Antique Bird Eggs

Antique bird egg colour woodblock , 1880, from Francis Orpen Morris’, 'A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds', 1875.

Antique bird egg colour woodblock , 1880, from Francis Orpen Morris’, 'A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds', 1875.

Antique bird egg colour woodblock , 1880, from Francis Orpen Morris’, 'A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds', 1875.

Wonderful birds egg prints Chromo-lithographs Published by Cassell, C.1880 The measurement shown relates to one of the prints Unframed.

Title: "Global Bird Eggs: An 1857 Study of Avian Diversity" Description: This captivating print, titled "Global Bird Eggs," is a handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's "Book o...

European Bird Eggs Lithographs, Set of Two – Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1890s Description: This exquisite pair of chromolithographs, titled Eier europäischer Vögel I & II (Eg...

Signed Lower Right by Artist Book illustration: Smuggler’s Island, by Clarissa A. Kneeland; Publisher: (Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1928, opp. page126.

"Sparrow Hawk" is an original color lithograph by an unknown American artist. It depicts a bird perching on the limb of a tree, its young poking out of the tree, and the bird's egg i...

It also shows Chinese people searching for bird's eggs. This print originates from 'Het Kamerlid van Berkestein in Nederlandsch-Indie

It also shows Chinese people searching for bird's eggs. This print originates from 'Het Kamerlid van Berkestein in Nederlandsch-Indie

A charming and highly decorative set of ten 19th century English hand-colored engravings depicting bird eggs and nests, beautifully presented in matching custom frames.

The mechanical bird, set in a nest complete with tiny bird eggs, sings along while music box plays.

Sumida ware vase with two men on rocky ledge seeking bird eggs by Inoue Ryosai in the mid-Meiji Period and continued on by two generation potters by the same name until the Showa Per...

Belgium Majolica egg plate with bird handle for nine eggs decorated with flowers, butterfly and leaves, circa 1880.

Altogether he produced over eight hundred plates, comprising portraits, landscapes, scenes of contemporary life, and bird-studies. Remarkable original Etching, an open-winged bird u...

This print depicts the great tit with nest and eggs (Dutch: koolmees). The great tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.

Late 19th-century Chinese art pottery egg jar featuring elegant bird, a dragon and plant motifs hand-applied around the body.

Late 19th-century Chinese art pottery century-egg jar adorned with beautifully hand-applied bird and fern motifs encircling the body.

Among the eggs depicted are some from extinct species and large birds, including: 1.

Antique Majolica nesting bird / Robins egg pitcher / creamer / jug attributed to Arsenal Pottery after Shorter & Boulton.

Presenting a beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting flowers and bird with a wood stand, early 20 century.

Late 19th-century Chinese art pottery egg jar featuring elegant bird and bamboo motifs hand-applied around the body.

Presenting a beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel egg depicting flowers and birds with wood stands, early 20 century.

Antique print titled 'Nidus Ardeae Stellaris'. Birds nest and eggs of the Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern (Dutch: Roerdomp).

Dutch Rozenburg Egg-Shell porcelain vase with Bird and Floral Decor, 1913 Rozenburg, NV Haagsche Plateelbakkerij/Koninklijke Porselein- en Aardewerkfabriek (Den Haag 1883 - 1917) S...

Dutch Rozenburg Egg-Shell Vase with Colorful Two Birds and Floral Decor, 1907 Very small egg-shell porcelain vase made by Rozenburg, NV Haagsche Plateelbakkerij/Koninklijke Porsele...

This print depicts the Eurasian reed warbler with nest and eggs (Dutch: kleine karekiet). The Eurasian reed warbler, or just reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World wa...

Its portrayal in this antique print offers insight into the bird's physical characteristics. 3. **Eggs**: The set also includes illustrations of the eggs of these birds.

Henry John Livens was born in 1858, in St Pancras, London the direct descendant of Jan Liebens who had left his native Holland in the 1600’s to paint a portrait of the King and subse...

