Thistles Collection

Kings Own Scottish Borderers - The uniform, reginemtal flags, crest and listings of International deployments are featured on this card. Date: 1913

George Iiis Coat Arms
Royal Coat of George III as the 1st and 4th quarters of the shield are England and the Hanovarian coat of arms is included within a smaller shield

A Scottish Highlander Piper plays Auld Lang Syne whilst strolling through the thistles and the heather... Date: circa 1942

Cowslip Burnet, Clover, Docks, Thistles, Kecksies and Burs (King Henry V). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare

Emblems of Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

Balmoral Castle and Lochnagar, Scotland, with a background of Scottish thistles and heather, and a MacDonald tartan. Date: circa 1905

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour
The Indefinite Article - Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05). Date: 1900

Bird in thistles
A bird in a clump of thistles. Date: circa 1920s

Reconstruction in the Outer Hebrides by Heath Robinson, WW1
Settling a Scottish soldier on the land. A lone Scottish soldier is left alone on a tiny island with a barrel of turnip seed at the end of First World War. Date: 1919

Thistle Arrangement
Thistles can be picked and allowed to dry and they will keep their colour and firmness for a long time. Date: 1950s

THISTLES
(left) circium arvensis (right) carduus mutans Two kinds of wild thistle

Lowkers Amid the Corn
Six women lowkers amongst the corn, one using a Brub, used for extirpating thistles. The Owner of the field sits on horseback observing the workers as they weed and clear

William Ivs Coat Arms
Possibly the Royal Coat of Arms of William IV as the Hanovarian coat of arms is included within a smaller shield which was removed when Victoria gained the throne

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