Ornamental Collection

Antique map of Tasmania

Cast iron Victorian walking stick stand

Ornament Koi or Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), Shopping Mall Pond, Malacca, Historic Melaka, Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia, SE Asia

Sea holly (Eryngium sp. )
Sea holly (Eryngium sp.) flower heads. Each blue blob is an individual flower. This perennial herb belongs to the family Umbelliferae, which includes 200 species. It is indigenous to southern Europe

The Trundholm sun chariot. Early Bronze Age. C. 1400 BC
Prehistory. The Trundholm sun chariot. Early Bronze Age. C. 1400 BC. Scandinavian

Antique map of Victoria or Port Phillip in Australia with vignettes

Driffield Union workhouse, East Yorkshire
The entrance to the union workhouse (or Poor Law Institution) on Bridlington Road, Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Two inmates can be seen on the left, sitting on a bench

Europe, Portugal, Lisbon, azulejo, painted blue tile

Ornamental Japanese wooden bridge at Daigoji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, Japan
Ornamental Japanese garden and wooden bridge at Daigoji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, Japan

Japanese temple garden in autumn, Daigoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Laburnum arch. Laburnum tree (Laburnum sp.) grown on a pergola

Women of Pleven, Bulgaria
Pleven, Bulgaria - Women in the costume of the region, incorporating patterned ornamental aprons

Stained glass window, St. Vituss Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Bronze lion statue outside the HSBC Bank Headquarters, rubbing its paws is said to bring good luck, Central, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Wonderful ornamented Little Chapel, Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Antique map of Denmark

Stone-built folly in woodland habitat, The Burn, Glen Esk, near Edzell, Angus, Scotland, october

Koi carp. These fish are an ornamental domesticated variety of the common carp (Cyprinus carpo)

Compton Acres Gardens at Canford Cliffs, near Poole, Dorset
View of Compton Acres Gardens in the village of Canford Cliffs, near Poole, Dorset. Bright pink flowers can be seen through an archway with a wrought iron gate

MATTHEW: VI, 28-30.....consider the lilies of the field....... Text decorated with white lilies

Fountains and buildings in city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America (USA), North America

Old Arabian coffee pot and jars, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Plaza de Vina del Mar Park, Sausalito, Marin County, California, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Fan with Fairies
A highly ornamental lace folding fan by Duvelleroy of Paris with painted scenes depicting fairies by a pond & with sticks carved in imitation of feathers

Swedish Peasant Interior
Swedish peasant interior, with tapestries, ornamental crockery, decorated chests, a loom, a grandfather clock and a cat

Azulejos at Carmo Church, Porto, Portugal

Okimono, Japan
This carved object, depicting an egg and two rats, was made in Japan in the mid 1800s. It is known as an okimono, which means object for display in Japanese

Antique map of South Australia with vignettes

Almost every Himba woman wears anklets. They comprise strands of homemade metal beads threaded onto leather

An old Kikuyu lady picks coffee Taken in the 1960 s, this photograph depicts a traditional form of dress and ear ornaments among Kikuyu women, which has completely disappeared

Germany. Bruhl. Augustusburg Palace. 18th century. Rococo st
Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Bruhl. Augustusburg Palace. 18th century by architects Johann Conrad Schlaun and Francois de Cuvillies. Rococo staircase, designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann

Europe, Portugal, Madeira. Traditional Azulejos tiles in Funchal, Madeira

Antique map of Denmark

Europe, Portugal, Lisbon, azulejo on facade of Igreja de Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira

Koi carp in a pond. This fish is an ornamental domesticated variety of the common carp (Cyprinus carpo)

Atlas compass, 16th century
Atlas compass in a 1544 copy of the Agnese Atlas. Several copies of this atlas were produced between 1536 and 1564, in Venice, by the Italian mapmaker Battista Agnese

Garden roller

Art Nouveau Headdress / 1
An Art Nouveau headdress of ornamental fillet with elongated sections, incorporating a cameo, hanging over the ears. Also matching ornamental shoulder straps

British white cattle - cow. Rare Breed Trust Cotswold Farm Park Temple Guiting near Stow on the Wold UK
MAB-639 British white cattle - cow Rare Breed Trust Cotswold Farm Park Temple Guiting near Stow on the Wold UK This long lived breed goes back to Celtic and Roman times and was once hunted for sport

Seville Cathedral, Santa Cruz district, Seville, Andalusia (Andalucia), Spain, Europe

Crimson Jacobean lily, Sprekelia formosissima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Garden varieties of the Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs

Ornamental fountain Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona, Spain
Ornamental fountain and falls in the Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1930s

Clock Tower in the centre of capital, Piccadilly Circus, Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Armenian Jerusalem sage, Phlomis armeniaca. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854

Harlequin flower, Sparaxis variegata (Variegated flowered synnotia, Synnotia variegata)

The Grand Waterfall ( La Grande Cascade ) - The Park, Saint-Cloud, western suburbs of Paris, France. Date: circa 1909

