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Thyme Collection

"Exploring the Aromatic World of Thyme: From Victorian Botanical Illustrations to Greek Island Blooms" Thyme, a beloved herb and spice

Background imageThyme Collection: Herbs anb Spice, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Herbs anb Spice, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Forage Herbs anb Spice: Plate 11, from The Book of Practical Botany in Word and Image

Background imageThyme Collection: Catmint, Catnip, Ivy, Hoarhound, Calaminth, Thyme, Basil, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Catmint, Catnip, Ivy, Hoarhound, Calaminth, Thyme, Basil, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Catmint, Catnip, Catswort, Ivy, Ground Ivy, Horehound, Hoarhound, Calaminth, Thyme, Basil, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Background imageThyme Collection: Speedwell, Thyme, Veronica, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Speedwell, Thyme, Veronica, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Speedwell, Thyme, Veronica, Victorian Botanical Illustration, from The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, Published in 1846

Background imageThyme Collection: Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, and dittany

Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, and dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageThyme Collection: Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses

Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses and Eglantine (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Background imageThyme Collection: Leaf oil glands, SEM

Leaf oil glands, SEM
Leaf oil glands. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a thyme plants leaf surface (Thymus vulgaris). Two types of leaf trichomes (hairs) are seen

Background imageThyme Collection: Plants / Thymus Serpillium

Plants / Thymus Serpillium
Wild Thyme Personified

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme, Majorum, Oregano, Germander, Teucrium, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Thyme, Majorum, Oregano, Germander, Teucrium, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Thyme, Majorum, Oregano, Germander, Teucrium, Victorian Botanical Illustration, from The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain

Background imageThyme Collection: Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century

Background imageThyme Collection: Wild thyme bushes blooming, Kourtaliotiko gorge, Rethymno, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece

Wild thyme bushes blooming, Kourtaliotiko gorge, Rethymno, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece

Background imageThyme Collection: Pink flowered garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris

Pink flowered garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris
5856687 Pink flowered garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Pink flowered garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris)

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme (Thymus vulgaris). Hand-coloured copper engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris). Hand-coloured copper engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby
FLO4701994 Thyme (Thymus vulgaris). Hand-coloured copper engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby. Excerpt from the book of William Woodville

Background imageThyme Collection: Purple flowered wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum

Purple flowered wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum
5856688 Purple flowered wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Purple flowered wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum)

Background imageThyme Collection: Birmingham (near Detroit), Michigan, 1942. Creator: Arthurs Siegel

Birmingham (near Detroit), Michigan, 1942. Creator: Arthurs Siegel
Birmingham (near Detroit), Michigan. Kitchen utensils hanging below a spice rack with mint, caraway, thyme, and sage jars

Background imageThyme Collection: Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Thym; Thyme; Thymian (engraving)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Thym; Thyme; Thymian (engraving)
7197726 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Thym; Thyme; Thymian (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thym; Thyme; Thymian)

Background imageThyme Collection: The Allotment Love Letter (colour litho)

The Allotment Love Letter (colour litho)
7151107 The Allotment Love Letter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Allotment Love Letter. Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme, Thymus vulgaris, showing, flower, leaf, stem and root

Thyme, Thymus vulgaris, showing, flower, leaf, stem and root. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert
FLO4604629 Thyme, Thymus vulgaris, showing, flower, leaf, stem and root. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme (Thymus) - In 'Herbarium Mattioli'

Thyme (Thymus) - In "Herbarium Mattioli"
GIA4818130 Thyme (Thymus) - In " Herbarium Mattioli". by Mattioli, Pietro Andrea (1501-77); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme, Thymus vulgaris

Thyme, Thymus vulgaris. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imageThyme Collection: Common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and summer

Common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and summer savory, Satureja hortensis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageThyme Collection: Cretan oregano, Origanum onites, and wild

Cretan oregano, Origanum onites, and wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageThyme Collection: Breckland thyme or wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum

Breckland thyme or wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme honey-myrtle, Melaleuca thymifolia

Thyme honey-myrtle, Melaleuca thymifolia
Thyme honey-myrtle or thyme-leaved melaleuca, Melaleuca thymifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imageThyme Collection: Garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris

Garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageThyme Collection: Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum

Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants)

Background imageThyme Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 723

Curtis British Entomology Plate 723
Coleoptera: Platyrhinus latirostris = Anthribus resinosus [Plant: Clinopodium acinos (Acinos vulgaris, Basil Thyme)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageThyme Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 581

Curtis British Entomology Plate 581
Diptera: Messala saundersii = Bolitophila saundersii Curtis [Plant: Thymus serpyllum (Breckland Thyme)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageThyme Collection: Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol. 147v Illustration from The Book of Simple Medicines

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol. 147v Illustration from The Book of Simple Medicines
XJL212027 Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.147v Illustration from The Book of Simple Medicines by Mattheaus Platearius (d.c.1161) c.1470 (vellum) by Testard, Robinet (fl.1470-1523); 26x35.5 cm; National Library

Background imageThyme Collection: Thymus [thyme], illustration from De historia stirpium commentarii insignes

