Osier Collection

Basket weaver at work. circa 1800

Curtis British Entomology Plate 96
Lepidoptera: Vanessa antiopa = Nymphalis antiopa (Camberwell Beauty) [Plant: Salix sp. (Salix forbyana, Basket Osier)] Date: 1824-39

Cyclops Enters his Cave
Polyphemus the Cyclops enters his cave holding a bunch of osier twigs (to sleep on). Odysseus and his terrifed men hide at the back of the cave behind a flock of sheep

Salix viminalis, osier willow
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Osier willow foliage

Osier Baskets Made at Gawleys Gate, Loch Neagh
Osier Baskets Made at Gawleys Gate, L. Neagh - a view of a youth bringing other baskets to a pile outside a cottage. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Lough Neagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Illustration, Hadenidae -- Ophiusidae -- Brephidae -- Mormo Maura, Catephia Alchymista, Catocala Fraxini, Catocala Nupta, Catocala Sponsa, Catocala Electa, Catocala Paranympha, Brephos Parthenias

Illustration, Drepanulidae -- Notodontidae -- Cilix Glaucata, Drepana Binaria, Platypteryx Falcataria, Cerura Vinula, Cerura Erminea, Cerura Bifida, Hybocampa Milhauseri, Stauropus Fagi

Indian with Girl / Myth
Algon, a hunter, captures a Star-maiden & carries her off to his village; he is unaware of her lamentations as she sees her own people rise out of sight in the Osier basket

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