This print depicts the marsh tit with nest and eggs (Dutch: rietmees). The marsh tit (Poecile palustris) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely rela...

Set of four antique birds prints of an Egyptian eared owl, least European sparrow owl, black jackdaw and their eggs.

This print originates from 'Das Buch der Welt' by Carl Hoffmann. Published in Stuttgart, 1847. Lithographs by Engelhorn and Hochdanz.

Description: Silver toothpick holder with a bird pecking an egg and four raised supporting elements.

A soft ivory or pale cream mount will provide a balanced contrast, allowing the details of the bird and the eggs to stand out. For a more dramatic presentation, a charcoal or dark gr...

A charming oil study of a birds nest full of eggs nestled between lilies, cornflowers, primroses and forget-me-nots.

This delicate oval composition captures a poignant moment in nature, featuring a small bird's nest with eggs nestled among blossom and woodland foliage.

A Group of four hand-coloured engraved plates by Sepp and Sepp the Younger, of birds nests with eggs. Framed and glazed, overall size: 62.8cm 46.5cm.

This print depicts the garrulus bird with nest and eggs. Garrulus is a genus of Old World jays, passerine birds in the family Corvidae.

The bird with bronze-brown, purple and corn-yellow feathered plumage, chevron-layered green iridescent highlights, and bird reflected from polished silver lid interior, in exceptiona...

This delicate watercolour depicts a bird's nest containing eggs, nestled amongst pale primroses and scattered blossom.

This is a superb antique set of six volumes of 'British Birds with their Eggs and Nests', authored by Arthur G.

The barbotine being quite malleable has allowed the maker to apply an abundant décor made of colorful flowers cloaking within their bosom a delicate bird's nest with its eggs. The pa...

Amongst all this floral beauty to the left is a mossy bird's nest with eggs. A really vibrant example of a British Victorian floral still life in a natural setting with superb detail...

In the background a classical urn, standing on a shelf with various blossoms and grapes trailing above a lower shelf, which is also dressed with blossoms, fruit and a bird's nest, co...

The pierced stem rises into a sculptural tableau, one depicting a bird fending off a cat near her nest, the other showing a bird protecting her eggs from an approaching snake.

Amongst all this floral beauty to the left is a mossy bird's nest with eggs. A really vibrant example of a British Victorian floral still life in a natural setting with superb detail...

The cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, is famous for its call heralding spring in Europe and its unique brood parasitic behaviour of laying eggs in other birds’ nests. Albin’s illustration cap...

In 1789 he began to issue his "The Birds of Great Britain, with Their Eggs, Accurately Figured," which he had been working on for the previous twenty years.

The young boy to the left is holding a finely detailed bird in his hands while the young girl to the right looks over at him with her hand at her mouth while holding an intricately d...

The botanical variety is wide — roses, tulips, dahlias — enlivened by butterflies and a bird's nest with eggs in the foreground to the right.

The elliptical partial gilt and ebonized molded edge top enclosing a framed elaborately detailed central scene of a bird with its egg filled nest. Appears the top has been refinishe...

Known for its remarkable laying capacity, this breed became the foundation of modern commercial egg production. The birds depicted in this lithograph showcase the classic features of...

The young boy to the left is holding a finely detailed bird in his hands while the young girl to the right looks over at him with her hand at her mouth while holding an intricately d...

The reverse cover is also niello enamelled with a snake in jungle surroundings of palms ferns foliage and flowers and a birds nest with five eggs in it. The front and back covers are...

A young man is passing the young lady a bird's nest with an egg and hatched birds while a young boy is trying to grab it.

The legs are connected by a concave stretcher with a wonderful wicker like design leading to charming richly carved love birds brooding their eggs in their nest at the center amidst ...

Moreover, the depiction of the bird's environment—the nest with eggs, the branch, the foliage—would have been an important aspect for the book's readers.