Antique map of Van Diemen Island off Australia with vignettes

Garden Scene, Japan - Geisha - Posed on a small stone bridge Date: circa 1905

St. Pauls Minnesota, USA - Conservatory at Como Park and the Sunken Gardens Date: circa 1920s

Steamboat Pier, Fleetwood, Wyre district, Lancashire
Steamboat Pier and Railway Station, Fleetwood, Wyre district, Lancashire Date: circa 1907

Japanese temple garden in autumn, Daigoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Blue Potato Bush (Solanum rantonnetii) close-up of flower, growing in garden, Germany, August

Agate bowl, grey and white
Agate is a decorative variety of cryptocrystalline quartz (silicon dioxide). This bowl specimen is from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Limone, Lake Garda, Italy
Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy), on the shore of Lake Garda

Lisbon, Portugal - Entrance to the Zoological Gardens Date: circa 1910s

Koi carp in a pond. Koi carp is a domesticated variety of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). It originated in China, but became known to the Western World through Japan

Lilac sage (Salvia Purple Rain )
Lilac sage flowers (Salvia verticillata Purple Rain )

Native American Powwow, Taos, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

tower, el Miguelet, belfry, cathedral, evening light, Valencia, Costa del Azahar, Spain, Europe

Hats for sale in the souk in the Medina, Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Kansai (Western Province), Honshu, Japan, Asia

Detail of the 18th century Fontana di Trevi, Piazza di Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Bible Ms Letters
Ornamental initial letters from an English Bible

Chinese Dragon
Ornamental Chinese dragon

Siebolds hosta, Hosta sieboldiana (Siebolds funkia, Funkia sieboldiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Japanese bindweed, Calystegia pubescens
Japanese bindweed or downy bindweed, Calystegia pubescens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Gay-flowered placea, Placea ornata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after G. Miers from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854

Dwarf violet iris or vernal American flower de luce, Iris verna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Chorillos alstroemeria, Alstroemeria chorillensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Rosy tree rhododendron, Rhododendron arboreum var. roseum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith after J

Thistle species
Showy Mexican scarlet thistle, Erythrolaena conspicua, Arabian cotton thistle, Onopordum arabicum, and blue-flowered carthamus, Carthamus caeruleus

Sollya, changeable apple-berry and Chinese pittosporum
Common sollya, Sollya heterophylla, changeable apple-berry, Billardiera mutabilis, and Chinese pittosporum, Pittosporum tobira

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer, c1850s
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, c1850s

Antique map of Asia Minor

Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
Lily of the valley flowers (Convallaria majalis) in a vase

My Voice Text
My voice shalt thou hear... text with floral ornament and a rustic scene

Hollyhock (Alcea sp. ) flowering, growing against wall in garden, West Sussex, july
Hollyhock (Alcea sp.) flowering, growing against wall in garden, West Sussex, july

Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) adult male, feeding on helenium flower, Essex, England, july

Licitars on sale in a souvenir shop of Zagreb, Croatia

The Ornamental Pond, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1964

The Tarn, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
TheTarn - an ornamental lake in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Date: early 1900s

Peninsula Hotel NYC - NYC Christmas facade. The elegant Peninsula New York Hotel is all decked out for the Christmas holiday season. The Peninsula N Peninsula Hotel NYC - NYC Christmas facade

Filigree Heraldry Leaf Pattern Floral Border Frame An ornamental filigree heraldry leaf pattern floral scroll border vintage style frame design

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"Exploring the World's Ornamental Treasures: From Antique Maps to Bronze Lions" Delve into history with an antique map of Tasmania, unraveling the secrets of this enchanting island. Step back in time with a cast iron Victorian walking stick stand, a testament to elegance and practicality. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Australia's past through an antique map showcasing Victoria or Port Phillip, adorned with captivating vignettes. Uncover stories from East Yorkshire as you discover the haunting Driffield Union workhouse, a place that holds echoes of bygone eras. Marvel at the Trundholm sun chariot, an extraordinary artifact from the Early Bronze Age that captivates with its celestial allure. Journey to Lisbon, Portugal and admire azulejo - painted blue tiles - adorning its streets, adding ornate charm to this European gem. Find serenity on an ornamental Japanese wooden bridge at Daigoji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto; let it transport you to a tranquil world. Discover architectural wonder at Guernsey's Little Chapel in Channel Islands; its intricate ornamentation is truly awe-inspiring. Encounter nature's artistry as you gaze upon an ornamental Koi or Common Carp swimming gracefully in Malacca's historic shopping mall pond. Admire the delicate beauty of Sea Holly (Eryngium sp. ), nature's own decorative masterpiece that thrives along coastal landscapes. Walk beneath Laburnum arches and be enchanted by their cascading golden blooms – a sight straight out of fairy tales. Seek good fortune by rubbing the paws of a bronze lion statue outside HSBC Bank Headquarters; let its ornate presence bring luck your way. Embark on a journey where ornamentation takes center stage – uncovering cultural gems and natural wonders across continents.