Ruby Collection (page 2)

Society at Cowes - on board the Solace
On board the Solace during Cowes Week - the Hon. Ruby Hardinge, Miss Meeking, Lady Milford Haven (previously Countess Nada Torby), Princess Margaret of Greece

Advert for John Bennett jewellers, novelty jewellery 1901
Variety of Christmas gifts for the Edwardian lady; novelty brooches with mother of pearl, rubies, turquoises, sapphires, amethyst. 1901

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths jewellery 1901
Selection of Edwardian novelty jewellery for Christmas gifts. 1901

Window glass, Plate 203, showing a range of decorative styles. Date: circa 1880s

Myanmar - Ruby Mines - Mogok
Ruby Mines - The Mogok Valley in Upper Myanmar (Burma) was for centuries the worlds main source for rubies. That region has produced some of the finest rubies ever mined

Ruby Ray, performer, comes from an artistic family, her grandfather being the late Erskine Nicol A.R.A. She was bornin Buenos Ayres

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870

Ruby Keeler (1909 1993) American singer and dancer, once the wife of Al Jolson

See-Saw by Arthur E Eliot
Promotional postcard for See-Saw by Arthur E. Eliot and others, edited by R. C. Carton; music Ivor Novello and others. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, 14th December 1916

Ruby-throated, Calothorax lucifer, and Amethystine hummingbird, Calliphlox amethystina.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

Ruby-crested, Chrysolampis mosquitus, and ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

Coronation of George V, receiving ring and Sceptres
The keeper of the Jewel House having delivered to the Aribishop the Kings Ruby Coronation Ring, the Aribishop placed it on the fourth finger of George V on his right hand

Natural ruby crystal
This ruby is a staggering 1, 085 carats. Mined in Burmas Mogok (Myanmar s) mines and bought by the Museum in 1924 from Burma Ruby Mines Ltd. It is one of the largest crystals in the Museum collection

Natural ruby in marble
From the mines of Mogok in Burma (Myanmar). Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum with small impurities of chromium that turn it red

Corundum group
A collection of crystals including ruby and sapphire particolor, ruby rhomboid, and hexagonal cut sapphire

Ruby and Sapphire
Specimens of the mineral corundum (Aluminum Oxide), a ruby and saphire. These gemstones are varieties of the corundum mineral. A collection of crystals including the Edwardes ruby

Sapphire turban button
A rose-cut facetted deep-blue sapphire mounted in a button of quartz, inlaid with gold, rubies & emeralds. No 198 in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane

Realgar comprises of (arsenic sulphide). It is also known as ruby sulphur and is a rare non-metallic sulphide mineral. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Trechmannite
A red crystal of trechmannite comprised of (silver arsenic sulphide). A specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Spinel crystal and cut stone
Spinel (magnesium aluminium oxide) crystal from Ruby Mines, Mogok, Burma with spinel cut stone from Sri Lanka. Spinel is found in a red colour and has been previously mistaken for ruby

Many colours of corundum
Ruby and sapphire cut corundum stones viewed through their pavilions. Corundum is the second hardest natural mineral known

Rubies and sapphires
Crystals of ruby from Burma which is the red variety of corundum (aluminium oxide). The other variety is sapphire, this specimen is from Kashmir. The lower left specimen is the Edwardes Ruby

Ruby and sapphire gravel
Ruby and sapphire fragments from gem gravels seen on a background of slate. Ruby and sapphire are both varieties of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide)

Birthstone Series: Ruby

Chrysis rudii, ruby-tailed wasp
An illustration of a ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis rudii)

Plate 99, from Mineralogie
Various gemstone varieties including diamond, ruby, sapphire, spinel and Topaz. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Star rubies and sapphires
Star stones of ruby and sapphire, both are varieties of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Ruby always appears in red where as sapphire comes in a variety of colours

Ruby and Sapphire cut stones

Ruby
A six-rayed star ruby. Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide)

Ruby is a variety of corundum, which is the second hardest natural substance known on Earth. Specimen is originally from Aust-Agder, Norway, and is now on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Fluorescent group
A group including amber, ruby, ivory, fluorite and opal photographed in ultra violet light. See 179 for the same group in white light

The great ruby Arthur Collins production; written by Cecil Raleigh & Henry Hamilton. Date c1899

Tehran, Iran - Sorkheh Hesar Palace
The Sorkheh Hesar Palace in Tehran, Iran - also known as the Ruby Palace. Built by Naseredin Shah at the end of the 13th century

Making Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation robe
Miss Ruby Essan of Wimbledon engaged in her task of making the embroidered crown for the coronation robe of Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal School of Needlework

Railway Sleeper - Cardiff Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Welsh rugby fan at Cardiff Station, delighted that Wales beat France 23-11! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Debutante Learns Curtsey
Mrs Ruby Peeler instructs a debutante in the art of the curtsey. She balances a box on her head and practices the knee lock, which should prevent her overbalancing

Wizard of Oz / House
Dorothy and Toto realise that their house has landed on top of the wicked Witch of the East. Only her feet remain

Wizard of Oz / Shoes
Dorothy holds up the silver shoes which later become ruby slippers in the film version of this story

Changing Pilots / Fiction
Changing Pilots by Ruby M Ayres

Four Clear Wing Moths
Ruby Fly Clear-Wing Breeze Clear Wing Black-And-White Horned Clear- Wing Bee Clear-Wing

Tiger Moths and Friend
Clouded Buff Ruby Tiger Moth Cream-Spotted Tiger Moth

Walking Dress / Muff 1819
Grey kerseymere pelisse with long sleeves falling over the hands. Trimmed with ruby coloured velvet at cuffs, epaulettes, and round the perimeter of the garment

Ruby Pekingese / Postcard
A ruby pekingese with a red bow sits beside a pair of white gloves

Four Types of Kc Spaniel
Four types of King Charles Clevedon Champions: Magnet - Tricolour Cadric - Ruby. Comus - Blenheim and Pharaoh - Black & Tan Owner: Mrs Lydia E Jenkins Date: circa 1900

Zodiac Charms Capricorn
(ruby)

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