Conical Collection (page 2)

Turret, Rue de la Tixeranderie, 1915. Artist: CH Meryon
Turret, Rue de la Tixeranderie, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

A genial official of interior China, naval mandarin, Kinkow (Jingzhou), China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A genial official of interior China, naval mandarin, Kinkow (Jingzhou), China, 1900. Admiral of the River Fleet with his wife and daughter. Stereoscopic card. Detail

An umbrella shaped pagoda, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
An umbrella shaped pagoda, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A vegetable garden amidst pagodas, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
A vegetable garden amidst pagodas, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Curious gateway, entrance to a joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Curious gateway, entrance to a joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. A joss house is a temple for the worship of shen, deities, saints, ancestors and supernatural beings in Chinese folk religion

Caravan en route for China camping at Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Caravan en route for China camping at Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Located in northern Burma, Bhamo is 65 miles west of the border with the Chinese province of Yunnan. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Typical Chinaman, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Typical Chinaman, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Off to China from Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Off to China from Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Located in northern Burma, Bhamo is 65 miles west of the border with the Chinese province of Yunnan. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Picturesque Chinese joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Picturesque Chinese joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. A joss house is a temple for the worship of shen, deities, saints, ancestors and supernatural beings in Chinese folk religion

The much used carrier of Burma, Rangoon, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
The much used carrier of Burma, Rangoon, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Preparing irrigation channels at a sugar plantation, Java, Dutch East Indies, 1927. Stereoscope Camerascope card detail, from a series titled Peeps into many Lands. Issued with Army Club Cigarettes

Landscape near Beauvais, 1740. Artist: Francois Boucher
Landscape near Beauvais, 1740. Boucher, Francois (1703-1770). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Heads of dignitaries, Kerkouane, Tunisia, 3rd century BC. Located in the Bardo Museum, Tunisia

Roman terracotta panel showing a racing chariot, which is approaching the turn in the Circus (marked by the three conical pillars)

Bronze figure of a Canaanite deity, 16th century BC
Bronze figure of a Canaanite deity wearing a conical cap, from the British Museums collection, 16th century BC

Head of a Viking warrior, c9th-11th century
Head of a Viking warrior. From the National Historical Museum, Stockholm

Two Chinese scenes, c1830. The top image shows two itinerant traders, one holding the hand of a child with a windmill toy. The lower picture is of three men planting rice in a paddy field

Interior of a sugar refinery, 1860. Metal cones are being filled with liquid syrup which will crystallise to form sugar loaves

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Artist: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Vesuvius, the volcano most famous for its eruption of 79 AD which destroyed Pompeii, erupted several times in the 1770s

Helmet, Turkish, probably Istanbul, ca. 1560. Creator: Unknown
Helmet, Turkish, probably Istanbul, ca. 1560

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