Ears Collection (page 2)

Crouching LynX Date: 1880

Grey Wild Cat Date: 1880

Woman with snoring husband
A woman sits up in bed with cotton wool in her ears, kept awake by her snoring husband. Date: 1960s

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Young woman of le Havre in a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

HEAD OF A WHIPPET
A profile photograph of an elegant whippet with its ears pricked up. Date: 1930s

BULL TERRIER PUPPY
This adorable bull terrier puppy sits staring into the distance. Date: 1929

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

FALL / DOBERMANN / 1940
Unnamed dobermann with cropped ears owned by Wechsel. The dog is sitting carrying a briefcase by its handle in its mouth. Date: 1940

FALL / GREAT DANE / 1931
CAROL OF OUBOROUGH Owned by Rank. Note the cropped ears. Date: 1931

FALL / GREAT DANE / 1897
CHAMPION HANNIBAL With cropped ears. Colour: brindle. Date: 1897

Boxer - 3 Heads - 1937
The heads of three boxers belonging to Mrs Sprigge. The one of the left with the cropped ears has been imported, the other two were bred in Britain. Date: 1937

SPARING PERFUME 1935
Perfume should be used sparingly and sprayed on the shoulders and behind the ears to be most fragrant. This should be done before putting on a dress to avoid staining! Date: 12 September 1935

EAR-CORRECTION BONNET
Bonnet Plaque Oreilles intended to prevent the childs ears from being detached (decollement doreilles) or possibly to cure sticking out ears? Date: 1950s

Camel with flowed bridle, Jordan
Close-up profile of camel with flowered bridle, Petra, Jordan Date: circa 1995

Sheep in Staffordshire
A flock of Suffolk sheep and lambs stare at the camera on a cold winter day. The image has been blurred with a time exposure to exaggerate the movement and mist in the farmers field Date: 1990

Doney ears, Ireland
A donkeys ears poke over a corrugated iron fence outside a cottage in Country Clare, Ireland. Date: 1990

Sandy Bay, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. The card reverse informs us that rock formations to the right are known as Lot

Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - Huntingdon
Judging a Fancy Dress Competition at a Summer Festival Fair Parade Pageant at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The two (possible winners) are a pair of mice (with added hand-drawn tails!)

WW2 poster, Beware of Spies
WW2 poster, Warning! Beware of Spies! Don t Talk. The Enemy Has Ears Everywhere. Published in September 1939, on the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Racial / E Africa / Kenya
A Masai woman of Kenya (then the British East African Protectorate) - weighed down with massive ornaments on her neck, arms, ears and head Date: 1908

Old Type Pug
Standing Pug. A very old type example with cropped ears and a long snout. The tail, although less exaggerated than in later periods, is curled over the back

Comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card, with a pun on Ear / Year. Date: circa 1890s

Greeting on a New Year card (possibly with a pun on Ear / Year). Date: circa 1890s

Ear with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Scrap - Circus Clown trying to ride a Donkey - Whoa Plunger! late 19th century

White cat with pink ears
Unusual Friends - white cat with pink ears. 1950s

Long-eared rabbit
Unusual Friends - long-eared rabbit. 1950s

Statue of Ankhrekhu. Egypt
Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

English Costume Mid C14
Woman: cote-hardie with long tippets, kirtle buttoned over the hands, ornamental fillet, veil & plaits coiled over the ears. Men: mantle, fur hood, houppelande, girdle & pouch. Date: 1365 - 1376

How to Pick up Rabbits
Disputing the common fallacy that rabbits should be picked up by their ears

WW2 greetings card, rabbit ARP warden
WW2 greetings card, a rabbit ARP warden with a torch. Date: circa 1942

Hippopotamus - Hippo with eyes, ears and nostrils appearing above water (Hippopotamus amphibius). Zambesi River

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Hon. Sylvia Coke by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Sylvia (or Silvia) Beatrice Coke (1909-2005) by Madame Yevonde. She was the elder daughter of Viscount Coke (Thomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester)

Taro Plantation - Samoa - Pacific Ocean. Taro is a root vegetable native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Taro features in traditional desserts such as Samoan " fa ausi"

Portrait of a horse and two hounds
Portrait of a horse (wearng a simple snaffle) and two Great Danes Date: circa 1910s

Two kittens with pink ears
Unusual Friends - two kittens with pink ears. 1950s

Basset hound on a log
Unusual Friends - Basset hound on a log. 1950s

Victorian Scrap - Head of Hare. late 19th century

Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Four Basset hounds with basket
Unusual Friends - four Basset hounds with basket (mother and three puppies). 1950s

Basset hound on a sofa
Unusual Friends - Basset hound on a sofa. 1950s

Two piglets in a wooded area, one of them sniffing at (or rubbing its head on) a tree trunk. Date: circa 1960s

Advert for Faulkner diamond jewellery 1901
A selection of novelty Edwardian diamond brooches, pearl necklace, earrings for non-pierced ears, and also a personalised name brooch to order. 1901

Monument to a pet at the Asnieres Dog Cemetery, Paris
A beautiful monument to a favourite doggy at the Asnieres Dog Cemetery, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

London Zoo - A Lynx Date: circa 1930s

Sheeps head on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Informer. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

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