Thorn Collection

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Thorn apple, Datura innoxia (Datura meteloides). Mexico. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Thistle flower fairy, Carduus nutans.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Pucks Castle and Fairy Thorn, Shankill, Co. Dublin - a view of a derelict castle and fairy thorn to the right. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Dublin: Shankill). Date: circa early 1900s

Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhouses
Put it in Thorns. Thorns garden sheds are so popular because, as being necessary to ensure a well-kept garden, they are sold at popular prices. Date: 1936

Crown of thorns, Euphorbia milii var. splendens
Crown of thorns, Christ plant or Christ thorn, Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Spendid euphorbia, Euphorbia splendens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs

From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and?
From left: Test pilots Joseph Harold ?Jimmy? Orrell and Sydney Albert ?Bill? Thorn with Avro?s chief designer, Roy Chadwick, alongside Avro Tudor 2, G-ASSU, March 1946. Date: 1946

Music cover, Did You Ever Catch A Weasel Asleep?
Music cover, Did You Ever Catch A Weasel Asleep, words by Geoffrey Thorn, composed by Walter Redmond, sung by G H MacDermott, design by Alfred Concanen Date: 19th century

Italian stone pine, Pinus pinea, Pino domestico. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Woman fixing her stockings, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in dress a la Polonaise fixing her stockings, era of Marie Antoinette. Femme en robe ?? la Polonaise remettant sa jarretiere

Camellia sweetiana
Sweets painted-flowered camellia, Camellia japonica variety, Camellia sweetiana. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Johann Jakob Jung from Lorenzo

Hawthorn tree (Glastonbury Thorn). Date: 1842

Hazel-leaved bramble, Rubus corylifolius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Dewberry, Rubus caesius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus
Common bramble or blackberry, Rubus fruticosus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Mouse thorn, Ruscus hypoglossum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Bronze statue of a young man removing a thorn from his foot. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Giacomo Bossi from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

Crown of thorns, Euphorbia milii (Euphorbia bojeri). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Thorn apple, Datura metel, and balsam apple, Momordica balsamina. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Kangaroo thorn or prickly wattle, Acacia paradoxa (Acacia hybrida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Briers, Furzes, Gorse and Thorn (The Tempest). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Kraal honey thorn, Lycium afrum. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Mlle. Brenet after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus Traite des Arbres et Arbustes

Christs thorn jujube, Ziziphus spina-christi (Christs thorn, Zizyphus paliurus). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Pink and crimson everblooming roses, Rosa semperflorens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Rubber tree and gum arabic tree
Rubber tree, Hevea guianensis 1, and gum arabic tree or thorn mimosa, Vachellia nilotica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Thorn apple, Datura stramonium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Common wild rose, Rosa canina. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Music cover, Mon Amour Waltz, by P Bucalossi. Date: late 19th century

Devotional card by Robert Dudley -- The thorn below, the crown above. Date: circa 1880s

Grandpa Removing a thorn from his Rose

Curtis British Entomology Plate 667
Lepidoptera: Ennomos angularia = Ennomos quercaria (Clouded August Thorn, doubtfully British) [Plant: Tilia europaea ] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 81
Lepidoptera: Lobophora polycommata = Trichopteryx polycommata (Barred Tooth-striped) [Plant: Prunus spinosa (Black Thorn)] Date: 1824-39

Chocolate box design, three red roses
Chocolate box design, featuring three red roses. Date: 20th century

Chocolate box design, four pink roses
Chocolate box design, featuring four pink roses. Date: 20th century

Filming the Holy Thorn at Kingsthorn, Herefordshire - and the buds which came into bloom around Midnight, Old Christmas Eve (January 5th)

Dreamland with Chevalier Ernest Thorn (22nd September 1853 -21st May 1928) was a touring magician and inventor from Austria

Art nouveau rose design in green, beige and cream. Date: circa 1920s

Plants / Datura Stramonium
Common Thorn Apple or Thorny Apple of Peru or Devils Apple or Jamestown / Jimson Weed

Advertisement, Horners Penny Stories
Advertisement for Horners Penny Stories -- Have You Read Them? circa 1900

Poster, Atlas Lamps and Tubes, all the better to see with. 20th century

Two thorns from the Crown of Thorns, worn by Jesus. Displayed in a reliquary at Santa Croce (Church of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem) in Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Glastonbury, Somerset - The Glastonbury Thorn. Date: circa 1940

Romantic greetings card with white rose
Romantic greetings card with a white rose. circa 1890s

Romantic greetings card with red roses. Date: circa 1890s

Three cats in a basket on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Floras Feast; a Masque of Flowers
Black knight at arms, the white plumed thorn; in pomp the crown-imperial born. Date: 1889

Figurine of a hedgehog. Egypt
Figurine of a hedgehog. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. 1800 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Pink roses in a shoe on a birthday card
Pink roses and rosebuds in a red satin shoe on a birthday card. circa 1890s

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