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Bottom sampler

Clinical thermometer

Albarello drug jar, Venice, Italy, 1571-1630

1571-1630

Albarello vase

1550-1650

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1575-1800

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1575-1800

Syrup jar for Syrup of Roses, Venice, Italy, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Pewter theriac container

1603

Tipping bucket rain recorder

1940-1950

'Siderius Nuncius Magna' and 'Dissertatis cum Sideris Nuncio'

1610-1611

Model of Doge of Venice's State Barge, "Bucentaur"

1727-1728

Theriac stamp, Venice, Italy, 1601-1800

1601-1800

Infant's feeding bottle

1601-1800

Infant's feeding bottle

1701-1800

Drug jar for Conserve of Alexandrian Roses, Venice, Italy, 1560-1580

1560-1580

Blue glazed Earthenware Albarello

1540-1600

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1501-1600

Albarello vase

1550-1650

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1551-1800

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Venice (Italy). Set of 8 brass nested cup weights and hinged case with wooden screw lid box for the Pound Mark.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Venice

1800-1820

Silver gelatin print by Keystone Press Agency, titled "The Burtons in Venice", 11 September 1967. Image shows Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton dancing together during a ball given by Countess Marina Cicogna, at the Vendramin Palace in Venice during the annual Venice Film Festival. Agency stamp and news caption on verso.

The Burtons in Venice

11 September 1967

Planet News Limited photograph titled 'New Gable romance?'. Image shows actor Clark Gable and French ex-model Suzanne Dadolle, in Venice, Italy.

Clark Gable in Venice

07 May 1953

Vintage chlorobromide print. Portrait by Marcus Adams of a young girl wearing a hat and holding a bouquet of flowers.

Young girl with flower bouquet

circa 1920s

Vintage chlorobromide print mounted on card. Portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, by Marcus Adams. Adams' signature in pencil on front. Studio logo of Bertram Park on verso. Park shared studio premises with Adams and Yvonne Gregory at 45 Dover Street, London.

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

1939

Vintage silver gelatin print. Portrait by Marcus Adams of a young boy holding a spotted rabbit in his lap.

Young boy with rabbit

circa 1930s

Vintage chlorobromide print mounted on card. Photograph by Marcus Adams of the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. Signed and annotated by the photographer on front. Adams' Dover Street studio logo on verso.

Piazza San Marco, Venice

1932

Vintage chlorobromide print mounted on paper. Portrait of an unidentified woman, by Marcus Adams.Adams' signature and date in pencil on front.

Unidentified woman

1924

Vintage photogravure mounted on paper. Half length portrait by Marcus Adams titled "The Boy of Britain." Signed and dated by Adams on front. Exhibition labels on verso for London Salon of Photography, 1945, Southampton Camera Club Jubilee Exhibition, 1946, and Handsworth Photographic Society International Exhibition, 1946. Also Dover Street studio label on verso.

The Boy of Britain

1945

Daguerreotype, entitled 'Bridge of the Rialto and Rive de Carboni from the White Lion Inn', 1841 by the Rev Alexander Ellis. Between Easter 1840 and the summer of 1841 Alexander Ellis toured Italy, taking daguerreotype panoramas, landscapes and architectural views. In total, Ellis took or acquired 159 daguerreotypes. He intended to publish engravings made from these as a book entitled 'Italy Daguerreotyped', but sadly the project was never realised.

Bridge of the Rialto and Rive de Carboni from the White Lion Inn

1841-07-20

Black and White photograph of St. Mark's Square, Venice, taken by Jane Brown, 1977.

St. Mark's Square, Venice

1977

Albumen print by William Baker. View of the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.

Rialto Bridge, Venice

late 19th century

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, The Piazetta di San Marco From the Procuratie Nuovo", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 19th July 1841

Venice, The Piazetta di San Marco From the Procuratie Nuovo

1841-07-19

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, Dogana del Mare & Church of San Maria della Salute", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 16th July 1841

Venice, Dogana del Mare & Church of San Maria della Salute

1841-07-16

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, Ca d'Oro, & Pallazzo Contarini", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 22nd July 1841

Venice, Ca d'Oro, & Pallazzo Contarini

1841-07-22

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, Palazzi Corner & Pesaro", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 20th July 1841

Venice, Palazzi Corner & Pesaro

1841-07-20

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, Palazzi Foscari with a portion of Palazzo", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 21st July 1841

Venice, Palazzi Foscari with a portion of Palazzo

1841-07-21

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, Riva Schiavoni from the steps leading to the Gardens", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 21 July 1841

Venice, Riva Schiavoni from the steps leading to the Gardens

1841-07-21

Daguerreotype, entitled "Venice, General View from the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 19th July 1841

Venice, General View from the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore

1841-07-19

2 Daguerreotypes, entitled "Venice, General View taken from a position in the Grand Canal", taken by Alexander John Ellis on 22nd July and 19th July, 1841

2 daguerreotypes, entitlled Venice, General View from the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore

1841-07-19

2 Daguerreotypes of Venice, The Basilica of San Marco, taken by Alexander John Ellis on 22nd July 1841

2 daguerreotypes of Venice, The Basilica of San Marco

1841-1841

Albumen print by William Baker. View of Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy.

Piazza San Marco, Venice

late 19th century

Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Venice (Italy).

Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Venice

1800-1820

Weights and original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Venice (Italy). Set of 8 brass nested cup weights and hinged case with wooden screw lid box for the Pound Mark. Correspondence for Venice and Vienna.

Weights and original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Venice

1800-1820

Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Vienna.

Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Vienna

1800-1820

Photographic view slide for use with the Megalethoscope, marked 'Versailles, Palais et Palace', c. 1862.

Versailles, Palais et Palace

Photographic view slide for use with the Megalethoscope, marked 'Bay of the Fisherman, Sorrento', c. 1862.

Bay of the Fisherman, Sorrent

Photographic view slide for use with the Megalethoscope, marked 'Inside of the Greek Church, Venice', c. 1862.

Inside of the Greek Church, Venice

Keystone Press Agency photograph titled 'The Oliviers in Venice'. Caption on back reads: Sir Laurence Olivier with his wife, Vivien Leigh (centre), who are spending a vacation in Venice, Italy -- seen with Laura Adani during a gondola trip on the grand canal.

The Oliviers in Venice

31 May 1957

Megalethoscope by Charles Ponti of Venice, with 11 photographic views slides and associated glass slides, c. 1862.

Megalethoscope and 11 photographic view slides

1862

Black and white photograph of actress Diana Dors riding in a gondola in Venice, St Marks Square in the background, taken by cornel Lucas in 1954.

Diana Dors

1954