Oyster Collection (page 2)

Grisette 1683, lady and dressmaker, ecailliere
Costumes of women: grisette 1683, lady and dressmaker, ecailliere or oyster shucker and servant 1675. Handcoloured lithograph after prints by Sebastien Leclerc from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul

Bushels of oyster shells at Hampton, Virginia, USA
200, 000 bushels of oyster shells piled up at Hampton, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Shelled Oyster Date: 1889

France - Nice - Parc aux Huitres (Oyster Park). Date: circa 1898

SOCIAL / OYSTER SALOON 19C
A lively scene in the Oyster Saloon, Bridges Street, London. Date: circa 1820

MARGATE OYSTER SELLER
A street oyster-seller at night in Margate, a popular seaside resort in Kent Date: 1879

LONDON OYSTER SELLER
A street oyster-seller offers his wares at sixpence a dozen - and observes that they are going strong ! Date: 1896

OYSTERS C16 PARIS
A Paris oyster-seller Date: circa 1570

LONDON OYSTER STALL
A London oyster stall Date: circa 1900

OYSTER OPENER / ART JL1849
An oyster opener and instructions for use Date: 1849

Oyster Day 1851
Oyster Day, 25th July (also St James Day) children sell oysters in the street to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

Shellfish stall at fair, London
East-End selling shellfish on a stall. Date: Early 20th century

Collecting Oysters - Arcachon, Southwestern France
Arcachon is a seaside resort town in southwest France thats known for oyster harvesting Date: 1909

Italian Street Oyster Seller and General Fishmonger Date: circa 1903

Rolex Oyster Wrist Watch advertisement
Advertisement for the Rolex Oyster Wrist Watch, the most accurate wrist watch in the world made waterproof. To prove it, Jabez Wolffe

Still Life with a Gilt Cup, 1635, by Willem Claesz Heda (159
Willem Claesz Heda (1594-1680). Dutch painter. Still Life with a Gilt Cup, 1635. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Supper Table -- how we entertain our friends. Accompanying an article entitled How I keep house on 250 per annum. 1885

Goddess by Youthlines corselette, 1965
Advertisement for Goddess by Youthlines featuring a corselette of nylon lace and Lycra modelled by a girl arising from the sea on an oyster shell in the manner of Botticellis Venus. Date: 1965

Eringi mushroom, Pleurotus eryngii, and tree oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)

Oyster from Margate on a shell-shaped greetings card
Oyster from Merry Margate (Kent) on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Pecten sp. scallop
A fossil scallop from the Corallian Crag of Suffolk, England. Scallop shells are made up of two hinged plates and are a genus of bivalve mollusc

Oyster shell with pearl
Oyster is a name given to a group of molluscs which can be found on sea beds, often in coastal waters. The pearl, a smooth spherical object can form inside its shell

Five bivalve fossils
(Top) Chlamys fibrosa; (Centre left) Chlamys splendens; (Centre right) Perampliata ampliata; (Lower left) Mytilus ungulatus; (Lower right) Trigonia reticulata

Oyster boat on River Exe, Topsham, Devon
An oyster boat at the side of the River Exe in Topsham, Devon

Blackpool Beach / 1979
The sand is crowded with families enjoying the summer. An oyster bar and ice cream van provide refreshment

Selling coffee and clams in New York, 1890
Oysters, clams and coffee for sale from a stall in New York, 1890. Date: 1890

Oyster and Cavier Bar / Restaurant in Hamburg, Germany
Johann Colln - Oyster and Cavier Bar/Restaurant in Hamburg, Germany Date: circa 1930s

Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Unloading Oysters. Set within an oyster shell border.. Date: 1910

New Year card in the shape of an oyster shell (open), with ships in a harbour. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Oyster on a plate on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a barrel of oysters, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and daughter Ethel
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (18611948) the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909

Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play in London
Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play by Rosier Faarsen which was performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, in November 1880, with Genevieve Ward in the title role

Electric ceiling & wall lights using oyster shell 1929
A variety of ceiling and wall light fittings, using oyster shell and oxidized silver, available from the electrical department at Harrods. Date: 1929

Seletion of sterling silver, electro-plate cutlery 1929
A selection of sterling silver, electro-plate and stainless steel butter, bread, cake knives, cheese scoop, sugar sifter, tea infuser, asparagus tongs, wine cork, crumb scoop, pickle, butter

Fishing for Oysters
Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay Date: 1847

Customs / Oyster Day
OYSTER DAY 25th July (also St James Day) children build oyster shell grottoes to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

Gage & Tollners, New York City, USA
Gage & Tollner s, Oyster and Chop House, Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York City, USA. A reminder of crinoline days -- looks now just as it did then. Date: circa 1910s

The Lobster, New York City, USA
The Lobster, Oyster and Chop House, West 45th Street, New York City, USA, with views of the main dining room and the cave. Date: circa 1920s

Extinct fossil of an oyster Ostraea longirostris, Pecten Jacobaeus, and mussel Dreissena Brardii.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Extinct fossil oyster, Ostraa pectiniformis, and Perna mytiloides.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany

Extinct fossil oyster, Ostraa cristagalli.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Extinct fossil gastropods and oysters.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Variety of seashells including oysters, file clams, smooth pectens and scarlet thorny oyster.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Oyster, Isognomon isognomum.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London

Wing oyster, Pteria hirundo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Oyster shucker of Le Havre in a low bonnet decorated with lace only to the ears.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Oyster mushroom, Agaricus ostreatus.. Oyster mushroom, Agaricus ostreatus. Chromolithograph of an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi

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