Flask Collection

The Pharmacy, 1912 artwork
The Pharmacy (1912). Oil painting by the Swiss artist Marius Borgeaud (1861-1924) titled La Pharmacie (The Pharmacy). The signature and date (1912) are at lower left

Distillation, 16th century woodcut
Distillation. Coloured 16th century woodcut depicting apparatus used for distillation. Two liquids to be distilled are being heated in large flasks (bottom left and right)

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 2 of 2
A group attempt a countryside picnic but are beset with problems ranging from angry wasps to an irate landowner. The picture is in direct contrast to a companion picture to this

Coach party having lunch in a pub
A coach party stops for lunch in a pub. circa 1950s

The Humorist Easter Number 1938
The Humorist Easter Number front cover illustrated by William Heath Robinson featuring two exhausted cyclists sleeping off a picnic lunch, unaware that somebody is riding away on their tandem bicycle

Male pharmacist working with test tubes in laboratory, (B&W)

Chaucer, Doctor O Physic
The Doctor of Physic holds up a flask to the light

The Love Potion, intended for Isolde the Fair and King Mark of Cornwall
BRA76575 The Love Potion, intended for Isolde the Fair and King Mark of Cornwall, but drunk by Tristan and Isolde the Fair, from The Story of Tristan and Isolde, William Morris & Co

Here With A Little Bread Beneath The Bough, A Flask Of Wine, A Book Of Verse - And Thou Beside Me Singing In The Wilderness Oh, Wilderness Were Paradise Enow

Still life with a pilgrim flask, candlestick, porcelain vase and fruit, 17th century

Kentish Cider Drinkers
After a hard morning ploughing, two Kentish farm workers take a well earned break and pour themselves a mug of cider from a pottery flask

Ceramic flask lustre painted, hand made, 12th-13th century AD, Gorgan, glass and ceramics museum, Tehran, Iran (photo)
5309222 Ceramic flask lustre painted, hand made, 12th-13th century AD, Gorgan, glass and ceramics museum, Tehran, Iran (photo); Photo © Stefano Baldini.

(Cotton ensemble), Natural History Museum of Marseille
CSO4996856 (Cotton ensemble), Natural History Museum of Marseille; (add.info.: (Cotton ensemble), Natural History Museum of Marseille); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Workers' holiday day, meals and leisure - Work men's holiday - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980219 Workers' holiday day, meals and leisure - Work men's holiday - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Workers' holiday day)

Attic Alabastron, 2nd BC (ceramic)
CUL4852534 Attic Alabastron, 2nd BC (ceramic) by Greek school, (2nd century); Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Attic Alabastron. 2nd v. BC. Hellenistic art. Ceramics)

La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en N & B, 1832: Analysis of the pear - Marianne, Pear
ICA4934250 La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en N & B, 1832: Analysis of the pear - Marianne, Pear; (add.info.: La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en N & B

The toilet of the goddess Venus, assisted by angels holding perfumes, beauty products
FLO4689473 The toilet of the goddess Venus, assisted by angels holding perfumes, beauty products, a mirror and a torch - Engraving by Gabry, from The Book of Perfumes by Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887)

Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577808 Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Letter O What a Storm Wind! Odette's umbrella turns around and Jean's hat flies away
DUV4207574 Letter O What a Storm Wind! Odette's umbrella turns around and Jean's hat flies away. Letter P: No one takes as much care of his doll as the charming little Paulette

A woman of Venice dying her hair using a solanah (a wide brim with a hole in the centre) in front of a mirror
FLO4706236 A woman of Venice dying her hair using a solanah (a wide brim with a hole in the centre) in front of a mirror. Blonde hair was very fashionable

"The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
864167 "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan; (add.info.: Christian Weeps and Prays. Christian, the pilgrim of the title, reading his bible)

An Louis Pasteur experiment, 19th century (engraving)
3733827 An Louis Pasteur experiment, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Louis Pasteur experiment demonstrating that fermentation)

Nitroglycerine Laboratory. Engraving 1889
JAB4120673 Nitroglycerine Laboratory. Engraving 1889; (add.info.: Nitroglycerine Laboratory. Engraving 1889); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Letter P: No one takes as much care of his Poupee as the charming little Paulette. Engraving in " ABC fun"
DUV4207582 Letter P: No one takes as much care of his Poupee as the charming little Paulette. Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century. 20 pages

Letter F: FRANCY, by confessing a wrong, hete it, because the fault is more serious with FAULSETE
DUV4206555 Letter F: FRANCY, by confessing a wrong, hete it, because the fault is more serious with FAULSETE. Engraving in " ABC. Alphabet of good advice and mistakes to avoid". Ch

Section and elevation of laboratory chemical apparatus, early 19th century
FLO4590903 Section and elevation of laboratory chemical apparatus, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by W

Chemical stills, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or
FLO4590789 Chemical stills, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees

Woulfe's alchemical apparatus for distilling the elixir. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) was an Irish chemist
FLO4590772 Woulfe's alchemical apparatus for distilling the elixir. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) was an Irish chemist, mineralogist and alchemist

La fee de la fleur de marshmallow gives a medicine for the throat to a frog alitee - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy
FLO4637556 La fee de la fleur de marshmallow gives a medicine for the throat to a frog alitee - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)

