Plate Collection (page 7)

Young person of le Havre
5855691 Young person of le Havre.; (add.info.: Young woman of the port of le Havre. She wears a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears. A silk ribbon is wrapped around it)

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855687 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with two long lace tails reaching to the shoulder)

Costume of the Coutances area
5855685 Costume of the Coutances area; (add.info.: A young woman from the Coutances area who could not help but sacrifice most of her hair)

Costume of Coutances
5855683 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. Here is a really large bavolet bonnet, with the most luxurious decoration)

Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen
5855679 Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen.; (add.info.: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen. It's not the tall bavolet bonnet that is remarkable here so much as the hair chignon held up in)

Marseilles' porcelain plate with masonic symbols (porcelain)
5669782 Marseilles' porcelain plate with masonic symbols (porcelain); (add.info.: 18th century French 'Marseilles' porcelain plate with masonic symbols.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (engraving)
3052653 Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Future King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland, 1901-1910.).

Children's costumes from the environs of Rouen. Handcoloured fashion plate illustration by Pecheux engraved by
FLO4658625 Children's costumes from the environs of Rouen. Handcoloured fashion plate illustration by Pecheux engraved by Gatine from Louis-Marie Lante's 105 Costumes of the Departments along

Chinese artists painting porcelain plates to be fired in a low-temperature oven
FLO4727859 Chinese artists painting porcelain plates to be fired in a low-temperature oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der

Chinese swan pan or abacus, and pottery shop, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after
FLO4590545 Chinese swan pan or abacus, and pottery shop, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4590209 Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven

Album "Meine mittelmeer-reise 1910": Interior of the Cafe Maure in Tunis with man smoking the shisha
3562337 Album "Meine mittelmeer-reise 1910": Interior of the Cafe Maure in Tunis with man smoking the shisha (narghile), 1910 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Tunis, Cafe Maure)

Solitaire tea service 1760 and Solitaire coffee service of pot, sugar bowl, cup, saucer and plate
FLO4633233 Solitaire tea service 1760 and Solitaire coffee service of pot, sugar bowl, cup, saucer and plate. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste

Early Sevres ware: Spring vase, portrait of Louis XV on a plaque, Autumn vase
FLO4633514 Early Sevres ware: Spring vase, portrait of Louis XV on a plaque, Autumn vase, flowers painted by an enamel artist on a plate, sugar bowl 1753, and birds from a sample plaque

Oval vase in pink and green with floral panel, medicis vase with flowers in relief and pastoral scene
FLO4633363 Oval vase in pink and green with floral panel, medicis vase with flowers in relief and pastoral scene, vase in pale blue with flowers in relief, small plate with perforated border

Bronze plate document granting citizenship to an army auxiliary named Gemellus
3330438 Bronze plate document granting citizenship to an army auxiliary named Gemellus; (add.info.: Bronze plate document granting citizenship to an army auxiliary named Gemellus)

A bookplate aka Ex libris stamp from the library of William Gladstone, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900
3432463 A bookplate aka Ex libris stamp from the library of William Gladstone, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info)

Vase with a medallion of Marie Therese, in the collection of Queen Victoria, and plate with ribbons
FLO4633325 Vase with a medallion of Marie Therese, in the collection of Queen Victoria, and plate with ribbons. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste

Partial background porcelain: cosmetic pot 1760, cream pot with flowers by Barre 1754
FLO4633280 Partial background porcelain: cosmetic pot 1760, cream pot with flowers by Barre 1754, cosmetic pot decorated by Aloncle 1759, tete-a-tete plate by Binet 1760

Lunch service with simple decoration called Solitaire, with teapot, sugar bowl, plate, cup and saucer
FLO4633137 Lunch service with simple decoration called Solitaire, with teapot, sugar bowl, plate, cup and saucer, painted by Pithou Jr., 1779

Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer
FLO4727817 Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4727841 Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Cauchoise
5855659 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in white dress, tall bonnet with lace tails. All the elegant women of St. Clair are assembled for a harvest festival in an apple orchard)

