Claws Collection

Lovecraft / Aliens / 1936
THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME (H P Lovecraft) - Peaslee encounters the Great Race

Amazing Stories scifi magazine cover, The Mad Robot
THE MAD ROBOT by William P McGivern. A brave man fires a ray-gun at an advancing metal robot with large claws and a brain encassed in a glass-domed head Date: 1944

A Tiger approaches
A fantastic picture of a large male Tiger approaching with menace. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Mad Metal Robot
THE MAD ROBOT by William P McGivern. A brave man fires a ray-gun at an advancing metal robot with large claws and a brain encassed in a glass-domed head Date: 1944

A Barn Owl hunting a rat. Pen & ink illustration by Raymond Sheppard

Suffragette Militant Cat Fifi
A large white cat, hammer in her claws and a Votes for Women sash, addresses a group of toys on the necessity of militant action, not sure if the message is getting through Date: circa 1913

Christmas card in the shape of a lobster. Date: circa 1890s

Peregrine Falcon (Morris
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus)

Nigel, A Zulu
A portrait oil painting of Nigel, a muscular Zulu man, wearing a black and white striped wrap which reveals a bare shoulder and half torso

Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban, The Tempest, Shakespeare
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904

Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1
Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, with a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the words Louvain and Rheims (Reims) on his shoulders

Original Artwork - Noahs Lion with black spots
Original Artwork - The Lion in Noahs Ark with black spots - Christmas design. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Cockerel scratching for a living Date: 20th century

Little Women - a lobster for a special lunch
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - a lobster for a special lunch. 1880

Lobster in a rock pool - blue and purple in its natural habitat, but bright red when cooked. Date: circa 1950s

Weapons, clothes, tomb and boat of the Chukchi
Pick-axe made with a walrus tusk, stone hatchet of Alaska, wooden instrument with claws used by the Chukchi people to hunt walrus, tomb of the Unalaskans, and baidar (boat)

Pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus
Head, paws, claws and newborn pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, and young leopard, Panthera pardus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration from nature by Christian Nicolaus

Crab with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Crouching LynX Date: 1880

Puppy abducted by eagle in Valle Brembana, San Gallo, Italy
Puppy abducted by eagle in Valle Brembana, San Gallo, north-east of Milan, Italy. Fortunately the puppy struggled and the eagle had to drop it from a height of 30 metres - the dog had a soft landing

MEXICANS, MOUNTAIN LION
Three Mexicans encounter a mountain lion, and hope that their gun, backed by two daggers, will save them from its claws and jaw. Date: 1880

FABLE / LION IN LOVE
THE LION IN LOVE He must agree to let his teeth be plucked out and his claws cut off. Date: circa 1870

Bagh-nakh
Bagh Nakh, Tigers Claw. Two brass rings (for the fingers) attached to a brass plate with four steel claws. For the left hand. Obtained from a dacoit in Belgaum District, india, 1945

Plucked goose on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Tabby kitten sharpening its claws on a chair
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten sharpening its claws on a chair. 1950s

Advert for James Aitchison brooches 1883
James Aitchison, manufacturer of National Scottish Jewellery. From birds shot in the Highlands of Scotland, mounted as brooches in gold and silver, and set with Scotch Cairngorms stones. 1883

Ishtar Gate. 4th century BC. Babylon
Ishtar Gate. The eight gate of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in 575 BC by order to Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed in 1930. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Imperial Banner of emperor Charles V
Imperial Banner with double-headed eagle of Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor

Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, Castle Urquhart
Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, found on the shore of the loch near Castle Urquhart, Scotland. Date: circa 1935

Collared Lemmings - adults in winter fur, large winter claws for digging snow (in summer they are smaller) (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arcti

Collared Lemmings large winter claw of a forepaw - adapted for digging snow (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic

Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II

Illustration of a white hawk, by Mattias Wolf
Illustration of a white hawk or falcon, by Mattias (later Joseph) Wolf (1820-1899), in a book entitled Traite de Fauconnerie (Treatise of Falconry)

A Buzzard on a broken branch
A Buzzard (Buteo buteo) on a broken branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Airedale terrier resting on the floor
Unusual Friends - Airedale terrier resting on the floor. 1950s

Kitten lying on its back
Unusual Friends - kitten lying on its back. 1950s

Man holding two large lobsters. Date: circa 1970s

Street market in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, Savoie, France
Street market scene with egg and poultry seller in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, Savoie, France. circa 1969

Flying sparrow on a bird-shaped greetings card (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens with muff on a cutout New Year card
Two kittens playing with a white fur muff on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a lobster with a bowl of boiled eggs and salad. Date: circa 1890s

Egypt. Spinx of Giza. Detail. Lions claws
Egypt. Great Sphinx of Giza. Limestone statue with lion body and human head. Is believed that represents the Pharaoh Khafra. Built as a protective guard on the banks of the River Nile. Detail

Greetings card in the shape of a penguin with a blank label hung round its neck. Date: circa 1890s

Lobster fancy dress costume
A lobster fancy dress costume from 1911 of red satin, accompanied by an under dress of white sun-ray pleated silk, the bolero laced with knitted red ribbons tied in a tier of bows to simulate

Secretary bird with books on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Sphinxs paw from Memphis. 2000-1000 BC. Egypt
Paw of a large sphinx with lions claws. Quartzite. Middle or New Kingdom. C. 2000-1000 BC. From Memphis, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Zoological Misfitz - Squire Turkey. early 20th century

Cute puppy on a cutout Christmas card, with handwritten greeting. Date: circa 1890s

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