Empirical physician, l'Empirique, 17th century.. Doctor in hat, robes and coat examining a flask of liquid
5912946 Empirical physician, l'Empirique, 17th century.. Doctor in hat, robes and coat examining a flask of liquid. Chromolithograph by Louis Rene Letronne after an illustration by Th

A group behind a studio photographic room, 1885
LUX4720607 A group behind a studio photographic room, 1885; (add.info.: A group behind a studio photographic room, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Illustration of an edition of Pushkin's drama " Boris Godunov" illustrated by Boris Zworykine
CUL4867242 Illustration of an edition of Pushkin's drama " Boris Godunov" illustrated by Boris Zworykine and published in Paris in 1927. Portion of Marina. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Egyptian Perfume Vases - Engraving by Emile Duhousset (1823-19?) , from Le Livre des Parfums by Eugene Rimmel
FLO4689496 Egyptian Perfume Vases - Engraving by Emile Duhousset (1823-19?) , from Le Livre des Parfums by Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887), France, 1870 - Egyptian vases - Woodcut engraving by E

Middle Ages men smoke pipe and drink alcohol in front of the fireplace - Lithograph from an illustration by J.E
FLO4677231 Middle Ages men smoke pipe and drink alcohol in front of the fireplace - Lithograph from an illustration by J.E

Travel pharmacy set
CUL4929614 Travel pharmacy set; Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium; (add.info.: Travel pharmacy set - Travel pharmacy. Photography. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS. Brussels)

France: a meal in a bourgeois house, 1900
LUX4815839 France: a meal in a bourgeois house, 1900; (add.info.: France: a meal in a bourgeois house, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Portrait of a family gathered around a table
3568301 Portrait of a family gathered around a table by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Italy 1930 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

First World War: France, Carte patriotique humoristique showing the different perfumes of hairy (old pipe)
LUX4742487 First World War: France, Carte patriotique humoristique showing the different perfumes of hairy (old pipe, cockroach...), 1918

Double ointment bottle. Roman art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
CUL4862512 Double ointment bottle. Roman art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia by Roman; Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Red Cross nurse serving a war wounded in a field hospital, 1915
LUX4740529 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Red Cross nurse serving a war wounded in a field hospital, 1915; (add.info)

La fee du jasmine rubs oil on a child's head - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)
FLO4637750 La fee du jasmine rubs oil on a child's head - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), from an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847)

Costume of a Druze woman, Palestine, 19th century. She wears turban headdress with scarf, long jacket, tunic
FLO4656045 Costume of a Druze woman, Palestine, 19th century. She wears turban headdress with scarf, long jacket, tunic, sash belt, skirts and pantaloons, and holds a bowl and bottle

Letter D Distillator (spirits, liqueurs, perfumes). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et
DUV4211442 Letter D Distillator (spirits, liqueurs, perfumes). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers""

Itinerant seller of tissane with flask and cups, serving a drink to a small boy, Paris, 1815
FLO4671686 Itinerant seller of tissane with flask and cups, serving a drink to a small boy, Paris, 1815. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M. S

Persian woman in dance costume. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814)
FLO4722983 Persian woman in dance costume. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

American Revolution- Seven Years War, British soldier's tin canteen
3501351 American Revolution- Seven Years War, British soldier's tin canteen; Private Collection; (add.info.: British soldier's kidney shaped tin canteen or water bottle with shoulder cord c)

A couple at the table
3562137 A couple at the table by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Trieste 1942 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

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"Unveiling the Timeless Elixir: Exploring the Enigmatic Flask" Step back in time to 1912 with "The Pharmacy" artwork, where a flask takes center stage, symbolizing the essence of alchemy and healing. Journey further into history as a 16th-century woodcut showcases distillation techniques, revealing the ancient art of transforming substances within a flask. Discover London's musical past through William Bull's trade card featuring flasks alongside musical instruments, illustrating their significance in creating harmonious melodies. Delve into tales of love and enchantment as we uncover "The Love Potion, " crafted for Isolde the Fair and King Mark of Cornwall, contained within an ornate flask brimming with mystical allure. Witness a lively coach party enjoying lunch at a traditional pub, where they are passed around to share spirits and merriment among friends. Immerse yourself in humor with The Humorist Easter Number from 1938, where flasks playfully feature amidst comical scenarios that tickle your funny bone. Observe a male pharmacist diligently working with test tubes in his laboratory; his trusty flask serves as an essential vessel for scientific exploration and discovery. Transport yourself to Chaucer's era as Doctor O Physic wields his flask while dispensing wisdom on matters of health and well-being through poetic verses. Marvel at a still life painting from the 17th century showcasing pilgrim flasks alongside candlesticks, porcelain vases, and luscious fruits—a testament to their enduring beauty throughout centuries. Join Kentish cider drinkers reveling in their favorite beverage poured from rustic flasks—celebrating tradition while savoring every sip that embodies local craftsmanship. Indulge in literary escapism accompanied by Edmund Dulac's exquisite illustration from "The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam. " A flask filled with wine becomes an emblematic companion amidst wilderness—an invitation to embrace paradise.