Plate Collection (page 8)

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.

Plate from a block-book illustrating sin of impatience (the folly of man)
1578305 Plate from a block-book illustrating sin of impatience (the folly of man); (add.info.: Plate from a block-book illustrating sin of impatience (the folly of man)

Two Dishes, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 19th century (blue glass)
PFR133023 Two Dishes, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 19th century (blue glass); diam.:20 cm; Private Collection; © Paul Freeman; © Paul Freeman; out of copyright.

H18 Dish with decoration of stylised carnations and tulips with a stylised grape border pattern, from Iznik in Turkey
MCO102443 H18 Dish with decoration of stylised carnations and tulips with a stylised grape border pattern, from Iznik in Turkey, c.1565 (ceramic); diam: 29 cm; Magdalen College, Oxford, UK.

White earthenware dish painted with flowers, in red, blue and green, Isnik, 2nd half of 16th century
BAL6431 White earthenware dish painted with flowers, in red, blue and green, Isnik, 2nd half of 16th century; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.

Daniel O'Connell, byname "The Liberator" 1775-1847, first of the great 19th century Irish leaders in
3052693 Daniel O'Connell, byname "The Liberator" 1775-1847, first of the great 19th century Irish leaders in the British House of Commons. From a miniature by T

Diagram of a rack-and-pinion mechanism
5307894 Diagram of a rack-and-pinion mechanism.; (add.info.: Diagram of a rack-and-pinion mechanism used for operating an air pump. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Costume of Granville
5855760 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. This hairstyle is called the "conine." It is extraordinary that this simple style can appear so)

Costume of Granville
5855758 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. This woman is a fish merchant, and wears a woollen cape, violet stockings and black shoes)

Costume of Alencon
5855752 Costume of Alencon; (add.info.: Costume of Alencon. A peasant woman returning from the market. She wears an apron on top of an apron, and headband on top of headband)

Costume of Coutances
5855734 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. View from the front of a bonnet similar to the one in Plate 76, with the bonnet's papillon (butterfly) wings horizontal

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855710 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. The bonnet is called a "dormeuse" or sleeper)

Costume of Caen
5855702 Costume of Caen; (add.info.: Costume of Caen. The woman has fixed her bavolet bonnet with two ribbons - one under the chin and one across the forehead)

Cauchoise
5855665 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Servant woman wearing the bonnet of ordinary women in Yvetot, in striped apron and full skirt)

Cauchoise
5855664 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Limpiville on the day of the Festival of the Assumption. She wears a bonnet with very long lace tails)

Costume of Granville
5855757 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. The same bonnet as in Plate 99, with the tails of chiffon folded and tied. She has knotted her shawl in the same fashion)

Tradeswoman of Lisieux
5855743 Tradeswoman of Lisieux; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Lisieux. She wears a serre-tete fixed with a double ribbon, like those worn by the women of Paris at night)

Servant at Carentan
5855737 Servant at Carentan; (add.info.: Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy. She is spinning yarn while leaning against a wooden gate)

Costume of Coutances
5855733 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. While the woman in Plate 25 wore an everyday bonnet, this woman is wearing a demi-pare bonnet - the bavolet was for the finest)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855714 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The decoration of the bonnet is unlike anything we've seen at Rolleville or Bolbec)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855713 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is larger but not as tall as that of Bolbec, and the chignon is shorter)

Engraved metal platters and waiters. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware
FLO4732424 Engraved metal platters and waiters. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany

Plate decorated with cupids and roses painted by Asselin. Mark of Madame du Barry, last mistress to Louis XV. Mrs
FLO4633111 Plate decorated with cupids and roses painted by Asselin. Mark of Madame du Barry, last mistress to Louis XV. Mrs. du Barry's figure tray, painting by Asselin

Costume of a woman at the Fair of St. Gorgon, near Rouen. Hand-coloured fashion plate illustration by Pecheux engraved
FLO4658619 Costume of a woman at the Fair of St. Gorgon, near Rouen. Hand-coloured fashion plate illustration by Pecheux engraved by Gatine from Louis-Marie Lante's 105 Costumes of

Plate 96 Pirogue des naturels de Balahou by Emile Lassalle
3077982 Plate 96 Pirogue des naturels de Balahou by Emile Lassalle; (add.info.: Plate 96. Pirogue des naturels de Balahou by Emile Lassalle (1813-1871) a French painter and lithographer

Chalice and Monstrance, vessels for containing the wine and bread of the Mass, church plate
542940 Chalice and Monstrance, vessels for containing the wine and bread of the Mass, church plate. 16th century (sacred vessel, Portugal); Universal History Archive/UIG.

