Crest Collection (page 11)

Tauraco persa, green turaco
Plate 7, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Vol. 1 (1743)

Psittacula sp. parakeet
Plate 135 from Xaverio Manettis Ornithologia methodice digesta (1769). Annotated Psittacula mexicana crsitata dictus

Centropus menbeki, greater black coucal
Plate 33 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Lophodytes cucullatus, hooded merganser
Plate 94, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Cardinalis cardinalis, northern cardinal
Plate 38, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Cochoa purpurea, purple cochoa
Plate 229, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Aix falericulata, mandarin duck
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Eudyptes schlegeli, royal penguin
Ff. 80. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes chhrysocome and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sayornis phoebe, eastern phoebe
Plate 120 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasant
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Lophura swinhoii, Swinhoes pheasant
Plate 16 hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol.7, (1850-83)

Oxypogon guerinii cyanolaemus, bearded helmetcrest
Plate 41, hand coloured lihtograph by Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Supplementary volume, (1861)

Lophophorus lhuysii, Chinese monal

Lophura diardi, Siamese fireback

Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasant
Plate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Argusianus argus grayi, great argus
Plate 12 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Pavo muticus, green peafowl
Plate 5 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Loddigesia mirabilis, marvellous spatuletail
Plate 161, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.3, (1849-61)

Oviraptor head
Oviraptor means bird thief and refers to this dinosaurs diet. It was a fast, bipedal omnivore living in the upper Cretaceous, using its toothless horny beak to crush eggs and eat seeds

Tyrannus verticalis, Tyrannus forficatus, Sayornis saya
Plate 359 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Pica nuttallii Cyanocitta stelleri Aphelocoma californica Nu
Plate 362 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Botaurus lentiginosus, American bittern
Plate 337 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Tadorna cristata, crested shelduck
Watercolour by Shigeru Kobayashi (c. 1920)

Vanellus vanellus, northern lapwing, Turdus torquatus, ring
Watercolour by Henry Payne (c. 1920)

Catreus wallichii, cheer pheasant
Watercolour by Rajman Singh (c. 1856-64)

Pucrasia macrolopha, koklass pheasant
Watercolour by Rajman Singh (c. 1856-64)

Edward Confessor / Butler
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR King of England (1042-66) Date: 1004-1066

NFS (London Region) former Borough fire engine, WW2
A County-Borough fire engine (with the Borough crest still on its side) that was incorporated into the newly formed NFS. This is believed to be an Emergency Tender although its base station is unknown

NFS (London Region) River Thames Formation, WW2
The River Headquarters crest of the NFS River Thames Formation, which covered the Greater London area of the Thames, and included some eighteen fireboats and assorted fire floats and other tenders

Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon
Mr Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon, in which he ascended from the Artillery Ground on 13 May, and with Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage from St Georges Fields on 29 June. May-June 1785

Lunardis balloon (bearing a lion and unicorn royal crest) and car containing three people. 1785

Flag and heraldry designs

Bird crest or bookplate with opening for text or portrait
Vase. Drawing shows a vase with various designs painted on it. Date 1878 Dec

Valletta Waterfront, formerly Pinto Wharf, Grand Harbour, Floriana, Malta GC; roof-line limestone crest with (?) dolphins 2011

Stamps of Romania
Stamps and the Crest of Romania of 1906 and a small map showing the location of the country on the Black Sea, bordering Russia, Austria-Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria (at the time). Date: 1906

Wedding of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
Silver dressing table articles presented by the Prince Christian and Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein on the occasion of their daughter Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921)

Denmark - Crest and Flag
Denmark - National Crest and Flag Date: 1914

Policeman on duty outside Buckingham Palace, London
A policeman on duty outside Buckingham Palace, London, with an ornate iron gate behind him. Date: 1920s

Advertisement for Martell Cognac, featuring a ship at sea, powered by sail and steam, of the kind used to export the product in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition

General Oskar von Hutier, German army officer
General Oskar von Hutier (1857-1934), German army officer during the First World War. He was Commander of the 8th Army which took Riga in September 1917

Large country house gutted by fire, Mid Wales
A large country house gutted by fire, probably in the Mid Wales area. The fire is recent, as smoke is still drifting from the building

Cock-of-the-rock on a jungle perch
A Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) on a jungle perch. These exotic birds are found in Venezuela, Guyana and Surinam. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Wartime letter of condolence
Letter of condolence written by a scribe from King George V to E. Camells mother during the first world war

Blackheath Green Man
The Green Man, on the crest of Blackheath Hill, standing until quite recently as a venue for old-style music hall performances. Date: circa 1860

The Flag of the Kingdom of Italy
The Flag and crest of the Kingdom of Italy

Militaria - on blue cloth
An assemblage of British Militaria, including swords, hats, a belt, plumes, crests, chainmail, colours, epaulettes, a bearskin and a cutlass. Photograph by Malcolm Greensmith

Glasgow & South Western
The beautiful decorative Coats of Arms of the Glasgow & South Western Railway, with the specific locomotive number 789 set in the centre

Wolsey / Hullmandel / Buss
CARDINAL THOMAS WOLSEY English prelate and statesman, from a portrait in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

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