Excellent Collection

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

Hardwick Old Hall
The ruins of the Old Hall started in 1586 but never completed. The remains contain excellent original plasterwork

Garden Gate
A photograph offering a charming glimpse through a garden gate of excellent design, probably located in the Horsham District of West Sussex. Date: circa 1929

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, brochure cover, South American service. Flights from Germany to South America. Powerful cover graphic showing the airship flying westbound over a stylised

White Star Line - Stonier and Co plate
White Star Line - Stonier and Co. Gothic arch First Class plate in excellent condition. 9 inches

White Star Line - Wisteria side plate dated 7/02 on reverse, excellent condition. 7.5 inches. Date: 1902

RMS Olympic - crystal light fitting
RMS Olympic - rare smoking room crystal light fitting in excellent condition with brass fitting. 8 inches

Coriolanus (colour litho)
3653301 Coriolanus (colour litho) by Hammond, Gertrude E. Demain (1862-1952) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coriolanus)

An Excellent Choice of Weapons (oil on panel)
471385 An Excellent Choice of Weapons (oil on panel) by Brunin, Leon (1861-1949); 146x196 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Excellent Art Ridden By L.Dettori Craven Meeting, Newmarket Rowley Mile Course, Newmarket, England 20 April 2006 Date: 20 April 2006

Reginald Morphew, Architect (litho)
3652269 Reginald Morphew, Architect (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reginald Morphew, Architect)

Mrs Mary Keighley (engraving)
609353 Mrs Mary Keighley (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mrs Mary Keighley, Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low; an excellent thing in a woman)

An Excellent Contriver, illustration from The Vicar of Wakefield
617047 An Excellent Contriver, illustration from The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith, c.1910 (colour litho) by Jameson

The Excellent, Royal Navy ship, Portsmouth
The Excellent, Royal Navy Ship, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 1860

HMS "Queen Charlotte"(chromolitho)
2790839 HMS " Queen Charlotte" (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: HMS " Queen Charlotte." Illustration for one of a set of cigarette)

The Wesleyan High School, Grahamstown (b / w photo)
3092406 The Wesleyan High School, Grahamstown (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wesleyan High School, Grahamstown)

The Dry Stane Dykes of Galloway, Scotland - Quality and Quantity: Mr Cs Jardine standing alongside the excellent dyke he built in four hours to win both a special award for speed

The Battle of St Vincent (engraving)
1607326 The Battle of St Vincent (engraving) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of St Vincent)

Return of the Troops from Egypt, Sketches in Advance (engraving)
1061151 Return of the Troops from Egypt, Sketches in Advance (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Return of the Troops from Egypt, Sketches in Advance)

Normans attacking Hereward the Wakes refuge
Hereward the Wake, also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile (1035-1072) - an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England

How Tankerville Smith took a Country Cottage (chromolitho)
1044677 How Tankerville Smith took a Country Cottage (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How Tankerville Smith took a Country Cottage)

Where am I supposed to pin it? (colour litho)
2800563 Where am I supposed to pin it? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Where am I supposed to pin it)

Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland (chromolitho)
736013 Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland)

Brooklyn Bridge, New York (chromolitho)
736012 Brooklyn Bridge, New York (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brooklyn Bridge, New York)

The Goltzsch Viaduct Railway bridge, Mylau, Germany (chromolitho)
736011 The Goltzsch Viaduct Railway bridge, Mylau, Germany (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Goltzsch Viaduct Railway bridge, Mylau, Germany)

Coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide on 8 September 1831 (coloured engraving)
584583 Coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide on 8 September 1831 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir Francis Grant (colour litho)
613002 Sir Francis Grant (colour litho) by Pellegrini, Carlo (1866-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Francis Grant, An able artist and an excellent President, 29 April 1871, Vanity Fair)

The History of a Crime, the Testimony of an Eye-Witness (engraving)
1049762 The History of a Crime, the Testimony of an Eye-Witness (engraving) by Marie, Adrien Emmanuel (1848-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The History of a Crime)

Pritchard Street, Johannesburg (b / w photo)
3092472 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pritchard Street, Johannesburg)

Uitenhage (b / w photo)
3092468 Uitenhage (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Uitenhage. Illustration for Picturesque South Africa (Dennis Edwards)

The Opera House, Cape Town (b / w photo)
3092341 The Opera House, Cape Town (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Opera House, Cape Town)

An excellent Christmas window (photo)
6007718 An excellent Christmas window (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An excellent Christmas window)

Aristee (engraving)
2793346 Aristee (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aristee. Illustration for La Mythologie by Rene Menard (Delagrave, 1878)

Railway bridge at Mungsten, Germany (chromolitho)
736010 Railway bridge at Mungsten, Germany (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Railway bridge at Mungsten, Germany)

The Adventures of Nicholas (engraving)
1038807 The Adventures of Nicholas (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Adventures of Nicholas)

JACKET POTATOES
Stuffed baked potatoes, an excellent supper dish for a cold evening. The potatoes can cook without attention and the filling can be left waiting until a moment before serving. Date: 1940s

QUININE
Quinine (Cinchona): an invaluable medicine in tropical countries; excellent at reducing fevers and used to control malaria

Baron Munchausen Finds Another Excellent Servant Illustration By Alphonse Adolf Bichard From The Book The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Published C1886

RMS Titanic - postcard from Ernest Tomlin, victim
RMS Titanic - postcard from third class passenger and victim Ernest Portage Tomlin. His body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett on 21 April 1912

Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy
The cemetery sits on the highest point for some miles & has two watch towers from which excellent views can be gained towards Juno Beach where the Canadians came ashore

Acrobatic Little Hamster
Little dwarf hamster hanging on for dear life

Doble Excelente (Double Excellent) coined in Seville. 1480. Obverse of gold coin with the representation of the Catholic Monarchs. Coin

1916 British Army issue telescope with broad arrow, manufactured by T. T. & H. Limited, No. 11801. TEL SIG (Mk.IV), ALSO G.S. together with low and high lenses, in leather case

School Certificate
G Percy Carter of the Asylum for Fatherless Children Reedham, Surrey passed " Excellent" in Geometry of the first grade for children in elementary day schools

An Excellent Royal Extinguisher. Cartoon of Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, extinguishing the Orange Club with the Kings (George IV) giant candle snuffer

Edward Backhouse
EDWARD BACKHOUSE Quaker historian, whose otherwise excellent work glosses over the early and somewhat disreputable history of the Society of Friends. Date: 1808 - 1879

Alathea Countess Arundel
A fine engraving of the most illustrious and most excellent Lady ALATHEA (Talbot) countess of ARUNDEL & SURREY, wife of Thomas, second earl : first countesse of England Date: ? - 1654

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