Acorns Collection

Jays feasting on acorns by David Parry

King of Acorns, German Playing Card. circa 1900

The Acorn Harvest at Chingford, Epping Forest
Acorns being harvested in Epping Forest, near Chingford in 1904. The acorns were collected and sold at 6d. a bushel, and were chiefly bought for feeding to pigs. Date: 1904

Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (18411904) - a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone

Squirrel and acorns on a greetings card with verse -- Rough Winter. Date: circa 1890s

British coin, George V silver threepenny bit
British coin, a George V silver threepenny bit, with oak leaves and acorns on the reverse. Date: 1932

Luxembourg - Fort Thungen - Drai Eechelen Park
Luxembourg - Fort Thungen - a historic fortification sited in Drai Eechelen Park, in the Kirchberg quarter. It is also colloquially known as Three Acorns ( Trois Glands )

Bird in oak leaves with acorns
A bird in a clump of oak leaves with acorns. Date: circa 1920s

British coins, two George V sixpences for 1928 and 1929. With oak leaves and acorns on the reverse. Date: late 1920s

Luther Burbank - American botanist and horticulturist
Luther Burbank (1849-1926) - American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career

Silhouette, Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Blue Mosque, Istanbul and the Hippodrome
The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque - designed by royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan), Istanbul (Constantinople) and the Hippodrome

Bashibazouks or Bashi-Basouks ( Damaged head - leaderless ) - irregular troops of the Turkish Army known for their lack of discipline

The port of Constantinople
The Port of Constantinople set within a border of oak leaf and acorns

Oak / Quercus
Oak species with acorns Chene a fruits pedoncules

Owen Jones Flowers 95
Various leaves, full-sized, traced from nature: Vine, Holly, Oak, Turkey Oak, and Laburnum

16Thc Card Designs
Playing card designs featuring acorns, trees, laundry and bathing scenes, by Peter Floetner (1 and 3) and a Viennese master (card 2)

Berry / November
NOVEMBER A swineherd throws his stick among the oak branches to bring down the acorns to feed his animals

First Foodstuff
The First Foodstuff - Acorns

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