Salt Collection (page 2)

El Bedieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
El Bedieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Bedouin at the salt wells near Tell- Afar, (Iraq or Syria). The next day we pushed on to El Bedieh, where the Bedawin have sunk wells in a dry wadi

Cairo and the Pyramids, early 19th century, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Cairo and the Pyramids, early 19th century, (1901). The city of Cairo in Egypt, with the River Nile and the Pyramids at Gizeh beyond. From " The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. I

Lake Hart, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Lake Hart, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

Salt mine in Halbein, engraving

Specimens of volcanic matter found in the crater of Vesuvius, 1776
Specimens of volcanic matter found in the crater of Vesuvius, Plate XXXXVI, from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Desing of a Presentation Dish and a Salt Cellar, 1901. Artist: Russian Master, Factory Faberge
Desing of a Presentation Dish and a Salt Cellar, 1901. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Presentation Salt Cellars, 1787. Artist: Anonymous master
Presentation Salt Cellars, 1787. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Salt production in the Solovetsky Transfiguration Monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

The mill at Saltaire, c1880. Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk. He is best remembered as the builder of Saltaire Mill near Bradford

Salt-Making in Rajputana, c1900, (1910). Artist: Henry Lansdell
Salt-Making in Rajputana, c1900, (1910).Salt making in what is now Rajasthan. From The Strand Magazine. [George Newnes Ltd. London, 1910]

Conveying salt to the interior by wheelbarrow train, China, 1907. Artist: Keystone View Company
Conveying salt to the interior by wheelbarrow train, China, 1907. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Solar evaporation, salt manufacture, Syracuse, New York, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Solar evaporation, salt manufacture, Syracuse, New York, USA, 20th century. Collecting, draining and hauling salt. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Reservoir after evaporation, turning up the salt fields, Solinen, Russia. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Reservoir after evaporation, turning up the salt fields, Solinen, Russia. Stereoscopic card detail

The Salt statue at Bradford, c1880. Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk

The Dead Sea, c1870. Artist: W Dickens
The Dead Sea, c1870. Illustration from Sinai and Jerusalem; or Scenes from the Bible Lands by the Rev FW Holland, (London, c1870)

Renaissance Art in Italy: Benvenuto Cellini, (c1900). Cellini (1500-1571) presents the famous saltcellar to the King of France, Francis I. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

Design for a saltcellar, 1645, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Design for a saltcellar, 1645, (1843). Copy of an engraving by Hollar after a drawing by Holbein. Illustration from Dresses

Sir Titus Salt, British manufacturer and benefactor, 19th century. Artist: W Holl
Sir Titus Salt, British manufacturer and benefactor, 19th century. Portrait of Bradford businessman Salt (1803-1876) who built Saltaire, a new industrial community

Die Saltzpan zu Hallstatt. (From: Topographia Provinciarum), 1679. Artist: Merian, Caspar (1627-1686)
Die Saltzpan zu Hallstatt. (From: Topographia Provinciarum), 1679. From a private collection

View of Grand Cairo, Egypt, 1809. Artist: Daniel Havell
View of Grand Cairo, Egypt, 1809. View showing the Sultan Hassan Mosque, built in the mid 14th century. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Miners are gathering loose rock salt after blasting, and loading it into a horse-drawn tub for hoisting to the surface

Mining for rock salt, c1890. Miners being lowered down a shaft on rope slings to begin their shift in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland

Producing salt by evaporating natural brine by pouring it into a pit of burning charcoal, 1556. A rather impure product resulted. From De re metallica by Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Titus Salt, British woolstapler and industrialist, c1880. Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk

Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine, Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland, 20th century. Cigarette card c1920

Rock Salt: Refining salt, Northwich, Cheshire, England, c19th century

Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine near Cracow, Poland, c1820. Not all the salt is excavated, some pillars being left to support the roof of the mine

The Cathedral, Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, 19th century
The Cathedral, Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, showing the pillars of salt that have been left to support the ceiling of the cavern which has been left after the excavation of rock

Producing salt by evaporating sea water in salt pans, 1556
Producing salt by evaporating sea water in salt pans. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel 1556)

Evaporating pots of brine in a natural hot spring to obtain salt, 1556
Evaporating pots of brine in a natural hot spring to obtain salt. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Salt Works, Amsterdam, 1660. Right: quality of product is being shown to potential customer: Left: women are refining brine in a boiler

Evaporating sea water in iron pots to obtain salt, 1556
Evaporating sea water in iron pots to obtain salt. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Shovelling salt at South Durham Salt Works, 1884. Top: Shovelling salt from pans in which brine pumped up from borehole was evaporated. Bottom: Stoking the furnace heating the evaporating tanks

Cod Curing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cod Curing, c1845. Men curing cod; one holds the fish over a barrel, probably of salt, used to make the fish keep for months. The other hangs the cod up on a line

The Pyramids at Cairo, 1809. Artist: Rawle
The Pyramids at Cairo, 1809

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by earthquake, 1493. Fifteenth century depiction of a biblical event thought to have occurred c1900 BC

Settlement in Russian Lapland, 1594
Settlement in Russian Lapland in 1594, showing meat and fish being preserved. After Jan Huyghen van Linschoten Voyagie van by Noorden om langes Noorwegen de Noortcaep, Laplant. 1601. Engraving

Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, c1880. This shows how pillars of rock have been left to support the roof

South Durham Salt Works, 1884. Loading crystallised salt into railway wagons. Brine would be pumped up from the borehole, purified, then crystallised

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