Eggshell Collection

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Eggs
A stunning variety of eggs. Date: 1930

Yongzheng Period Plate
An illustration of an eggshell pink, decorative Chinese porcelain plate of the Yongzheng period, 1723-1735. It bears the scene of a woman in authority sat beside two smaller men who are carrying

Cartoon, The Bad Egg of Europe! by Victor Hicks. 1914

Shop window design, Easter Novelties! 1937

German Easter card with rabbit and hatching chicks. Date: circa 1890s

German Easter card with chicks and eggshells. circa 1890s

Fairy with a shell-shaped car on an Easter postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Boiled egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Two yellow chicks on a Christmas card
Two newly hatched yellow chicks on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Spallanzanis great auk egg
Spallanzanis great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Tristrams great auk egg
Tristrams great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Walter Rothschilds great auk egg
Walter Rothschilds great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Lord Lilfords great auk egg
Lord Lilfords great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. Also known as the Royal College of Surgeons egg No.6 The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle

Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century. 1962.1.5 (composite image) Date: 1962

Duck, frog and duckling on a comic card
The egg has hatched and a duckling has emerged, with the frog and the mother duck standing on either side -- Peacemaker. (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Susi - popping out of an Easter egg. 1950s

Babies in a broken eggshell, carried by lambs in a harness. Date: circa 1900s

Babies in broken eggshells with rabbits or hares. Date: circa 1900s

Eggcup stand with eggs on a cutout Christmas card
Eggcup stand with eggs and spoons on a cutout Christmas card -- Health, Happiness, Prosperity, Lays for the Season. Date: circa 1890s

Chick hatching on a cutout New Year card
Chick hatching from an egg on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick hatching on a cutout Christmas card
Chick hatching from an egg on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card
Chick emerging from an egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card. circa 1890s

Chick in an eggcup on a cutout Easter card
Chick emerging from an egg in an eggcup on a cutout Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick in an eggcup on a cutout Christmas card
Chick emerging from an egg in an eggcup on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Boy and girl with toys on a Victorian scrap. He is riding a horse which is breaking through a large eggshell; she is holding a doll. Date: circa 1890s

Dogs in containers on eight Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Duck, frog and egg on a comic card
The mother duck attacks the frog with her egg in its mouth -- A Fowl Blow. (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Frog and egg on a comic card
A frog finds a duck egg -- Eggspectation. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Frog and egg on a Christmas card
Frog and duck egg on a Christmas card -- Enjoyment. (3 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Frog and egg on a New Year card
Frog and duck egg on a New Year card -- Jollification. (2 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Frog and duckling on a Christmas card
Frog and newly hatched duckling on a Christmas card -- Consternation. (4 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Cats and birds on a Christmas card. Some of the birds are just hatching out of their shells. circa 1890s

Dr Leachs 139 great auk egg
Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a yellow duckling just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921

Advertisement for Robbialac paint, from Jenson & Nicholson of Stratford, East London. It costs less than wallpaper, slightly more than distemper, but its durability makes it far cheaper than either

Joyous Easter - Maiden carrying Eggs and spring fronds
Joyous Easter. A European Easter Maiden with a yolk; on one side hangs a large basket of colourful eggs, on the other a large broken eggshell, holding some spring branches with cherry blossom buds

Eggcup stand with two eggs on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Wasp nest in a bowler hat
This bowler hat containing a wasp nest was found in an outhouse on the estate of Walter Rothschild in Tring. The nest was built by the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

A collection of eggs from western Asia

Fulica atra, common coot
Plate 84 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Various bird eggs from western Asia
Various common Indian birds eggs from the Hume Collection. Specimens housed at Natural History Museum at Tring

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