Claws Collection (page 2)

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

Four-Armed Alien
MAN-JEWELS FOR XOTHAR by Hal K Wells. An Earthman with an axe tries to hack his way out of the serpentine embraces of an alien creature with four deadly-looking claws Date: 1936

Folklore / Sphinx
An Egyptian sphinx in her original state - with hair, a nose, claws and seemingly clothing covering her chest

Advertisement, Procter & Company, direct importers of Enamel, Gem, Gold & Silver, & Tiger Claws, The Indian Art Gallery, Oxford Street, London. 1883

Fisherman with lobsters and cat, St Ives, Cornwall
Fisherman with his catch of lobsters, and a cat on his shoulders, St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Owl on a crescent moon on a greetings card
Owl perched on a crescent moon on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1
Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, WW1
Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, showing a large white bear (representing Bulgaria) with blood dripping from its claws, towering above its Central Powers colleagues from Germany

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a white cockerel looking directly at the viewer. Date: 1921

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum The Great, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a proud white cockerel surrounded by admiring hens. Date: 1921

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Short-Toed Eagle. Date: 1933

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Two Eagles -- the Sea Eagle (left) and the Golden Eagle (right). Date: 1933

Lobster and seaweed
A lobster surrounded by seaweed. Date: circa 1920s

Crab and seaweed
A crab surrounded by seaweed. Date: circa 1920s

Cockerel design
A cockerel design. Date: circa 1920s

Domestic cat - tabby being carried by owner. remote old village Vsevolodo-Blagodatskoye - North of Urals Mountains range - Russia - March

Collared Lemming - adult in winter fur (large winter claws are visible); feeds on buds and bark of dwarf willow sprouts on snow surfac (Dicrostonyx torquatus)

THE HUMAN BAT
The Human Bat, strikes a pose! Date: early 1930s

The Neglected Lion. The British Lion as Struwwelpeter, neglected by his politicians who " tinker up the laws and never manicure his claws." ! Date: 1899

Italy - Meran or Merano - Saltners
Since in the earliest paradise on record poor human nature found the plucking of forbidden fruit an irresistible temptation

Two owls on a Christmas card, with envelopes in their beaks. Date: circa 1890s

A cat cleaning its claws. Date between 1830 and 1850

New York, New York. Dock stevedore at the Fulton fish market holding giant lobster claws. Date 1943 May-June

Lion Sharpens its Claws
A lion sharpens its claws on the bark of a tree... Date: 1930s

Tapirape Warriors
Tapirape warriors of Brazil, South America, at the annual ceremonial dances. The magician in the foreground is wearing a very rare crown of Black Jaguar claws. Date: 1930s

Milton / Comus 1634
And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before. Date: First published : 1634

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

Five studies of a cockerel

Myht / Aesops Fables
THE LION IN LOVE " He must agree to let his teeth to be plucked out and his claws cut off." Date: 1912

Kitten emerging from a leather boot
A black and white kitten emerging from a leather boot

Studies of barn owls, and the head of another bird of prey

Furniture by Holland and Sons
Table with inlaid top, decorated with twining snakes, eagle and griffin claws and lily pads. This table featured in the 1851 Great Exhibition

A pair of long-eared owls, one large, one small, inside a shallow alcove in Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. The long-eared owl is medium-sized

A pair of young Little Owls. This small owl was introduced to the UK in the 19th century. It can be seen in the daylight, usually perching on a tree branch, telegraph pole or rock

Lions drinking from a still pool
Stylised drawing by Raymond Sheppard of two African lions drinking by a still pool

Snowy Owl hunting a Hare
A Snowy Owl swoops to catch an Arctic Hare in its talons. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

An Osprey launches of a perch
An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) launching into flight with a caught fish secured in its talons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Eagle in Love
Commemorating Napoleon IIIs wedding to Eugenie -- she is clipping his sharp claws

Bulldog Cannon
The " Bulldog Cannon", found by the British Army in the Fort of Kurnaul, India, in 1838, but originally forged centuries earlier in China. The mouth is the guns muzzle

Coral and a Crab
A piece of coral and a crab with red claws

Megatherium Giant Sloth
The skeleton of a megatherium. Their huge claws meant that they couldn t put their feet flat on the ground and so, like anteaters, had to walk on the sides of their feet

Bear Baiting C 14
To make things fairer on the dogs - besides, they are valuable - the bear is muzzled so that he cannot bite them. Still, he can use his claws if not his jaws

CRAB 1849
Lupa pelagica

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