Cone Collection (page 6)

The Island of Krakatoa, front cover of The Illustrated London News
ILN358899 The Island of Krakatoa, front cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 (engraving) (detail of 178490) by English School

Detail from the Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun (c. 1370-52 BC
XZL148191 Detail from the Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun (c.1370-52 BC) depicting the Queen anointing him with scented unguent

Large magnolia tree, big laurel, Magnolia grandiflora (engraving)
5855000 Large magnolia tree, big laurel, Magnolia grandiflora (engraving) by Redoute, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840); (add.info.: Leaf, cone and flower of the large magnolia tree, big laurel)

Scots pine - Wild pine tree or Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, with branch, needle, and pine cone
FLO4604081 Scots pine - Wild pine tree or Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, with branch, needle, and pine cone. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre

Girl with forget-me-nots
The head of a lovely young girl adorned with forget-me-nots. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1902

Page 27. Native name Wye gal le ang (w / c)
5671057 Page 27. Native name Wye gal le ang (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05: Drawings of plants of New South Wales)

Page 26. Unnamed flowering plant (Watling 419 / 354) (w / c)
5671056 Page 26. Unnamed flowering plant (Watling 419/354) (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05)

Varieties of the hennin headdress
Varieties of the late medieval hennin headdress. 1906

Retro Food: Ice Cream Desserts, 1957 (screen print)
3036083 Retro Food: Ice Cream Desserts, 1957 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Retro 1950s illustration of varieties of ice cream served for dessert; screen print)

Two men playing bowls, 13th century
Medieval bowling. Two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Medieval bowling games: Two men playing bowls, 14th century (top), two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century (middle), and three men playing bowls with a jack

View of the Atrio di Cavallo between Somma and Vesuvius
STC181186 View of the Atrio di Cavallo between Somma and Vesuvius, plate 33 from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)

Vesuvius in Snow, plate V from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of
STC181182 Vesuvius in Snow, plate V from Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (w/c on paper) by Fabris

Tulip cone, Conus tulipa. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1802

Orange flag and cobweb cone shells, Conus ammiralis arausiacus and Conus araneosus (as Conus arausiacus and Conus arachnoideus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Admiral cone varieties, high admiral and cedo nulli, Conus ammiralis, Conus cedonulli (Conus ammiralis var. summus, Cedo nulli). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Merveilleuses eating ice cream at a Paris cafe
Fashionable women or merveilleuses eating ice cream with their dogs at a cafe, circa 1800. The menu includes lemon, orange, pistachio, and creme blanche

Zamia roezlii. Near threatened species of cycad. Drawn and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1873

Jeanne de Flandre wearing the conical hat called la Syrienne
Jeanne de Flandre, wife of Jean de Montfort, Duke of Brittany. Wearing the costume she wore entering Nantes with her husband 1341

European larch, Larix decidua. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

European silver fir, Abies alba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Norway spruce, Picea abies (Picea excelsa). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Various shell specimens
Whelk, Buccinum undatum 1, Noahs ark, Arca noae 2, noble pen shell, Pinna nobilis 3, Tusus brevis 4, Caltrop murex, Murex tribulus 5, Admiral cone, Conus admiralis 6, volute, Voluta arenata 7

Shells and seaweed on the shore
Sea snail, Haustellum haustellum 1, black and white cone, Conus ebraeus 2, Episcopal miter, Mitra mitra 3, dog conch, Laevistrombus canarium 4, limpet, Patella scutellaris 5, and rosy razor clam

Prosobranchia sea snail shells: triumphant star turban, Guildfordia triumphans 1, imperial cone, Conus imperialis 2, Madras harp, Harpa davidis 3, Venus comb, Murex pecten pecten 4, branched murex

Admiral cone, larval stage of lamprey, and extinct ammonite
Admiral cone, Conus ammiralis 1, ammocete or larval stage of lamprey, Petromyzon marinus 2, and extinct ammonite mollusc fossil 3

