Pipe Collection

The Enchanted House. From Teddy Bear Annual (date unknown)

Tales from Many Lands: The Golden Rose Bush. Illustration originally published in black & white in Treasure no. 187 (13 August 1966)

Unidentified montage of nursery rhyme characters with items associated with them. Includes Little Bo Peep and her sheep, dancing pigs, the Queen of Hearts and her tarts and Little Jack Horner and pie

The Farmer
People You See. From Teddy Bear (17 October 1964)

Bubble pipe

Nursery Rhymes -- Ding Dong Bell, Old King Cole
Nursery Rhymes. Above is Ding Dong Bell, with an unfortunate (or by this time fortunate) cat being pulled out of a well

Nursery Rhymes -- Tom the Pipers Son

Nursery Rhymes -- goblin and bats, bird stealing pipe
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a goblin and bats flying about the night sky by moonlight. Below -- a bird steals a plump mans pipe. early 20th century

Cat on a windowsill by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

Pencil sketches of man and children. 1920s

Scottish soldier, World War I by Robert Baden Powell
Sketch by Sir Robert Baden-Powell of a cheery Scottish soldier during World War I, with the rousing, optimistic caption, We are down-hearted, I don t think. Date: 1916

Pencil sketches of men and children. 1920s

Christmas Snowman

Little girl admiring a large bubble
A little girl admiring a large bubble. circa late 19th century

Label design for VANA Rum from Martinique, showing a French colonial being served a glass by a native, with a map in the background. circa 20th century

Cover design, Television Scrap Book
Cover design for a Television Scrap Book, showing a happy family of four watching their TV. circa 1950s

Water carriers, India. circa 1890s

Geisha musicians, Japan, with stringed instruments, flute and percussion. circa 1890s

Snake charmer with snake, India. circa 1890s

Travelling chair resting, Japan
Passengers and attendants with a travelling chair resting on their journey, Japan. circa 1890s

Fisherman, Naples, Italy
Fisherman smoking a pipe, Naples, Italy. late 19th century

Korean man with long pipe, Japan. circa 1890s

Robin knitting pattern featuring old chap with pipe
Cover of a Robin knitting pattern for a fetching tank top for the dapper gent in your life. c.1955

Young boy with garden hose Date: 1931

Snake charmer, North Africa. circa 1870

Turkish musicians, Turkey
Five Turkish musicians, Turkey. circa 1870

Two snake charmers, India. circa 1890s

Man with pipe and beads, Egypt
Man with a long pipe and beads, Egypt. circa 1870

Whirling dervishes, Turkey. circa 1870

Elderly mans secret reading material
An elderly pipe smoking gent raises an eybrow as he reveals it is not the daily newspaper which is grasping his attention

Railway Sleeper - Aberystwyth Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Welsh shepherd takes forty winks leaning up against his crook, sitting on a wooden crate at Aberystwyth Station, his trusty Collie sheepdog at his feet

Ultima advertising poster
Moto " Ultima" motorcycle advertising poster, depicting a man on a motorcycle smoking a pipe as he rides along a winding road. Date: 1906

White Star Line pipe rack with drawers
A wooden item, possibly a pipe rack, with two drawers, from the White Star Line cruise liner company. Date: early 20th century

Sportex poster
Advertising poster for Sportex mens clothing showing two dapper gents dressed immaculately in plus fours and jackets ready for a round of golf. c.1930

Carpenters saw a large log
A team of carpenters use a long two-person saw to split a large trunk log into planks. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Coopers at work making wooden barrels
Four coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

A shepherd resting
An elderly shepherd rests on a small hillock with his collie dog as his sheep graze contentedly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith circa 1980

Farmers walk and lead a team of working horses across a harvested cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

A signwriter painting a pub sign
A signwriter paints the pub sign for the Hare and Hounds pub. Behind him can be seen other examples of his art and traditional tavern signs hanging in situ

Fishermen and lobster pots
Two fishermen sit on the sea shore with their lobster and crab pots and netting. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Gypsy Caravans

British working party in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British working party in the snow on the Western Front during World War One, carrying stove pipes, with a big gun nearby. circa 1916

Black soldiers keeping warm, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers keeping warm at a brazier in a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1917

British soldiers taking in water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers taking in water for their train transport on their way up to the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Cherub playing a pipe

