Polished Collection (page 2)

Advert for Peggy Sage
Wartime advert for Peggy Sage Salons and nail polish. Date: 1940

Advert for Min Cream Polish. Supply of the product was restricted during the war. Date: 1943

Advert for Min Piano Polish, promising a beautiful finish in half a minute. Date: 1932

Superb four horse fire engine with firemen
This magnificent highly polished fire engine with six helmeted firemen standing to attention on top, is outside its Fire Station. The card was posted in Bootle so the Station is probably there

Elegant Edwardian reception room with polished wooden table, chaise longue, large family photographic portrait over the mantelpiece and neat shelves of leather-bound volumes. Date: 1912

Kota Bwete Figure, Mindassa or Mindumu Culture, from Gabon or Republic of Congo (copper & wood)
HSC193979 Kota Bwete Figure, Mindassa or Mindumu Culture, from Gabon or Republic of Congo (copper & wood) by African School; height:63.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Heini Schneebeli

Kota Bwete Figure, Obamba Culture, from Gabon (copper & wood)
HSC193980 Kota Bwete Figure, Obamba Culture, from Gabon (copper & wood) by African School; height:57 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Heini Schneebeli

Nowo Mask, Mende Culture, Sierra Leone (wood) (see also 181673, 181674)
HSC181672 Nowo Mask, Mende Culture, Sierra Leone (wood) (see also 181673, 181674) by African School; height:37 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Nowo is the initiation masquerade of the Sande)

DDE-90033471
Norway. Glacially polished rock slabs mixes with sandy beaches along Vestfjorden near Tranoya. Date: 28/01/2009

An oak desk and chair, c. 1940 (oak, leather)
1195118 An oak desk and chair, c. 1940 (oak, leather) by Dudouyt, Charles (1885-1946); 76.1x177.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dudouyt, Charles (1885-1946)); Photo © Christies Images

Armchair No. 8, Austria, 1898 / 99. Creator: Otto Wagner
Armchair No. 8, Austria, 1898/99

Bead, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985-1773 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Bead, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985-1773 BCE)

Mahogany Desk with Bookcase Top, 1936. Creator: George Loughridge
Mahogany Desk with Bookcase Top, 1936

Pa. German Rocking Chair, c. 1940. Creator: LeRoy Griffith
Pa. German Rocking Chair, c. 1940

Settee, c. 1936. Creator: Katherine Hastings
Settee, c. 1936

Drop-leaf Table, 1936. Creator: Bernard Gussow
Drop-leaf Table, 1936

High-boy, c. 1937. Creator: Randolph F Miller
High-boy, c. 1937

Table (Drop-leaf), c. 1936. Creator: Bernard Gussow
Table (Drop-leaf), c. 1936

Childs Chair, c. 1941. Creator: Violet Hartenstein
Childs Chair, c. 1941

Youths Chair, c. 1940. Creator: Violet Hartenstein
Youths Chair, c. 1940

Rocker, 1940. Creator: Violet Hartenstein
Rocker, 1940

Card Table, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Nicholas Gorid
Card Table, 1935/1942

Dining Table, c. 1936. Creator: Harry Eisman
Dining Table, c. 1936

Desk, 1940. Creator: Harry Eisman
Desk, 1940

Bead pendant, 1609-39 (spinel)
3080345 Bead pendant, 1609-39 (spinel) by Mughal School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The spinel bead, weighing approximately 128.10 carats, engraved Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah)

Bead pendant, 1609-39 (spinel)
3080342 Bead pendant, 1609-39 (spinel) by Mughal School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The spinel bead, weighing approximately 128.10 carats, engraved Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah)

Later stages of record manufacture (litho)
6009429 Later stages of record manufacture (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Later stages of record manufacture)

Mirror, 101 AD-200 AD (reflective disk: bronze; repousse disk: brass)
5861417 Mirror, 101 ADA-200 AD (reflective disk: bronze; repoussedisk: brass) by Roman, (2nd century AD); diam: 11.8 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Jadeite axes, Neolithic Period (central Europe), c. 5500-c. 1800 BC (jadeite)
1216389 Jadeite axes, Neolithic Period (central Europe), c.5500-c.1800 BC (jadeite) by Neolithic; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Jadeite Axe)

Bloemfontein, the Presidency (b / w photo)
3092489 Bloemfontein, the Presidency (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bloemfontein, the Presidency)

Two dancing teams who entertain on the polished floors of Hotels and Night Clubs, 1928. Ricardo and Lucita (top left) introducing a new dance Fantasie Parisienne and Jimmy Pendleton and Valeda Worth

The Sweating System (litho)
1595305 The Sweating System (litho) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sweating System. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 26 May 1888)

Bead pendant, 1609-39 (spinel)
3080344 Bead pendant, 1609-39 (spinel) by Mughal School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The spinel bead, weighing approximately 128.10 carats, engraved Jahangir Shah Akbar Shah)

A pair of mahogany chairs with pewter and ivory inlaid floral decoration, (mahogany
1195002 A pair of mahogany chairs with pewter and ivory inlaid floral decoration, (mahogany, pewter and ivory) by Bugatti, Carlo (1855-1940); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian

Implements of the Stone Age (litho)
6013467 Implements of the Stone Age (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Implements of the Stone Age)

Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
XOS5882233 Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes, mid to late 700s (bronze) by Chinese School, Tang Dynasty (618-907); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: China)

Mirror with Engraved Scene, c. 325-300 BC (bronze)
XOS5864857 Mirror with Engraved Scene, c.325-300 BC (bronze) by Etruscan, (4th century BC); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Italy, Etruscan, probably Praenestine)

Double aspect celt bird, from Guacimo, Linea Vieja area (green jade)
XBP390204 Double aspect celt bird, from Guacimo, Linea Vieja area (green jade) by Pre-Columbian; height: 8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A piano by Weber & Co. New York, c. 1910 (silver gelatin print)
MNY381230 A piano by Weber & Co. New York, c.1910 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 19.2x25.4 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; eMuseum of the City of New York; American

Writing desk with lid (gold, mahogany, marble & bronze)
MMT384539 Writing desk with lid (gold, mahogany, marble & bronze) by Jacob-Desmalter, Francois H. G. (1770-1841) (attr. to); 145x100 cm; Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris

Polished ourapteryx and swallow-tailed moth
Polished ourapteryx, Ourapteryx politata 1 and swallow-tailed moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata (Polished thia, Thia polita). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Chambered or great nautilus shell, Nautilus pompilius (Nautilus crassus) 1 and polished shell below 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G.W

MIrror seller, Qing Dynasty. The mirrors are made of highly polished copper. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Wall carving depicting the Royal Guard, Tachara, Persepolis, c
3287716 Wall carving depicting the Royal Guard, Tachara, Persepolis, c.6th-5th century BC (grey stone) by Achaemenid, (6th century BC); Palace of Darius, Persepolis

An angry bull, escaped the men who led him to the slaughterhouse, after a crazy race for... (colour litho)
2783591 An angry bull, escaped the men who led him to the slaughterhouse, after a crazy race for... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An angry bull)

Stand of fire irons in polished wrought iron, designed by Ernest Gimson. circa 1910

Ballroom, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

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