Twig Collection

Spring Flowers by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a blue smock dress carries a bunch of daffodils and a twig of spring blossom

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman, someone coming Date: 20th century

Father CMas - Birch Twig
Father Christmas arrives at the Thalberg familys house bearing gifts for the good children but a birch twig for the naughty children. He receives a mixed reception. Date: Circa 1815

COLLARED LEMMING - x 2 in winter feed on dwarf willow (Dicrostonix torquatus). Tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Russian Arctic

Two robins with drinks on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

Two Cock Robins on a Christmas and New Year card
Two humanised Cock Robins on a Christmas and New Year card, enjoying some food and drink. Date: circa 1880s

Flindersia australis, Crows Ash - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 23

Lappet Moth - on tree-bark - has its wings and antennae in folded position that makes it looks like a small twig. Bohol, Philippines. February. Gastropacha sp. probably pardale

Hazel Tree Catkins
Hazel twigs with buds and catkins (corylus avellana)

Fairy on Twig
A fairy sits lightly on the twig of a flower

Richard Daft, English cricketer
Richard Daft (1835-1900), English cricketer. late 19th century

Jefferson Lowndes, English rower
Jefferson Lowndes (1858-1893), English rower. late 19th century

James MacLaren, cricketer and rugby club founder
James MacLaren (1870-1952), cricketer and Manchester Rugby Club founder. late 19th century

Elias Laycock, Australian rower and sculler
Elias Connell Laycock (1845-1938), Australian competitive rower and sculler. late 19th century

E E Merrill, American athlete. late 19th century

Tree branches covered in snow. circa 1952

Susi - sitting on a log, chewing a twig. 1950s

Susi - standing behind a fallen tree trunk. 1950s

Dowsing / Holding the Rod
The correct way of holding the hazel twig for dowsing - the search for hidden springs or underground streams. Date: mid 20th century

Little boy making fire on a Christmas card, attracting the attention of robins. Date: circa 1890s

Testing Candidates by William Heath Robinson
Testing candidates for the position of water diviner on the Metropolitan Water Board. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

Giant Pill Millipede negotiates a fallen twig. lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. Class Diplopoda

Boy Fishing, Packhorse Bridge, Allerford, Somerset Date: 1980s

Desmaretian Manakin perched on a twig
Desmaretian manakin perched on a twig Source: The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals by Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836. Published by Nodder, Richard P

Christmas Greeting card featuring garden moths
Christmas Greeting card featuring three white garden moths alighting on a twig. Date: circa 1910s

Cypress twig in Baltic amber
A cypress twig in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule (1998) by Andrew Ross

A looper caterpillar looking like a twig
A looper caterpillar mimicking a twig for camouflage. The caterpillar is so-called because of the arching movement of its body as it travels

Bothrodendron minutifoliu, fossil clubmoss
Shown here is a fossilised leafy twig of a clubmoss originating from Carboniferous rocks near Barnsley, England

Rhipidura albicollis, white-throated fantail nest
A painting by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)

Boy sitting in garden
A boy sits on a little stool in his beautiful garden, so engrossed in whittling a twig that he doesnt notice his bird escaping from its cage. c. 1910

Easter Customs - Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic there are many customs tied up with the Easter weekend. One such custom is illustrated on this postcard

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
A Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) perched on a sprig of ivy. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Kingfisher amid the blossoms - Japan
A small Japanese Kingfisher perched on a thorny twig amid the white blossoms. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Catching fish in an old boot
A humourous painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a lad fishing by a stream (ignoring the warning sign!) having far more success catching fish in his boot

Weasel in a fir tree
A weasel on the branch of fir tree

Fir-Twig Used as Torch
In Sweden, twigs from fir trees are used as torches which they carry in their mouths

Crossing Sweeper C. 1860
A crossing sweeper

Noah on the Ark
Noah, on the deck of his Ark, welcomes the arrival of a dove carrying a twig, because it means that the floodwaters are subsiding

Father C mas / Birch Twig
Father Christmas arrives at the Thalberg familys house bearing gifts for the good children but a birch twig for the naughty children. He receives a mixed reception

Cherry / Bigarreau Ludwig
A bunch of cherries still attached to a twig

Return of the Dove
NOAHs ARK - The Dove returns with an olive twig, showing that the Flood is receding

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