Clove Collection

Plants bearing fruits and seeds
Plants bearing berries and seeds including guava, membrillo, brazil nut, mistletoe, spotted laurel, cannonball tree, cactus, eucalyptus, myrtle, clove, caraway, coriander, hemlock, cumin, etc

Garlic, Allium sativum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants), Jena

American mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni
American mahogany or Cuban mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni. Critically endangered. Maogano or Magogano d America. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Carnation or clove pink, oillet, Dianthus caryophyllus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D.G. after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers

Hybrid variety of poppy, pavot, Papaver rhoeas. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers, Chez Janet

Clove, Caryophyllus aromaticus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Carnation or clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, Oeillet. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Caryophyllus aromaticus, Giroflier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Giraffe and clove tree
Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, with handler and clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer after an illustration by A

Carnation or clove pink cultivars, Dianthus caryophyllus. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Plants of Sumatra including clove, mangosteen
Plants of Sumatra including clove 1, mangosteen 3, rambutan 4 and black pepper 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Clove pink or carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

Nutmeg and clove spice trees
Mace and nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans, and clove spice tree, Syzygium aromaticum, 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr

Clove, Syzygium aromaticum (Eugenia caryophyllata). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London

West Indian bay tree, Pimenta racemosa (Wild clove or bayberry, Pimenta acris). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Clove spice, Syzygium aromaticum (Caryophyllus aromaticus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Caryophyllaceae - Clove Pink
Caryophyllaceae: the clove pink tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889

Mesopotamia. Clay foundation peg. 1st Dynasty of Lagash. 2400Bc. From Bad-Tibira. Iraq. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Plants: Dianthus Caryophyllus or Clove Pink
Dianthus Caryophyllus, also known as a Clove or Devon Pink. Date: 1865

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove
Plate 64 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

The Clove, used for Removing Shoves After Hand Scutching, To
The Clove, used forRemoving Shoves After Hand Scutching, Toome - a view of a man and woman pulling flax threads with a clove. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)

Mesopotamia. Foundation nails. 3rd Millenium BC. Bronze. Iraq British Museum. London. England. Kingdom

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove spice tree in flower with scarlet and yellow flowers.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove spice flower, petals, stamen, germen, fruit, berry and embryo.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Young Kitchenmaid shocked by the odour of Brown Garlic - " Lovely grub - lovely grub!" Date: circa 1940s

Drunken Gentleman requesting a clove off a Policeman
Drunken Gentleman in multiple stages of disarray requests a clove from a London Policeman in order to disguise (fat chance!) the evidence that he has been boozing. Date: circa 1890s

Man at bar wanting clove to disguise evidence of his boozing
Drunken gentleman leaning against a bar, requesting the barmaid for a clove to disguise the olfactory evidence of his boozing

Theobroma cacao, cocoa; Syzygium aromaticum, cloves; Myristi
Plate 1 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Entitled A group from Burlgaar. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

All about Betel chewing
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Dianthus Caryophyllus (Carnation)
Dianthus Caryophyllus (Clove Pink, Carnation) named Jazz, seen here in close-up with cream-coloured petals and bright pink edging. The Dianthus belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family

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