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postcards

'Avant!......apres'

ca. 1902

This object is a printed picture postcard titled 'Avant!.....aprés', produced around 1902 and attributed as probably German. Executed as a lithograph using printing ink on card, the postcard measures approximately 9 cm in height by 14 cm in width. The recto of the postcard depicts three sequential narrative scenes. The first scene shows a well-dressed man in his prime, wearing a frock coat and white trousers, confidently aiming a stream of urine toward a rock outdoors, while a woman approaches in the distance along a path. The central scene shows the couple walking together arm in arm under an umbrella. In the third scene, the man is shown stooped over inside a room, urinating painfully into a chamber pot beside a small cabinet table stocked with medicines and bottles. The inscription 'Avant!.....aprés' is printed across the upper recto.

postcards

'Honni soit qui mal y pense'

ca. 1910

This collectible object is an erotic postcard produced circa 1910 in France by an unknown maker. Printed on card as a lithograph, the postcard measures approximately 9 cm in height by 14 cm in width. The illustration depicts an optical illusion featuring a woman emerging from a broken egg, with a small winged Cupid whispering into her ear alongside floral elements. The visual arrangement is designed so that the woman's upper body, shoulders, and cleavage are formed from the depiction of hindquarters, buttocks, and pudenda as if seen lying on her back with thighs akimbo, while stockinged legs double as arms. The composition is framed by sinuous decorative borders and bears the printed title 'HONNI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' across the surface of the egg.

badges insignia

"Please offer me a seat" badge and card

2017

This circular pin-back badge, accompanied by a card and an information pamphlet, was designed in-house and manufactured by Transport for London (TfL) in 2017. The badge measures 5.5 cm in diameter and is fitted with a safety pin fastening on the reverse. The associated card measures 5.4 cm high by 8.5 cm long, and the folded information pamphlet measures 21 cm high by 9.8 cm wide, extending to 29.2 cm wide when unfolded. The badge features the white text inscription 'Please offer me a seat' set in two lines above the white Transport for London roundel logo against a solid blue background. The blue tone was selected from TfL's corporate palette for its calm and neutral character, aligning visually with the colour used in the International Symbol of Access while creating high contrast with the white typography to ensure visibility and legibility. The accompanying blue card carries the white inscription 'Please offer me a seat.' above the smaller text 'Remember not all impairments and conditions are visible.' It incorporates a tactile indent along its left side to allow blind and low-vision users to orient the card by touch.

posters

"Poster for the German Home Work Exhibition Berlin 1906"

"Poster for the German Home Work Exhibition Berlin 1906" is held by Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin. Museum description: Käthe Kollwitz: "Poster for the German Home Work Exhibition Berlin 1906", poster with lettering, 1906 lithograph. The museum record gives measurements sheet dimensions (height): 71.1 cm, sheet dimensions (width): 47.5 cm, image dimensions (height): 69.2 cm, image dimensions (width): 44.7 cm.

posters

"Poster of the German Home Work Exhibition Berlin 1906"

"Poster of the German Home Work Exhibition Berlin 1906" is held by Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin. Museum description: Käthe Kollwitz: "Poster of the German Home Work Exhibition Berlin 1906", pictorial motif of the poster - without the lettering, 1906 Lithograph. The museum record gives measurements Sheet dimensions (Height): 70.5 cm, Sheet dimensions (Width): 51.3 cm, Image dimensions (Height): 68.9 cm, Image dimensions (Width): 48.3 cm.

playing cards

10 of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, South Netherlandish, ca. 1475–80

ca. 1475–80

10 of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, South Netherlandish, ca. 1475–80 is an object recorded by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated ca. 1475–80. The museum record gives material recorded as Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold; measurements 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm); place associated: South Netherlandish.