Animated animals

Animal lovers behold! From cute cats to mischevious monkeys! We have animal-themed objects aplenty in the collection at National Museums Scotland…
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Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.
Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.
Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.

Furtive Frogs

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Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.
Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.
Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.

Rabbits and Hares

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Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.
Every object in our collection has a story to tell. Discover some of the most treasured, unusual and ground-breaking here.

Colourful cows

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Door with two main panels of oak, one with the Royal Arms of Scotland, held within a mid 19th century softwood frame and with a mid 19th century softwood carved panel depicting a thistle plant at the top, with ironwork of the 19th century in an antiquarian style, formerly one of the doors of the Antique Room at Wooers' Alley, Dunfermline
Silver two-handled cup given to Arthur Forbes, with vase-shaped body engraved with the Royal Arms of Scotland and 'From a Sincere Friend 3rd June 1800', by W. and P. Cunningham, Edinburgh, 1799
Seal box of silver, circular in two portions, engraved with the royal arms of Scotland and the arms of Don of Newton Don, by Thomas Ker, Edinburgh, Scotland, c. 1695

Majestic unicorns

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Pendant of pale stone with black striations, in the shape of a dog: China
Colour woodblock print advertising the productions of Ichida Shōshichirō of Osaka, a craftsman in fine basket work, depicting Daruma on a tiger and a grotesque: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1830.
Okimono of carved ivory, Momotaro with his dog monkey and pheasant, unsigned: Japan

Cats and dogs

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Squirrel monkeys like these live in the forests of South and Central America.
Votive statuette in bronze of ape squatting, hands on knees on a shallow base: Ancient Egyptian, possibly New Kingdom.
Earthenware pot lid transfer-printed in underglaze colours with a scene of village wakes, showing a man with a bear, dog and monkey, and a hurdy-gurdy player: English, Staffordshire, c. 1850 - 1875.

Monkey business

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Colour woodblock print entitled Midori no kisetsu C (Green Season C), depicting horses running past trees: Japan, by Fujita Fumio, 1983
1/6 plate ambrotype depicting a carriage pulled by two horses, with coach driver and four people in carriage, mounted for wall hanging, by an unknown photographer
Page from a woodblock-printed illustrated book, depicting horses: Japan, 19th century

Horses

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Figure of a pig in wood smeared with colours: Nicobar Islands
Painting of a Siamese sow and piglets, oil on canvas, by William Shiels
Amulet in bright blue faience in the form of a wild sow: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period

Perky pigs

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Okimono of the Elephant and the Seven Blind Men, signed: Nobuyoshi, Japan, late 18th-early 19th century.
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie))
Pendant jewel of gold, enamelled and set with rubies, emeralds and pearls, an elephant on a platform with scroll work: probably Italian, 16th century.

Elephants in the room

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Mottled stone figure of a small bird perched on a stone whilst looking over its shoulder: China.
Exchange of Information IV, cast glass, cylinder supporting an opaque head of a man with open mouth, facing a brightly coloured bird perched on a buff box on top of grey slabs: England, Norfolk, Dickleburgh, David Reekie, 2007.
Glass sculpture, entitled Trance, in the shape of an oystercatcher rattle, black with a buff coloured handle, red beak, a crouching figure of black glass on the back of the bird's body, and a design on the breast in formline style representing a hawk: Americas, USA, Washington, Seattle, Tlingit, by Preston Singletary, 2006.

Beautiful birds

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