Botanical Specimen

These were produced after the original 1728-1747 publication containing 220 hand-colored engravings depicting birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, mammals, insects, flowering plants...

These were produced after the original 1728-1747 publication containing 220 hand-colored engravings depicting birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, mammals, insects, flowering plants...

Each tureen is potted in white porcelain and painted to the body with a botanical specimen faithfully copied from the plates of the original publication, executed with the scientific...

These were produced after the original 1728-1747 publication containing 220 hand-colored engravings depicting birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, mammals, insects, flowering plants...

These were produced after the original 1728-1747 publication containing 220 hand-colored engravings depicting birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, mammals, insects, flowering plants...

The shade features hand-picked botanical specimens—ferns, leaves, and wildflowers—carefully pressed onto natural paper, creating a luminous organic composition.

With its tall vertical format and calm, natural palette, this plate works well both as a collector’s botanical specimen and as a decorative object, suited to interiors seeking unders...

The gilt dentil rims elegantly frame the central motifs, which showcase meticulously hand-painted illustrations of botanical specimens. On the underside, each platter carries the ha...

These avian pictorials depicted with detailed plumage and proud bearing emerge from a ground alive with delicate botanical specimens and meandering vines, and are but are few of the ...

Floral Finesse: A Mid-Victorian Wedgwood Botanical Specimen Plate This elegant Wedgwood creamware plate, manufactured in 1862, serves as a stunning example of the enduring appeal of...

A plantsman as well as an artist, Booth would cultivate flowers, plants and botanical specimens at home in the garden before painting them in the studio.

It is accompanied by a botanical specimen bearing small fruit and glossy green leaves.

Engravings like this one were common during the 18th and 19th centuries, showcasing botanical specimens with detailed accuracy and often hand-colored to highlight specific features o...

Entirely handmade on prepared canvas and painted using traditional pigments derived from rocks and minerals, the composition is arranged across numerous horizontal registers containi...

Bring the serene beauty of nature indoors with this large-scale vintage botanical print. This classic specimen illustration captures a leafy plant in elegant, scientific detail, evok...

The baluster-form bodies are adorned with finely painted reserves of songbirds and botanical specimens in the 18th-century Meissen style, framed within raised gilt cartouches against...

The second plate focuses on sphinx moths and botanical specimens. A dramatic striped sphinx moth with pink, cream, and black coloration hovers above finely engraved foliage, while a ...

Across its luxurious field, stylized palmettes bloom like rare botanical specimens, each one a cipher of prosperity and sacred renewal.

These scenes are enriched with varied groupings of flowering plants and botanical specimens scattered gracefully across the pale cream-colored ground.

Likely originating from a natural history publication, this scientifically accurate yet artistically refined print presents various moth species, their larvae, and pupae, carefully a...

Conceived as a wunderkammer—a cabinet of curiosities—it was designed to cradle both artificialia (objects of human ingenuity) and naturalia: seashells, fossils, botanical specimens, ...

The scope of the work is comprehensive, covering a wide range of Central European flora, from common field and forest species to more specialized botanical specimens. The plates are ...

The tips of the branches are dotted with subtle brown cones, adding visual rhythm and botanical accuracy. Surrounding the central specimen are multiple analytical studies of cones, s...

A botanic didactical specimen, depicting a Vitis vinifera flower, pale yellow green color made out of papier mache, plaster and wood hand painted.

This beautifully preserved collection features four 19th century botanical herbier specimens meticulously mounted in a rustic barn wood frame.

A botanic didactical specimen depicting a Wheat flower (Triticum durum), made out of papier mache wood and metal with black wooden base, hand painted.

Significance: The Stifftia chrysantha is particularly celebrated not only for its aesthetic appeal but also for its rarity and exotic origin, making it a prized specimen in botanical...

Stark’s unique perspective as an Edinburgh-based nurseryman and seedsman allowed him to capture the botanical essence of each specimen with remarkable fidelity, making these plates b...

The service takes its decoration from the Flora Danica, the survey of the native plants of the Danish kingdom published in instalments between 1761 and 1883, with each piece traditio...

The imaginary five-petaled blossoms are not intended as botanically precise specimens. An orange flower fills the left side of the composition, counterbalanced by a larger green flow...

Patterns drawn from flora and fauna, and from marine life in particular, answered the era’s enthusiasm for natural history and for the collecting of botanical and marine specimens, a...

The composition is a virtuoso display of the European Floral tradition, defined by its romantic and "painterly" botanical realism. This specific specimen features an ethereal Ivory f...

A pair of c.1960's lamps created of noir ebene porcelain with botanical representations lucite and specimen marble roundel bases

At the base, the branching roots are carefully rendered, while a close-up of a flower and seed capsule appears beside the main specimen for botanical reference. This print originate...

Nast manufacture hard paste French porcelain serving dish with botanical painted tulip specimen identified on the reverse with strong viridian green glaze interior border and Fine gi...

Additionally, he collected numerous botanical and geological specimens, which would later be displayed in museums such as Charles Nicolay's in Fremantle.

The Economic Botany collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, contains specimens of wood from all these species collected at various times in the 19th and early 20th cent...