Servant in Caen
5855701 Servant in Caen; (add.info.: Servant girl in Caen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet, and carries a basket. In the background can be seen the fish market and part of the church of Saint Pierre)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855690 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with lace tails. The model is the mother of the girl in plate 32)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855688 Costume of Bois d'Embourg; (add.info.: Costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. Tall bonnet with lace tails hanging forward over the face)

Costume of Coutances
5855684 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Coutances. Rear view of a very tall bavolet bonnet showing the artful lacing with pink and silver ribbon)

Oyster shucker of Le Havre
5855681 Oyster shucker of Le Havre; (add.info.: Oyster shucker of Le Havre. She wears a low bonnet decorated with lace only to the ears)

Bouquet-maker at Rouen cathedral
5855678 Bouquet-maker at Rouen cathedral; (add.info.: Bouquet-maker at the plaza in front of Rouen cathedral. She wears a shawl with all its edges decorated and a capuchon)

Konrad von Seinsheim, 14th century armour, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912621 Konrad von Seinsheim, 14th century armour, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Konrad von Seinsheim, Conrad von Sauwensheim d. 1369)

Costume of Granville
5855762 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. Rear view of the conine headdress showing the tasteful manner of folding the tails)

Costume of Granville
5855756 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. The women of Granville dress in very fine fabrics, but never wear lace in their bonnets)

Costume of Etrepagny
5855751 Costume of Etrepagny; (add.info.: Costume of Etrepagny. The village is famous for its lace, and we have here a lace-maker. She wears a small bonnet, a very short jacket over a long dress)

Costume of Honfleur
5855750 Costume of Honfleur; (add.info.: Costume of Honfleur. The bonnet is poorly set, but that is the fashion in this region. The port is visible in the background)

Woman of Polet, Dieppe
5855729 Woman of Polet, Dieppe; (add.info.: Woman of Polet, Dieppe. Polet is a suburb inhabited principally by sailors. This woman is in her Sunday best, on her way back from church)

Fish merchant at Dieppe
5855728 Fish merchant at Dieppe; (add.info.: Fish merchant at Dieppe. All the women at the port wear short petticoats. The background shows the main dock)

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855724 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Rear view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Costume of Saint Aubin
5855721 Costume of Saint Aubin; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of Saint Aubin, near Dieppe. Looking at this figure one realizes why the women of Normandy are fond of the bridle that is part of almost)

Young woman of Bayeux
5855708 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. The bodice of this dress is much shorter in the back than in the front)

Cauchoise
5855658 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in white dress, tall blue bonnet with long lace veils, carrying a bouquet of roses in the village of Yvetot)

Costume of Caen
5855700 Costume of Caen; (add.info.: Costume of Caen. The bonnet is of great height, with the veils twisted over the crown of artificial flowers up to a point like a mitre)

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855686 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. She wears a bonnet covered in silk, set on a velvet band. Her white dress is trimmed with embroidered roses)

Costume of Coutances
5855680 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances, in the department of Manche. She wears a tall bonnet trimmed with lace, a plain red shawl and simple white dress)

Illustration showing a sixteenth-century printing workshop, Antwerp, Belgium. Based on a plate by Stradanus
5310723 Illustration showing a sixteenth-century printing workshop, Antwerp, Belgium. Based on a plate by Stradanus; Universal History Archive/UIG.

A bookplate aka Ex libris stamp from the library of George Washington, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900
3432458 A bookplate aka Ex libris stamp from the library of George Washington, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info)

A bookplate aka Ex libris stamp from the library of German emperor Willhelm II, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui
3432457 A bookplate aka Ex libris stamp from the library of German emperor Willhelm II, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui

Sir Edmund Halley
3507805 Sir Edmund Halley; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Edmund Halley on a commemorative plate to mark the return of Halley's Comet 185-86.); Universal History Archive.

Book plate from the 19th century. "Let There Be Light. Search and Research."
3062052 Book plate from the 19th century. "Let There Be Light. Search and Research."; Private Collection.

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