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Gold-laced bantam and silver-laced bantam cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by Matthew Leno and winner of first prizes at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1871
Silver Pencilled Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, H. Pickles pair, cock first and cup at Birmingham 1871 and hen first at Kendal
Silkie or Silky cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Lady Gwydyrs pair, first prize in any variety class at Bristol 1871. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W
Silver spangled Polish cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Henry Beldons pair, first prize at Crystal Palace 1871 and Dublin 1872
Dark Brahma pullet, Gallus gallus domesticus, Lewis Wrights Psyche, first prize at Birmingham 1871. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W
Buff cochin hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wrights The Illustrated Book of Poultry, Cassell, London, 1890
Evening dress in velvet with silver embroidery. Manteau du soir en velours amarante brode d argent. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)
Woman in crepe de chine dress, cape of otter and skunk furWoman in white crepe de chine dress, cape of otter and skunk fur lined with floral pattern, skull cap with plumes. Robe de crepe de chine blanc garnie de renard, manteau de loutre et skunks
Woman in serge dress and taffeta giletWoman in serge dress trimmed with silk braid, taffeta gilet. Robe de serge garnie de tresse de soie, Gilet de taffetas. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)
Woman in blue and yellow striped pekin silk satin dress with nainsook cotton frills. Robe de satin pekine a volants de nansouk
Woman in velvet evening coat with silver silk embroidery. Manteau du soir en velours frappe garni de soie brochee d argent
Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with buglesThe Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world
Tray with lemonade jug and two glasses. 1922
Relics of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender. Folding spoon and case, dress sword, silver-hilted broadsword, silver goblet, travelling (folding) knife, fork and spoon, shield, sporran, dirk
Relics associated with King Henry VIII. Miniature of Anne of Cleves by Holbein, lid of ivory box containing Cleves miniature, lid of ivory box containing Henry VIII Holbein miniature
The Golden Princess & the Elephant Hunters, HippodromeScene from The Golden Princess and the Elephant Hunters, the Christmas production at the London Hippodrome, with Miss Ened Hett as the princess and Hetty Chattell as the Silver Prince
Silver wedding gifts on display, Gloucester marriagePresentation silver in the throne room at St. Jamess Palace. Wedding gifts for the marriage of the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott in 1935
Mrs Herrings Silver Tabby cat Lady Godiva, who won 1st prize at the Crystal Palace Cat Show. 1892
Miss F Moores Siamese cat Siam, who won a silver medal at the Crystal Palace Cat Show. 1892
Valentine makers at work 1880The process of making Valentines cards which were popularlised in the Victorian period, largely due to advances in industrial printing which made them affordable
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Open Touring CarRolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40-50 hp six-cylinder Open Touring Car. circa 1923
Cartoon, Jones and Herman, The Silver King Lawsuit. A reference to a popular melodramatic play of 1882 by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman. 1885
The Zephyr of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company. Date: 1935
Advert for International Fur Store 1908Two women wearing the latest motoring fur coats, in three quarter or full length, available in grey squirrel, pony, silver rabbit or seal-dyed, to wear immediate. Date: 1908
Mummies of Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Central MexicoMummies in the catacombs of the silver mining city of Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Central Mexico. They died in a cholera outbreak in 1833. Date: circa early 1930s
Silver Street Boys School fancy dress groupSilver Street Boys School advanced class fancy dress group, most of them with blacked-up faces and hands. Their names are: Harold Blanchard, Philip Wilson, Arthur Thorne, Ernest Trafford
Helena Millais as Nance in Silver CreekHelena Millais (1886-1970), actress and writer, in costume as Nance in Silver Creek. Date: circa 1912
A Photographic Positive 1853A mother seeks assistance in regards to her daughter accidentally spilling photographic chemicals, in particular staining her face from nitrate of silver
Silver or Atlantic salmon and fishing methodsSilver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male, and methods of catching salmon with nets under a bridge. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia
Herald of the Rhineland and Pfalz Bavaria; Herold der Reinland und Pfalzbavarische. In armorial tunic with the Palatine lion of Pflaz, the silver and blue lozenges of Bavaria
Herald of Old Bavaria, Herold der altbavarische. He wears an armorial tunic with the silver and blue lozenges of Bavaria, and holds an escutcheon with Palatine lion and Bavarian arms
Buffalo berry, Shepherdia argentia. Chromolithograph by Hoen after a botanical illustration by D.G. Passmore from the Report of the Pomologist, US Department of Agriculture, 1892
Silver pheasant, Lophura nycthemera (Phasianus nycthemerus). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches
Silver ball cactus, Parodia scopa (Broom hedgehog cactus, Echinocactus scopa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley
Mangles rhodanthe, Rhodanthe manglesii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith after J. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G
Roman metal vase, case, rings and pinsMetal vase found in Herculaneum, Naples 1, metal case adorned with silver, perhaps to store womens clothes, found in Herculaneum 2
Silver salmon and common carp (vulnerable)Silver salmon, Salmo salar, Salmo hamatus, and common carp, Cyprinus carpio, vulnerable. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire
Man in fashionable suit, 1788Man in suit of moss-green satin, white hose, tricorn hat, shoes with silver buckles and an epee. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Silver salt cellar showing the arcades of the Palais Royal, designed by Grancher, jeweller at Petit-Dunkerque. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Silver banksia, Banksia marginata. Australia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817
Silver spot ginger, Kaempferia elegans (Kaempferia atrovirens). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885
Alsatian peasant woman of Kochersberg, 19th centuryAlsatian peasant woman in festival costume, Kochersberg, 19th century. Her bonnet and bodice are embroidered with silver thread. The black cravat is traditional to the town
Young woman of the Oetz Valley, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears her hair in pigtails braided with red ribbon secured with a silver needle
Atlantic salmon, extinct silver salmon and sea troutAtlantic salmon, Salmo salar 1, silver salmon, Salmo schiefermuelleri (extinct) 2, and sea trout, Salmo trutta 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr
Lookdown 1, 3 and Atlantic spadefish 2Lookdown, Selene vomer (with damaged dorsal fin 1), 3, and Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Baptiste Guyard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel
Chinese gizzard shad, silver hatchetfish and moonfishChinese gizzard shad, Clupanodon thrissa, silver hatchetfish, Gasteropelecus levis, and moonfish, Mene maculata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr
European silver fir, Abies alba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887
Varieties of gold and silver ores. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son