LtoR:Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia, early 16th century (underglaze painted earthenware) Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia
BON131975 LtoR:Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia, early 16th century (underglaze painted earthenware) Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia

"A Native Savage of America." Native American carrying a club, wearing a feathered headdress and short skirt
5856473 "A Native Savage of America." Native American carrying a club, wearing a feathered headdress and short skirt, a large silver plate on his chest

Black-figured plate, made in Athens, 6th century bc
3079203 Black-figured plate, made in Athens, 6th century bc by Greek school, (6th century BC); (add.info.: Black-figured plate, depicts Dionysos, god of wine)

View of Salamanca, Spain seen from the Roman bridge. From a 19th century photograph
3052708 View of Salamanca, Spain seen from the Roman bridge. From a 19th century photograph.; Private Collection.

Cauchoise
5855663 Cauchoise; (add.info.: A country servant woman from Yvetot wearing tall hat, bodice, shawl and scarlet skirt. The people of the ancient province of Normandy eat well: bread, vegetable soup)

Costume of Pont-Leveque
5855745 Costume of Pont-Leveque.; (add.info.: Costume of Pont-Leveque, Calvados. This woman wears bonnet of her village on top of a cornet "a la Parisienne." The cornet is decorated with)

Costume of Cherbourg
5855740 Costume of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Costume of Cherbourg. This young woman appears to be from a rich family. In Cherbourg, the bavolet bonnet is only worn by old women)

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855732 Costume of Saint-Lo; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. A young woman of a higher class than the person in Plate 74)

Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival
5855730 Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival; (add.info.: Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival. The simple headdress is difficult to reconcile with the decoration of the clothes)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855719 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of a woman of St. Valery en Caux. Again the simple bonnet, this time covered with a striped toile)

Young girl from Villers-Bocage
5855712 Young girl from Villers-Bocage; (add.info.: Young girl from Villers-Bocage. A new and very coquettish way to fix the tails of the bonnet)

Costume of Rolleville
5855694 Costume of Rolleville; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville. Side view of the tall bavolet bonnet. The decorations on the front)

Costume of Bolbec
5855692 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Bolbec. Tradeswoman in blue dress, lace shawl and bonnet. Bolbec is a town seven leagues from le Havre with a population of 5,500)

Costume of Bois d'Embourg
5855689 Costume of Bois d'Embourg.; (add.info.: Young woman in the costume of Bois d'Embourg, three leagues from Rouen. She wears a tall bavolet bonnet with long tails)

Tradeswoman of Rouen
5855672 Tradeswoman of Rouen; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Rouen wearing a bonnet called a bavolet. She wears a chocolate brown dress and carries an umbrella)

Cross-section of the rack-and-pinion mechanism
5307893 Cross-section of the rack-and-pinion mechanism.; (add.info.: Cross-section of the rack-and-pinion mechanism used for operating an air pump. Dated 19th century)

Plate showing Mandrake and Foxgloves from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'
5308116 Plate showing Mandrake and Foxgloves from John Parkinson's Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'.; (add.info)

Plate showing Feverfew, Camomile, etc. from John Parkinson's 'Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'
5308115 Plate showing Feverfew, Camomile, etc. from John Parkinson's 'Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris'.; (add.info)

An engraving depicting an engine used for cutting teeth of clock wheels, 19th century
5311552 An engraving depicting an engine used for cutting teeth of clock wheels, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1842); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraved metal platters and waiters. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware
FLO4732432 Engraved metal platters and waiters. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany

The Watch House, St Mary-le-Bone
3119147 The Watch House, St Mary-le-Bone; (add.info.: Plate titled 'The Watch House, St. Mary-le-Bone' by Rowlandson and Pugin. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Plate 86 Naturels de Pao et de Lebouka by Emile Lassalle
3077990 Plate 86 Naturels de Pao et de Lebouka by Emile Lassalle; (add.info.: Plate 86. Naturels de Pao et de Lebouka by Emile Lassalle (1813-1871) a French painter and lithographer

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