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Paris, France - Notre-Dame. Date: 19th century

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1914
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Advert for Galaof London lip and nail colours 1950
Advert for Gala of London lip and nail colours for " every fashion shade". Date: 1950

False Nails
Rather clumsy clip-on false nails! Date: early 1930s

Bejewelled Nail Covers
A model shows off her bejewelled nail cover talons, similar to the type worn by traditional dancers in Bali. Date: early 1930s

Ushi-no-toki mairi Woman Rain Midnight Driving
Artokoloro

Herb and spiced salt

Danish smoked salt

Salt cellar with salt

Barn Owl (Strix flammea)

Aardvark (Orycteropus capensis)
Illustration of a Aardvark (Orycteropus capensis)

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Forces involved when screw is turned

Hammering a nail in to a floor board

Black and white illustration of batten and trellis nailed to garden fence

Illustration of hardboard nail with diamond shaped head

Illustration of round wire nail, and oval and lost head

Illustration of annular nail with toothed shank and round head

Digital Illustration of bridle joint in wood

Illustration of drywall nail with round head

Cross section digital illustration showing strip of wooden moulding nailed to edge of shelf

Digital cross section illustration of round head masonry nail and flat head screw inserted through timber and wall

Digital illustration of 25 mm of cord nailed to sash window

Black and white illustration of finishing nail with smooth shank and round head

Illustration of rectangular cut floor brad with L-shaped head

Digital Illustration of metal corner bead strengthened with filler and nailed to external corner in plasterboard

Digital illustration showing timber floorboards nailed to joist

Digital illustration of using hammer to nail spacer in place between balusters

Digital illustration showing hammer nailed new baluster under handrail

Digital Illustration of using hammer to tap glazing sprig in to putty surrounding new glass in window

Digital illustration of hacksaw blade cutting through nail on damaged shingle roof tile

Black and white illustration of of using hammer to nail felt roofing on eaves of garden shed

Black and white illustration of making holes in metal lid using hammer and nail

Illustration of removing nail using claw hammer

Black and white illustration of hammer on a board with two nails halfway in

Digital illustration showing how electrochemistry works

Cross section biomedical illustration of fingernail

BLACKSMITH, 1483. Woodcut from William Caxtons edition, 1483, of Jacobus de Cessolis Game and Play of the Chess, 1483

LUTHER ANNIVERSARY, 1617. German broadside, 1617, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the nailing of Martin Luthers 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, after a woodcut, 1518

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