Scarce Collection

Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart, Mary I of Scotland. 1542-1587. In hood, high ruff collar, veil, gown with ribbon. Maria Dei Gratia Scotorum Regina

Andrew Boorde, English traveller, physician and writer
Andrew Boorde, c. 1490 - 1549, English traveller, physician, holy man and writer

Wartime O. K. Sauce Advertisement
A wartime advertisement promoting O.K. Sauce, a product containing 44% fruit in a time when fruit is scarce. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Christmas Cards
A pair of small WW2 Christmas greetings cards, one shows miniature illustrations of festive food which would have been very scarce. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Birthday Card, Eggs May Be Scarce
A WW2 birthday greetings card, Eggs may be scarce - but there's no end to my good wishes for your birthday! The image portrays a happy hen showing one egg in her basket. Date: circa 1940s

Silk and Wool Flowers
A reprodction illustration showing a display of silk and wool flowers, made by Mrs. Moira, wife of English painter, Gerald Edward Moira

ELISHA IN SAMARIA
Ben-hadad king of Syria besiegs Samaria, where food becomes so scarce the populace are reduced to cannibalism : the king of Israel blames Elisha and plans his death

Scarce hook-tip and pebble hook-tip
Scarce hook-tip, Sabra harpagula 1, 2, and pebble hook-tip, Drepana falcataria 3-6. Phalaena Bombyx harpagula, falcula

Light emerald and scalloped hook-tip
Light emerald, Campaea margaritaria 1, 2, scalloped hook-tip, Falcaria lacertinaria 3-6. Bombyx falcatae, sesquistiataria, lacertula

Conformist, double dart, scarce brindle and silver arches
Conformist, Lithophane furcifera 1, double dart, Graphiphora augur 2, scarce brindle, Apamea lateritia 3, 4, and silver arches, Polia hepatica 5

Garden dart and other moths
Garden dart, Euxoa nigricans 1-3, Hadena filograna 4, antirrhinum brocade, Calophasia platyptera 5, Simyra nervosa 6

Merveille du jour, scarce merveille du jour
Merveille du jour, Dichonia aprilina 1-4, scarce merveille du jour, Moma alpium 5-7, and marbled green, Cryphia muralis 8

Sweet gale moth, scarce dagger and knot grass moth
Sweet gale moth, Acronicta euphorbiae 1-5, scarce dagger, Acronicta auricoma 6, and knot grass moth, Acronicta rumicis 7-9

Scarce dagger, sycamore, nutmeg and varied coronet moths
Scarce dagger, Acronicta auricoma 1-3, sycamore moth, Acronicta aceris, nutmeg moth 4, 5, Hadula trifolii 6 and varied coronet, Hadena compta 7

Wormwood moth, alder moth and Cucullia tanaceti
Wormwood moth, Cucullia absinthii 1-3, alder moth, Acronicta alni 4-6, and Cucullia tanaceti 7

Scarce silver Y, plain golden Y and gold spot
Scarce silver Y, Syngrapha interrogationis 1, 2, plain golden Y, Autographa jota 3-5, gold spot, Plusia festucae 6

Frosted orange moth and angle shades
Frosted orange moth, Gortyna flavago 1, 2, and angle shades, Phlogophora meticulosa 3-7

Lichen moths and scarce footman
Lichen-eating caterpillar or lichen moth, Manulea replana 1, 2, and scarce footman, Manulea complana 3

Common blue, Provence hairstreak, purple-edged
Common acacia blue, Polyommatus icarus 1, Provence hairstreak, Tomares ballus 2, purple-edged copper, Lycaena hippothoe 3 and scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae 4

Scarce swallowtail and unknown swallowtail
Scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius, and unknown swallowtail, Papilio ajax (suppressed name)

Old World swallowtail and scarce swallowtail, larva and pupa
Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon 1, and scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius 2, larva and pupa. Papillon machaon, Papillon podalire. Papillons, butterflies

Scarce forest emperor, Charaxes etesipe
Scarce forest emperor or savannah charaxes, Charaxes etesipe Nymphalis (Charaxes) etesipe, upper side and under side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Old world swallowtail, painted lady and scarce
Old world swallowtail, Papilio machaon 1, painted lady, Vanessa cardui 2, and scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius 3, butterfly, caterpillar and pupa

Curtis British Entomology Plate 715
Lepidoptera: Clostera anachoreta (Scarce Chocolate-tip) [Plant: Populus tremula (Aspen)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 578
Lepidoptera: Papilio podalirius = Iphiclides podalirius (Scarce Swallow-tail) [Plant: Pyrus communis (Pear)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 575
Lepidoptera: Halias quercana = Bena bicolorana (Scarce Green Silver Lines) Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 515
Lepidoptera: Abraxas ulmata = Abraxas sylvata (Scarce or Clouded Magpie) [Plant: ?Ulmus campestris? agg. (Ulmus campestris?, Common Elm)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 418
Coleoptera: Oxyporus maxillosus = Creophilus maxillosus (Scarce Oxyporus) [Plant: Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Ladies? Smock)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 378
Lepidoptera: Orgyia gonostigma (Scarce Vapourer. = antiqua?) [Plant: Berberis vulgaris (Barberry)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 155
Coleoptera: Melandrya canaliculata (Scarce Melandrya), = Melandrya dubia (doubtfully British) [Plant: Symphytum officinale (Common Comfrey)] Date: 1824-39

Caspian Sea Shore - sand desert with scarce vegetation along the shore - white shells as pebbles on beaches - a view from an abandoned lighthouse. near Krasnovodsk town - Turkmenistan. April

British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green
A variety of British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green Silver Lines, Small Yellow Wave and Emperor. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious
WW2 Ministry of Supply poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious. Encouraging people to take care of resources. Date: early 1940s

Miles Master III -used American engines in place of the scarce Rolls-Royce Merlin

Siberian Lemming - adult on its guard while feeding on scarce vegetation (mostly on grasses) in tundra (Lemmus sibiricus ). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, Northern Siberia, Russian Arctic

A Scent Evanescent by Wilmot Lunt - petrol shortages, WW1
CHEMIST: " That, madame

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Scarce Swallowtail by John Curtis (1791 - 1862) from British Entomology

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce

Woodman, spare that tree, touch not a single bough. Funds would be scarce if we should run amuck - just now

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