Scallop Collection

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

Scallop dredgers, Kirkcudbright Harbour, SW Scotland
Scallop fishing dredgers tied up alongside the wall at low tide on the harbourside at Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. MacClellans Castle looms overhead Date: 2010

Stacia Napierkowska - Silent Movie Star
Stacia Napierkowska (18911945) - a French actress and dancer, during the silent film era, appearing in 86 films between 1908 and 1926. Date: circa 1920

Pilgrims scallop, Pecten jacobaeus (Jacobaean scallop, Ostrea jacobaea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

DRESSMAKERs BILL C1816
Maids dress: melon sleeves, deep v corsage, chemisette & ruff, apron & turban. Lady: white pelisse with scallop edging & ribbon trim, dress with ruff & decorative hem

Two Ladies Walking 1853
Brown dress: Greek key design border, blue waistcoat, tie & black hat with plumes; black dress: skirt en tablier, caraco body, scallop shaped cuffs & basques & a paisley shawl. Date: 1853

Clam, mussel, oyster, scallop, etc
Varieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten

Saint James the Pilgrim. Statue, 16th -17th centuries. Southern Germany. Polychromed wood. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Saint Alexius. 17th century. Workshop in Southern Germany. Carved wood in original colour. Detail. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Apostles James and John. Attributed to Master of Ventosilla. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Chiragra spider conch, scallop, whelk, sea snail, etc
Various mollusc shells: Chiragra spider conch, Harpago chiragra 1, scallops, Pecten species 2-5, whelk, Buccinum undatum 6, Lagena species 7, sea snail, Rapa rapa 8, de ajuinschil shell 9

Womens Winter clothing 1929
1920s dresses for dance. 1929

Scallop Repeat Pattern Date: 1808

Hat with aigrette C1913
Blonde woman wears a soft hat with an aigrette, a blouse with a scallop edged turn down collar, a large green pendant & a wrap-over garment in an eastern style print. Date: circa 1913

Woman with red parasol 1915
Japanese parasol, broad brimmed hat & a dress by Jessie Porter reminiscent of the 1830s - a gathered skirt with scallop hem, translucent sleeves & a green coatee. Date: 1915

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

Bracelet - Costume 1847
White dress: single scallop edged lace flounce & worn with a pelerine with lappets. Blue dress: long sleeves, white cuffs & trimmed en tablier; worn with a mantelet. Date: 1847

Boy casts his fishing line into River Dee at Kirkcudbright
A boy casts his fishing line into the River Dee from the harbour wall in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a gloomy winter day

Man on gate outside seafood processing factory shovels ice
A man sits on a gate outside a seafood processing factory and shovels ice into a red skip. The ice is used during the processing of scallops in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland

Caravaggio (1571-1610). Supper at Emmaus (1601)
Baroque Art. Italy. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). Italian painter. Supper at Emmaus (1601). Oil on canvas. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Advert for N D Eynede Paris corsetmarker 1909
Women wearing elegant corsets with drawstrings to the back to bring in the waist with lace edging. 1909

A selection of British Shells Date: circa 1920s

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

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

Green Dress Early 1850S
Possibly evening dress: 3 scallop edged, embroidered flounces, stomacher corsage trimmed with bows in imitation of echelles & a square neckline. (possibly a Watteau body)

Wills cigarette card - Scallop shells. Date: circa 1935

Spain. Rioja. Logrono. Way of St. James. Scallop symbol

Vestrys Gate of the Cathedral of Granada by Diego Siloe. 16
Diego Siloe (1495-1563). Spanish architect and sculptor. Vestrys Gate, 1534. Cornice depicting the Virgin and Child and statues of St. Peter and St. Paul to the sides. Cathedral of Granada. Spain

Chapel of the Pilgrims. Pontevedra. Spain
Spain. Pontevedra. Chapel of the Pilgrims. 1778. Built by Antonio Scouto. Exterior

Plum Coloured Dress 1899
Side buttoning dress: yoke, cuffs & hem in a contrasting colour. Skirt fits tightly & flares at the back & has a scallop design at the hem. N.B mink faces on muff & fur boa. Date: 1899

Grey Costume 1899
Jacket bodice, scallop edged basques, high collar rolled down to reveal red lining & fur edge, gored skirt with fullness at the back, highly ornamented with passementerie Date: 1899

Stripey Sleeves 1899
Wrap-over bodice, deep scallop shaped collar, horizontal striped sleeves & bunches of grapes embroidered on the bodice. Hair is dressed in the fashionable door knocker style Date: 1899

Park Wear 1898
Narrow sleeves, slight puff at shoulder, d-b jacket bodice, pointed revers, border of machine stitching, scallop edge over-skirt with side split, 3/4 rounded cape. Date: 1898

Evening Dress ?1882
Low cut with pointed bodices, decorative plastrons, epaulettes & trained skirts. Black: checkerboard fabric, jet & diamante trim. White: pearls & artificial flowers. Date: ? 1882

Advert for John Barker & Co, lace blouses 1912
Three women wearing laced blouses, in ivory with black ribbon velvet introduced down the front and scallop edging, high neck of alternate rows of Valenciennes lined thoughout the net

Jacobine shell or scallop, Pectens or Escallops.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Variety of scallop and clam shells: Galathea, Cyrena, Cyclas and Astarte.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Variegated scallop, Chlamys varia.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Icelandic scallop variety, Chlamys islandica var.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Icelandic scallop, Chlamys islandica.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Earmuff with Moche warrior. Gold, shells, turquoises and lapis lazuli. 330-500 B.C. Moche or Mochica Art. Jewelry. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

Designs for Cake Tops, Scallop Border Section Design Date: 1936

Chespecten jeffersonius, scallop
Specimen of the scallop (Chespecten jeffersonius), this shell originated from the Miocene era, some 23-7 million years ago. Maryland, USA

Gloripallium pallium, glory scallop
Detail of shell ribs on the glory scallop shell (Gloripallium pallium)

MAljP, Vicente (1480-1550). Portrait of Don Luis
MAlj P, Vicente (1480-1550). Portrait of Don Luis de Castella, Senor de Bicorp. 1st half 16th c. On the chest he flaunts the scallop shell of Santiago

Young lady in long evening dress by Molyneux
Young lady wearing a long v-neck loosely fitted evening dress in black with large red flowers and green leaf print, by Molyneux. 1924

Two sleeveless evening dresses by Doeuillet
Two fashionable sleeveless evening dresses by Doeuillet. On the left, a v-necked green dress with gold speckles. On the right, a black crepe dress with embroidered scoop neck

Evening dresses by Philippe et Gaston and Drecoll
Two fashionable ladies wearing boat neckline evening dresses. On the left, a white crepe dress encrusted with pearls with a kite shaped design and ruffle to the side, by Philippe et Gaston

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