Bubbles by Muriel Dawson, showing a little child blowing bubbles from a toy pipe. 1927

Three people with a car
Three people, a man and two women, posing alongside a car with an a badge on the front

Four people on beach with collie dog
Four people (two men and two women) sitting in deckchairs on a beach with a collie dog

Three soldiers lying on the grass by their jeep
Three soldiers in relaxed mood, lying on the grass by their jeep near Okehampton, Devon. 1940s

Seven men, two children in a basket, and a dog
Seven men, two children sitting inside a basket, and a little terrier dog, in a field

Holidaymakers on a beach
A group of five holidaymakers on a beach

Group of five smiling holidaymakers
A group of five smiling holidaymakers. They appear to be in front of a caravan adapted from an old railway carriage

Leaflet design, How to paint with Jensons Robbialac. Featuring a man with a tin of green paint and a paintbrush, at work in his kitchen

Six people knitting scarves
Six people sitting in a row, knitting long scarves. Only one of them is female

Middle-aged couple in a garden
A middle-aged, well-dressed couple standing in a garden. He is in plus fours and golfing socks, and is filling his pipe from a pouch

Two men in plus fours, holding parasols
Two men in plus fours and golfing socks, holding parasols, balancing on a stone

Old man in shabby suit
An old man in a shabby suit leans (perhaps unwittingly) against an advertisement for Burton tailoring: Let Burton Dress You

Man at work on a country road
A man at work on a country road, with a section of piping resting on raised bricks

Two women working in a garage, repairing vehicles

Still life. Tobacco, pipe & matches
From a magazine illustration 1929

Pipe Major of the Queens Own Highlanders (1961) in Full Dress. Formed by an amalgamation of the Seaforth and Camerons regiments. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: 1961

Drummer (Flute / Fife) Player - The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire) in Full Dress. Wearing a Nol Dress Cap. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1930

A Uyghur man smoking an elaborate pipe. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Atlantis Cruises
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line cruises on the Atlantis

Are We Downhearted? by Ethel Parkinson
A little Dutch boy and girl walk along arm in arm. He is smoking a cigar or pipe, and they are both looking happy. early 20th century

Squadron Sergeant Major - 17th Lancers
A Squadron Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) - a Senior Scout

Flowers and judges at the Slad village show
A lovely display of gladioli, and two experts judging them, at the Slad village show, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Pipe Major - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Pipe Major of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) in Full ceremonial dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: 1974

Three children with a snowman
Three children admiring a snowman they have just built. early 20th century

Old King Cole was a merry old soul... early 20th century

The Pied Piper of Hamelin, leading the children out of the town. 19th century

Tom He was a Pipers Son, he learned to play when he was young, but the only tune that he could play was Over the Hills and Far Away

Plymouth Barbican 1930S
Men relaxing around the harbour in the Barbican area of Plymouth, Devon, England. Date: early 1930s

At the Club
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing a club waitress eavesdropping on the gossip of two cigar and pipe smoking club members (monkeys essentially). Date: 20th century

Dog Smoking a Long Pipe
A puppy smoking a very long pipe! Date: early 1930s

Canine Commissionaire
A canine Commissionaire smoking a pipe! Date: early 1930s

Egyptian Barber
An Egyptian barber cutting whats left of an old mans hair. Another man smokes a water pipe behind them, with a barechested young man and a boy on either side of him. Date: early 1930s

Empire Nut Brown
Advertisement for Adkins Empire Nut Brown tobacco featuring Bairnsfathers WWI creation, Old Bill. Date: c.1940

Oil seepage - Iran
A seepage of oil up through the soil - Iran. Date: circa 1925

Oil Pipelines - Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea
A row of eight oil pipelines at the Llandarcy BP Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales. Date: 1924

Orchestra members at a festival, Haimhausen, Bavaria, German
Members of an orchestra wearing historical uniforms during a rococo festival in Haimhausen, just north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Date: early 21st century

Driving two horses down a snowy lane
A farmer sits side-saddle as he rides/drives two working carthorses down a country lane in the middle of winter. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Shooting with gun dogs
Two hunters with shotguns stand awaiting the arrival of flying game. Both are wearing traditional hunting garb of tweed and flat caps and are accompanied by their gun dogs

Filling traditional horse collar rings
A craftsman fills collar bodies and collar rings with straw on a farm, as a collie dog watches on and an associate holds other items of the horses tack. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

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