gallipoli, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Advert for Smedleys tinned fruit, 1936. A print from Tit-Bits, summer, 1936

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

The Workers Lunch, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Workers Lunch, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 18th April 1891

The Camp of the Foreign Legion, Ain Fritissa, Morocco, 20th century. French postcard

Food store in occupied Paris, c1941(?)

Filling and soldering cans of food, France, c1870. Canning as a method of food preservation originated in the first half of the 19th century

Ha, Ha! You Must Learn to Love Me, 1873. Cartoon from Punch London 1873, telling the British public that they must learn to love canned meat from Australia

A legionnaire, 1832-1835

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