Plates Collection

Fast order chef

School Dinner Lady

Cook and Waitress
People You See. From Teddy Bear (5 February 1966)

Camping in a tent
People You See. Camping in a tent. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Balloon salesman

Roberts plates of meat. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Old man in flea market, Paris, France
An old man standing behind a stall in the flea market, Paris, France. Date: 1955

Cat cooking a pie

Book cover design, Les Maitres de l Affiche
Book cover design for Les Maitres de l Affiche (Masters of the Poster), published by Librairie Chaix, 20 Rue Bergere, Paris

Advertisement for Armstrongs Linoleum Floors -- a kitchen for a busy woman. Featuring a design for a combination of kitchen and office space, including a telephone and a typewriter. circa 1950s

Little girl playing with her dolls house
A little girl playing with her dolls house. Date: 20th century

School dinner at Hallfield School, Paddington
A dinner lady begins to clear up at Hallfield School, Paddington, West London. A little boy seems to be asking for a top-up. Date: 1956

Automobilia Ephemera Collection
A splendid collection of Automobilia Ephemera, including goggles, a rigid ash tray, a map and a long curved car horn! Date: circa 1910s

Recipe book cover, Gateaux et Friandises (Cakes and Confectionery), showing a woman in a white apron with plates of food. 20th century

People preparing food, Kashgar, western China
People sitting in the open air, preparing food, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Composing and Retouching at printing works
Composing and Retouching Studio at the Lund Humphries Printing works in Bradford. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: late 1950s

Christmas Dinner 1931
A jolly group in party hats hold out their plates for freshly carved turkey during Christmas dinner at Antoines restaurant, Charlotte Street, London. early 1930s

Redring advertisement, c. 1955
Advertisement for Redring Metrovick Boiling Plates manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company of Old Trafford, Manchester, showing a jubilant housewife delighted with her new cooker

Advertisement for colour printing, with four-colour blocks by the Direct Photo-Engraving Co Ltd, and inks by Shackell, Edwards & Co Ltd

Poster design for Crawfords Edinburgh Shortbread, in an Arts and Crafts or Art Nouveau style. Showing a woman standing at a tea table, looking out of a window as if expecting a guest

Woman standing by her kitchen sink
A woman in a dark dress, standing by her kitchen sink. circa 1960s

Advertisement for Jell-O jelly, with six delicious flavours. Jello-O Again! 20th century

Little boy doing a jigsaw puzzle
A little boy doing a jigsaw puzzle at a table, while a man watches. Date: circa early 20th century

Hors D oeuvre
Plates of hors d oeuvre. Date: early 1930s

Brighton Works brass plates
Two brass plates for the Brighton railway works, and a smaller metal plate for the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works. Date: 1900 - 1901

Bruce Bairnsfather Ware by Grimwades
A selection of pottery manufactured by the firm Grimwades of Staffordshire, featuring the designs of Bruce Bairnsfather, the artist whose cartoons featured in The Bystander during World War I

African Lip Plates
Africans with lip plates (pelele), part of a circus, which was about to travel to London. Date: 1930s

School Dinners 1962
Boys at Gibbs Pre-Preparatory School, Kensington, London, finishing off their school dinners as matron clears away their plates. Date: 1962

School Dinner 1956
A rather scruffy boy tucks into his pudding during school dinners at Hallfield School, Paddington, London. Date: 1956

Family Breakfast 1961
Breakfast time for all the family at the home of artist Terry Frost in St Ives, England. Date: 1961

Africans with Pelele
Three Congo natives with lip plates (pelele), listening to a radio broadcast in West Africa. Date: early 1930s

African Radio Broadcast
Congo natives with lip plates (pelele) making a radio broadcast in West Africa. Date: early 1930s

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