Rare Collection (page 9)

Black / Hooked-lipped Rhinoceros - two in long grass (Diceros bicornis). Kenya, Africa

Bengal / Indian Tiger - Pug marks (Panthera Tigris). Nepal

Bengal / Indian TIGER - resting head on paw (Panthera tigris tigris). India

Red Panda / Lesser Panda / Red Cat-bear Nest

Black Rhinoceros - resting - head only (Diceros bicornis). Kenya

ASIATIC BLACK BEAR - chewing bark (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan

Javan BANTENG - group (Bos javanicus javanicus). Indonesia

Banteng (Bos javanicus). Indonesia

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS (Rhinoceros unicornis). Two in water

ORANG-UTANS - adult and young looking at reflection in mirror (Pongo pygmaeus)

Leatherback / Leathery Turtle - Scientist recording hatching process for scientific research / study (Dermochelys coriacea). Malay protection project. Distribution includes Trinidad & Tobago

Asian / Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus). Baby, at orphanage

Asian / Indian Elephant - young (Elephas maximus)

Asian / Indian Elephant - baby (Elephas maximus)

Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes). Korea

Chinese egret - nesting colony on cliff top (Egretta eulophotes)

Sportive Lemur - in Didierea Tree - at night (Lepilemur leucopus)

Red Panda / Lesser Panda / Red Cat-bear (Ailurus fulgens)

Giant Panda, Ming, sitting on a wall. Date: circa 1938

Giant Panda, Ming, leaning on a chair. Date: circa 1938

Souvenir dish with flags of Great Britain and Japan
A very rare souvenir dish with the engraved flags of Great Britain and Japan, together with the name of KOBE, the Japanese port on Osaka Bay on the island of Honshu

W H Goss Peace plate - 1919 - Angel of Peace
An extremely rare W. H. Goss Peace plate. Multi-coloured design, issued to commemorate Peace in 1919. The highly detailed transfer has the Angel of Peace in a gothic frame

Grafton china figure of a squatting American Doughboy
An extremely rare hand-painted Grafton china figure (No. 452) of a squatting American (Doughboy) smoking a cigar. Commemorative Ware

WWIBritish RFC / Royal Naval Air Service flechette
A World War One period British Royal Flying Corps./Royal Naval Air Service flechette. This is a rare example of the flechette pattern made under licence from the Bristol Company. Firearms & Equipment

An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup - WWI
An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup and saucer manufactured by S. A. de Fuisseaux Baddour, Belgique, 1914. Cup inscribed Heroic Tommy in Belgium with the Union Jack and the handle has the black

Grafton china figure of a baby dressed as a WWI Tommy
An extremely rare hand-painted Grafton china figure of a baby dressed as a First World War Tommy, standing on a base with a transfer which reads Aberystwyth. Commemorative Ware

German other ranks belt buckle of 105th Saxon Regiment
An extremely rare German other ranks belt buckle of the 105th Saxon Regiment (stamped under base) with the inscription - PROVIDENTIAE MEMOR. Made into the lid of a brass hinged box. Trench Art

Elizabethan Spinet
A rare Elizabethan double spinet. This fine example is beautifully inlaid and has a lovely scene painted inside the lid. Date: 16th century

Chillingham Cattle
A rare breed of wild cattle, preserved in Northumberland. Date: circa 1850

Sir Harry Trelawny
SIR HARRY TRELAWNY churchman - a rare example of a titled preacher. As a child his portrait was painted by Joshua Reynolds, whats more. Date: 1756 - 1834

4th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders, Dingwall
4th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders Memorial Cross erected after the Battle of Cambrai during WW1 - brought over from France in 1924 and erected near the Railway Station in Dingwall

25th Anniversary of ascension as Sultan of Abdul Hamid II
Postcard commemorating the 25th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (18421918), the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who became ruler in 1876

Amasya, Turkey - The Grand Citadel
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

Clavicytherium (Upright Spinet)
Clavicytherium - A fine specimen of a rare keyboard instrument - probably the oldest in existence from the early 16th century

View of Paris, 17th century Dutch School
View of Paris from the Pont Neuf, 17th century Dutch School. The famous Tour de Nesle can be seen on the left, and the old Louvre and Galerie on the right

Succulent plants, rare evergreens, orange trees. Illustration by Thomas Fairchild, from Patrick Blair, Botanic essays. Date: 1720

Illustration of rare fruits and seed
Illustration by Georg Ehret of rare fruits and seeds

Athene blewitti, forest owlet
Donated to the Museum in 1954 by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, it was discovered that he had in fact stolen the specimen from the Museum and changed its label

Black opal
131-carat black opal found in the Lightning Ridge area of New South Wales, Australia

Philautus maia, shrub frog

Padparadscha is one of the most unusual varieties of the mineral corundum

Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meidenbach, 1497 edition
Hortus Sanitatis title page

Oceanites maorianus, New Zealand strom petrel
This skin is one of only three in the world that can prove the New Zealand storm petrel is a living species

Sesbania coccinea
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Aeschinomene speciosa

The Bernard Sunley Room
Housing large books in the Natural History Museums Department of Botany

Sarcophilus laniarius, Tasmanian devil
Jaw of a Tasmanian devil from the collections at the Natural History Museum

Variscite
A rare, bluish green, mineral, found in aluminum-rich rocks. Variscite comprises of (hydrated aluminum phosphate)

The Rare Book Room at the Natural History Museum, London
Part of the Museums General Library which houses many original natural history drawings and paintings as well as books and manuscripts

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