Pointed Collection (page 10)

Murex pecten, Venus comb
A pair of Venus combs (Murex pecten). This heavily ornamented gastropod has a row of spines making it look like a comb. They can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Lambris chiragra, spider conch
Watercolour of a spider conch by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Oryx gazella, gemsbok
Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Cassiterite
A dark-brown single crystal of cassiterite among quartz. Cassiterite comprises of (tin oxide) and forms ornately faceted crystals with high lustre. Specimen from Turnavore mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall

Pyromorphite

Littorina sp. periwinkle
A comparison of various periwinkle specimens (Littorina), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lamna nasus, porbeagle shark
Specimen of a porbeagle sharks head on the dissection table outside the Tank Room of the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Volute shell
Watercolour 389 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung a rong, from the Watling Collection

Charonia rubicunda, red australwelk and a volute
Watercolour 388 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gna-gorong and Gung a rung, from the Watling Collection

Strombus tricornis, lightfoot
Shell specimen with Martin Listers engraving from his Historiae Sive Synopsis Methodicae Conchyliorum, 1685-1692, plate 873

Collection of molluscs
Plate 16 from The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride by David Ure ( 1793)

Monodon monoceros, narwhal
The skull and a selecton of vertebrae specimens of the narwhal whale, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Fasciolaria tulipa, true tulip
A pair of true tulips (Fasciolaria tulipa). The true tulip is a carnivorous gastropod that is closely related to the horse conch

Mimetite
A tall, orange prismatic crystal of mimetite. Mimetite comprises of (lead chloroarsenate)

Benthosuchus sushkini
A fossil skull once belonging to an amphibian which lived during the Triassic period, 230 million years ago. This fossil originates from the Triassic rocks of the Scharzhenga river, Vachnevo Russia

Adamite
A specimen of the mineral adamite (zinc arsenate hydroxide). It is a fluorescent mineral, popular among collectors and shows bright green fluorescent under UV lights

Strombus pugilis, West Indian fighting conch
Plate 854 by Martin Lister from his Historia Conchylorium, 1685-1692

Study of shark
Page 397 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Dendroaspis angusticeps, green mamba
Photograph of the skull of a green mamba, showing the snakes upper jaw fangs

Diceros bicornis, horn of a black rhinoceros
A photograph of a black rhinoceros horn specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Adorable baby in woollen hat and cardigan
Baby sitting on table wearing a woollen hat and cardigan. 1900

Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morris Island with gun pointed at Fort Sumter (Fort Putnam and Battery Dahlgren in the distant background. Date 1864 December

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Witch and goblins by Reverend Baden Powell
A delightful and typically Victorian sketch of a witch and her goblin friends, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

View of Beilstein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
View of the town of Beilstein in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, as seen from Langhans Castle. 2010

Starter caught at the Tote
The Starter who was Caught at the Tote by Patrick Bellew. The massed ranks of punters, jockeys, policeman and even a horse react with undiluted horror at the sight of the race starter placing a bet

Silhouette of a soldier in a pointed helmet
Full-length silhouette of a soldier in a pointed helmet with a sword at his side

Italian Shepheard - close to Rome
Italian Shepherd with his flock on a farm near Rome. Note the distinctive form of the hayricks, each ending in a pointed dome with a pole in the top. Date: circa 1910s

Carved tracery in a Mosque
The classic geometric patterns and forms of Islamic architecture, beautifully illustrated in this postcard photograph showing stunning carved tracery in masonry windows set into the wall of a mosque

One of the Kings Dancers - Phnom Penh, Cambodia Date: circa 1910s

Roughton Church
St. Marys Church, Roughton, Norfolk, England. It shows herringbone work, round Saxon windows and has a typically Saxon double-pointed belfry. Date: 10th century

Dunderpate in his dunces cap, sitting on a stool with a slate in his hand, wondering what to write. Date: 1938

German artillery on the march, Bois de Pietre, France, WW1
German artillery on the march at Bois de Pietre, Aubers, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Ballet Couple

Dunderpate finds five bigger dunces
Dunderpate finds five dunces who are bigger dunces, ie taller, than him, as requested by his teacher. Date: 1938

Dunderpate and Susan on dedication page
Dunderpate and Susan on the dedication page -- To our friend Nina Beck. Date: 1938

Rifle Practice
The target is pointed out to a young recruit during rifle practice, Italy. Date: 1929

Saxon Church Doorway
The fine pointed Saxon doorway of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Colchester, Essex, England. Date: 11th century

Dunblane Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland, founded in 1141 by King David I. Rebuilt in 1240 by Bishop Clemens. The tower is early Norman, the rest pointed style Date: 12th century

Old man abducting a little boy

German gunners with field gun, WW1
German gunners in a camouflaged position with a 77mm Model 1896 field gun ready to fire on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American troops on a training exercise, France, WW1
American troops on a training exercise in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Advertisement for Julienne luxury shoes, with shops in Paris, Cannes and Biarritz. 1924

American troops in a tent, Boisleux-au-Mont, France, WW1
American troops in a tent at Boisleux-au-Mont, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 2 September 1917

Anti-German cartoon, German boar and French rabbits, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing some French rabbits making fun of a large German boar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Mobilisation of 4th Grand Infantry Regiment, Berlin, WW1
Scene at the mobilisation of the German 4th Grand Infantry Regiment in Berlin, at the beginning of the First World War. Standing on the dais is Major von Stuelpnagel. Date: circa 1914-1915

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