Symbol Collection

Flag of the Scottish Covenanters
The Flag of the Scottish Covenanters. They were Presbyterians sworn to defend their religion, part of a Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland against the English

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch
The Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple

WWI Poster, The Empire Needs Men
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, design by Arthur Wardle (1864-1949), The Empire Needs Men! Enlist Now. Depicting a lion and cubs, representing Britain and her Empire. Date: 1915

United States Naval Construction Battalions - Seabees We Build and Fight with all our might! Date: 1942

VESPA SCOOTER 1960S
Couple on a VESPA - the machine whose glamorous image is one of the popular icons of the decade, a symbol of freedom and youth

Ladislaus I of Hungary or St. Ladislaus (Laszlo) (1040-1095). King of Hungary between 1077-1095. Portrait by Ignac Roskovics (1854-1916). Hungarian National Gallery. Budapest. Hungary

Coats of Arms for Colleges of Cambridge University. Date: circa 1910

Saint Michael Arcangel. Byzantine icon. XIV century. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. ICON with Saint Michael Archangel by workshop Constantinople. Dated at XIV century. Byzantine Museum. Athens

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Oca (Goose)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Oca (Goose), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Symbols of Power and Glory and of Christian Faith. S. Edwards Crown, The Imperial State Crown, The Sovereigns Orb and the head of the Royal Sceptre with Cross

Birmingham Bull Ring
The old Bull Ring Centre, a notorious symbol of post World War Two modernism, now demolished. Completed in 1964; Britains first multi-storey fully enclosed shopping centre

Rosicrucian Symbol
SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE ROSY CROSS Symbol of the Rosicrucians

Reichstags Dome by Norman Foster (b. 1935). Berlin. Germany
Dome of the Reichstag, seat of the German Parliament, designed by Norman Foster (b.1935). Interior. Berlin. Germany

Coat of Arms for Marylebone, London, with Virgin and Child at the top, and a Latin motto below (Fiat Secundum Verbum Tuum, let it be done according to your word). Date: early 20th century

Trades union membership certificate
A trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto

Margaret Murray recruiting for the Jacobites, 1745
Margaret Fergusson Murray, Jacobite supporter and wife of (later turncoat) John Murray of Broughton, recruits supporters to the cause and distributes white cockades, the symbol of the Jacobite cause

Police Badge
Metropolitan Police badge with EIIR for Queen Elizabeth II

Advert, William Teacher & Sons, Whisky, Scotland
Advert for William Teacher & Sons, Scotch Whisky Distillers, Blenders and Exporters, Ardmore Distillery, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 1905

Egyptian Art. Relief depicting a bee, symbol of Lower Egypt
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting a bee, symbol of Lower Egypt. New Kingdom. Egypt

Saint Theodore statue, patron of Venice, on a granite column in the Piazzetta. Venice. Italy

Saint George. Byzantine icon. XIV century. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Icon with Saint George made by the workshop of Constantinople. Dated at XIV century. Byzantine Museum. Athens

Lewisham Military Hospital, High Street, Lewisham
Lewisham Military Hospital operated during the First World War in the premises of the Lewisham Union workhouse. A large sign bearing the red cross symbol stands over the entrance. Date: Date unknown

German helmet WWI
One of the many steel helmets from World War I which farmers still find when they are ploughing their fields

Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Maypole dancing in the village of Paul, Cornwall
Adults and children dancing round a maypole in the village of Paul, near Penzance in Cornwall, with the tower of the parish church on the right. A crowd of people stand watching them

Daphne Flees Apollo
She is beloved by Apollo, but has vowed to remain a virgin, so she flees him and when he nearly catches her, changes into a bay or laurel tree : her leaves become a symbol

Tarot Card 21 - Le Monde (The World). Date: 20th century

Coats of Arms for Schools and Colleges, including Oxford and Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools. Date: circa 1910

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Giraffa (Giraffe)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Giraffa (Giraffe), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Sacrifice of Abel and Melchizedek (538-545 AD). Basilica of
Scene of Abrahams life. Abel and Melchizedek bringing their offerings to the altar (538-545 AD). Basilica of St. Vitale. Presbytery. South wall. Rabenna. Italy

Early Christian art. The Good Shepherd. Relief. 4th century. Bardo National Museum. Tunis. Tunisia

Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake and a family of supplica
Relief with Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake. On the left, a family of supplicants. Dedicated by Aristomene. Found in Pangrati (Athens) and dated between 350-300 BC

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Whos Absent?
Whos Absent? - Is It You? Chromolithograph recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Printed by Andrew Reid and Company Limited, 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, WW1
Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, twenty-four years after Tenniel. In Tenniels Dropping the Pilot cartoon of 1890 Kaiser Wilhelm II watches as Bismarck disembarks from the ship (of state)

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Drago (Dragon)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Drago (Dragon), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late Preh
Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer. Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. 3100-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Polychromed vase. Tomb of Kha. 1400 BC. Egypt
Egypt. Polychromed vase sealed with fabric. From the tomb of royal architect Kha (Deir el-Medina). 1400 BC. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom. Egyptian Museum. Turin. Italy

Diana Dors (1931-1984), English actress, singer, film star and sex symbol. Seen here in later life, at the famous First and Last Inn at the village of Sennen, Lands End, Cornwall

Skull and Crossbones - Inverted
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Skull and Crossbones
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Paris Masons, 1740
Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth

Mutus Liber - 2
MUTUS LIBER ( The Silent Book ) The philosophers egg - symbol of wholeness 2 of 15

RICHARD I 1157 - 1199
RICHARD I, THE LIONHEART Depicted riding into battle, broadsword in hand, armoured from head to foot. His shield bears three lions passant, the English Kings royal symbol

Book of the Dead Plate 2
INVOCATION TO OSIRIS Ani and his wife make offerings; Isis and Nephthys (sisters of Osiris) kneel in adoration to Tat, symbol of Osiris on Solar Mount

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c. 1890 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c.1890 s

Home rule for Ireland
Home Rule For Ireland poster, 1892 Date: 1892

Original logo, British Broadcasting Corporation
Original logo for the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation. circa 1953

United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields. Me
United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields, dedicated to the memory of the musician John Lennon. Memorial mosaic. Imagine. Detail

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