Spice Collection (page 3)

Humanised bottles and fruit on a Christmas card
Humanised bottles and fruit contributing to a bowl of punch on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Zingiber officinale, ginger

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove
Plate 64 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Art deco illustration by Fish, 1926 (caption / context: attached to his person by a strong gold chain / a fountain pen in gold, encrusted with rubies can be borrowed securely) Date: 1926

Herbs and spices used in food in the Middle Ages. Scandinavia. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

From the trenches to poultry pen: Fortunes from Eggs
A page from Fortunes from Eggs, a promotional publication by the Karswood Company, makers of Karswood Poultry Spice. Discharged soldier J.E Rogers, writing in October 1918

Lady with giant red chili pepper on a birthday card
Lady with giant red chili pepper (looking like an umbrella) on a birthday card, with pink curtains on either side. Date: circa 1890s

Three cats with pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Rhizome and roots of turmeric, Curcuma longa (Zingiberacea), aromatic herb, spice.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants

Yellow flowers and leaves of turmeric, Curcuma longa (Zingiberacea), aromatic herb, spice.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove spice tree in flower with scarlet and yellow flowers.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove spice flower, petals, stamen, germen, fruit, berry and embryo.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Zedoary and grains of paradise.. Zedoary or white turmeric, Curcuma zedoaria 1, flower a, leaf b, and grains of paradise, Aframomum melegueta 2

Apothecarys euphorbia and white cinnamon.. Apothecarys euphorbia, Euphorbia officinalis 1 and white cinnamon, Canella alba 2

Tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, and star anise, Illicium anisatum.. Tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Japanese star anise, Illicium anisatum

Nutmeg and mace, Myristica moschata.. Drawn and zincographed by C. T. Rosenberg, for Thomas Moores The Garden Companion and Florists Guide, 1852, published by Charles Frederick Cheffins

Gingerbread seller
Hot spice gingerbread. Street seller. From Old London Cries (1885) Date: 1885

Indian Village Life - Separating Butter and Crushing Spices. This is from the North West Frontier Province, then Northern India on the border with Afghanistan - now part of Pakistan

Ducula bicolor, pied imperial pigeon
Plate 78, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Myristica fragrans, nutmeg tree
A tree native to the eastern Moluccas, which yields the spice nutmeg, its dried seed, and mace, the dried aril that surrounds the seed

Myristica insipida, nutmeg
Plate 124 by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Amomum zingiber Linn. ginger
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Zingiber sylvestre & Z. angustifolium, ginger
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Kempferi ovatifolia, colouring turmeric
Plate 4 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Capsicum minimum, chillies
Plate 59 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cinnamomun verum, cinnamon
Plate 60 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

TURKEY. THRACE. ISTANBUL. Istanbul. View of the city from the minaret of the New Mosque. In the foreground, The Egyptian Bazaar or Spice Market

Kitchen utensils hanging below a spice rack with mint, caraway, thyme, and sage jars. Photo shows 6 utensils including a small pan, meat fork, icing spatula, whole and slotted spoons

The Spice of the Trotting Turf

Man and woman of the Moluccas Islands
A man and woman of the Moluccas (formerly Spice Islands) - a group of islands of eastern Indonesia between Sulawesi and New Guinea. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Spice Seller - Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
A spice seller near Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The trader sells a variety of dried and ground spices from baskets and tin cans, weighing the quanities on a fine pair of brass hand scales

Turkish Spice Merchant
Outside a spice merchants shop at Aidin, Turkey with customers & staff. Turkish cigarettes are also available

Cries of London / G bread
Hot spice gingerbread A man sells gingerbread while behind him some boys, who are clearly chimney sweeps, seem to be riding on the back of a pig!

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