Larch tree, cuckoo bee and melipona honey bee
Cuckoo bee, Melecta albifrons 1, European larch tree, Larix decidua 2, and stingless melipona honey bee, Melipona favosa 3. Melecte, Meleze, Melipone

Corsican pine tree, Pinus nigra subsp. laricio. Pin Laricio. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Scots pine and Norway pine
Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris 1-5, and red or Norway pine, Pinus resinosa 6, weaver beetle, Lamia textor 7 and pine beetle, Tomicus piniperda 8. Pin sauvage, Pin rouge

Coral reef araucaria or Cook pine, Araucaria columnaris. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Female seed cone of the monkey puzzle tree
Mature female seed cone of the monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana (Araucaria imbricata). Endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Sikkim larch, Larix griffithii, tree and cones. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Kauri tree, Agathis australis (Dammara australis), timber tree native to New Zealand. Lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Cilician fir or Taurus fir cone, Abies cilicica. Lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Francois Peron examining an aborginal tomb on Maria Island, Tasmania. Complete (left), half opened (right) and dismantled (centre). The grave consists of a cone of wooden fibre over long poles

El Jorullo, a cinder cone volcano in Michoacan, central Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Wild pine tree, Pinus sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Yunnan pine, Pinus yunnanensis, with squirrel
Le Pin de la Chine. Yunnan pine, Pinus yunnanensis, with squirrel. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Chinese silk-cord or silk-twist makers, Qing Dynasty. Women twisting silk thread on an uprtight cone. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Oyster, cone and wentletrap shells
Hammer oyster, Malleus malleus 1, cone shell varieties, Conus cedonulli 2, Conus ammiralis 3-5, precious wentletrap, Epitonium scalare 4, and common wentltrap, Epitonium clathrus 6

Balsam fir, Abies balsamea
Balsam fir or balm of Gilead fir, Abies balsamea (Pinus balsamea). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Spruce fir or Norway spruce, Picea abies (Pinus picea). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Larch, Pinus larix. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Maritime pine or cluster pine, Pinus pinaster. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Silver fir, Abies alba (Pinus picea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Kilauea, Hawaii (chromolitho)
2788819 Kilauea, Hawaii (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kilauea, Hawaii)

Stromboli, Italy (chromolitho)
2788816 Stromboli, Italy (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stromboli, Italy)

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"Cone: A Symbol of Nature's Beauty and Architectural Marvels" From the majestic St Paul's Cathedral, with its intricate section through Wren's Dome, to the towering Reichstag Dome in Berlin by Norman Foster, cones have left their mark on architectural wonders around the world. In the realm of nature, we encounter the enchanting Pinus cembra or Arolla pine cones, showcasing their unique beauty. Meanwhile, perched on larch cones in Suffolk, England during a chilly February day is an adult Blue Tit bird (Parus caeruleus), reminding us of the delicate balance between wildlife and natural resources. The Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands tall alongside European landscapes as a testament to endurance and resilience. Ancient East African city Axum reveals conical grass huts juxtaposed against a royal palace backdrop while people work marble in the foreground—showcasing human ingenuity throughout history. Moving across continents to New Zealand's North Island, Mount Taranaki (Egmont) majestically overlooks grazing dairy cows—a picturesque scene that highlights both natural beauty and agricultural livelihoods. On a lighter note, who can resist French fries? These crispy delights are often served cone-shaped—a guilty pleasure enjoyed worldwide. Delving deeper into nature's wonders lies Encephalartos horridus—the Eastern Cape blue cycad—an ancient plant species that has survived for millions of years. Similarly enduring is the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), tirelessly buzzing around wild honeycombs—a reminder of our dependence on pollinators for food production. Alder trees (Alnus glutinosa) grace landscapes with their elegant presence while providing valuable ecological benefits such as nitrogen fixation. Yellowstone National Park's West Thumb Geyser Basin showcases geothermal activity at its finest—cones formed by mineral deposits dotting Yellowstone Lake's shores create an otherworldly spectacle. Cones symbolize the intricate beauty of nature and serve as architectural inspirations.