Thymus [thyme], illustration from De historia stirpium commentarii insignes
660956 Thymus [thyme], illustration from De historia stirpium commentarii insignes by Leonhard Fuchs, published 1542 (coloured woodcut) by German School

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme. 19th century engraving

Thyme. 19th century engraving
GIA4736962 Thyme. 19th century engraving. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thyme. 19th century engraving.); eGiancarlo Costa; out of copyright

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme carpet

Thyme carpet
Takako Fukaya

Background imageThyme Collection: FALL / DACHSHUND / LONG / 1959

FALL / DACHSHUND / LONG / 1959
WILD THYME OF ANTROBUS Owned by Owen. Date: 1959

Background imageThyme Collection: 1 Beauty in Nature Bloom Botany Flowering Flowers

1 Beauty in Nature Bloom Botany Flowering Flowers
Thyme, Mother of thyme, Thymus praecox, Close side view of some flowers rising above soft focus foliage with a bee collecting nectar from one flower

Background imageThyme Collection: Thyme, Thymus vulgaris

Thyme, Thymus vulgaris

Background imageThyme Collection: Fall / Dachshund / Long / 1959

Fall / Dachshund / Long / 1959
WILD THYME OF ANTROBUS Owned by Owen. Date: 1959

Background imageThyme Collection: Identified in book as three types of thyme. After an illustration by Mirza Baqir in a 19th century

Identified in book as three types of thyme. After an illustration by Mirza Baqir in a 19th century Iranian book of Greek physician

Background imageThyme Collection: Mariette clock Campanula medium marjoram Thymus mastichina

Mariette clock Campanula medium marjoram Thymus mastichina
Mariette clock (Campanula medium) and marjoram (Thymus mastichina), Mariette clock and marjoram or thyme. FIGs. 39 and 40 on a leaf numbered by hand 21. In: Anselmi Boetii de Boot I.C

Background imageThyme Collection: Illustration showing a window herb garden

Illustration showing a window herb garden

Background imageThyme Collection: Pork neck steaks in marinade with herbs

Pork neck steaks in marinade with herbs

Background imageThyme Collection: Common thyme -Thymus vulgaris-, herb, medicinal plant

Common thyme -Thymus vulgaris-, herb, medicinal plant

Background imageThyme Collection: Soup of squash roasted with garlic and thyme, served in blue and white bowl with

Soup of squash roasted with garlic and thyme, served in blue and white bowl with wooden spoon

Background imageThyme Collection: AÔÇ×rtsoppa, Swedish yellow pea soup, traditionally served with Slotts senap (Swedish

AÔÇ×rtsoppa, Swedish yellow pea soup, traditionally served with Slotts senap (Swedish sweet spiced mustard) and dried thyme

Background imageThyme Collection: European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, a parasitic plant on a herd thyme plant in a pot

European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, a parasitic plant on a herd thyme plant in a pot

Background imageThyme Collection: Assortment of herbs

Assortment of herbs used as flavourings for food

Background imageThyme Collection: Alpine thyme, Thymus alpinus

Alpine thyme, Thymus alpinus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Background imageThyme Collection: Basil thyme or wild basil, Acinos arvensis

Basil thyme or wild basil, Acinos arvensis.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Background imageThyme Collection: Spaghetti with herbs: rosemary, thyme, oregano, chive and parmesan shavings

Spaghetti with herbs: rosemary, thyme, oregano, chive and parmesan shavings
Spaghetti with herbs - rosemary, thyme, oregano, chive and parmesan shavings



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"Exploring the Aromatic World of Thyme: From Victorian Botanical Illustrations to Greek Island Blooms" Thyme, a beloved herb and spice, has captivated our senses for centuries. Its delicate leaves and fragrant aroma have been immortalized in stunning Victorian botanical illustrations, showcasing its beauty alongside other herbs like catmint, catnip, ivy, hoarhound, calaminth, and basil. In nature's tapestry, thyme finds its place among wildflowers such as oxlips, violets, woodbine, and musk-roses. It thrives alongside speedwell and veronica too - a testament to its versatility in various landscapes. The enchanting wild thyme variety known as Thymus serpyllum is often found growing with dittany. These plants possess leaf oil glands that are truly fascinating when observed under a scanning electron microscope (SEM), revealing intricate details of their structure. Thyme's allure extends beyond scientific exploration; it has also inspired artistic expressions. In a charming comic postcard from the 20th century titled "Vegetable Love, " thyme joins marjoram, oregano, and germander in a whimsical depiction of love on an allotment. Venturing into the picturesque Kourtaliotiko gorge in Rethymno on the Greek island of Crete reveals breathtaking scenes of wild thyme bushes blooming against rugged terrain. The essence of Greece's natural beauty can be savored through these aromatic blooms. From kitchen gardens to gourmet dishes worldwide, Thymus Serpillium continues to enhance culinary experiences with its distinct flavor profile. Leaf vegetables and herbs thrive alongside this versatile herb in bountiful potageres et plantes condimenteires gardens - offering endless possibilities for culinary creativity. Whether admired through Victorian botanical illustrations or experienced firsthand amidst nature's wonders, the captivating world invites us to explore its rich history, aromatic allure, and culinary delights.