Highlights from my collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs (cabinet photographs, cartes de visite (cdvs), albumen prints, real photographic postcards) of men with moustaches (or mustaches, depending on which side of the pond you hail from). We travel the world gleaning bits of information whilst admiring the expertly twirled moustaches on display.

Thursday 21st Movember: London

Whilst Monica Galetti and Michel Roux Junior are terrifying chefs nightly on Masterchef: The Professionals it seems appropriate to single out today's subject: one Molinari Fontonio, a Masterchef of years gone by.

I bought this postcard from the lovely Bella at Spitalfields Market many moons ago now when there was still a thriving Antiques Market on Saturdays in Islington. This is the only clue I have to the postcard's origins. It might portray an Italian chef working in London but there are no actual clues to his location.

Look carefully and you'll spot his recipe book, a dangerous-looking cleaver and some other tools of the trade.

Real photographic postcard.






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