Shell Collection (page 12)

Christmas card in the shape of a shell (open), with a seasonal verse and a seascape with sailing boats. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of an orange shell (closed). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Eggcup stand with eggs on a cutout Christmas card
Eggcup stand with eggs and spoons on a cutout Christmas card -- Health, Happiness, Prosperity, Lays for the Season. Date: circa 1890s

Susi - with newly hatched chicks. 1950s

Primroses on a shell-shaped Christmas card. circa 1890s

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

Christmas card in the shape of an oval shell (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Frog and stork on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Stork on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Sailing boat on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl on a shell-shaped greetings card
Little girl with a spade on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene on a shell-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy on a shell-shaped greetings card
Little boy in a sailor suit on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink roses on a shell-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Green foliage in a shell-shaped Christmas card. circa 1890s

Forgetmenots on a shell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick hatching on a cutout New Year card
Chick hatching from an egg on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick hatching on a cutout Christmas card
Chick hatching from an egg on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card
Chick emerging from an egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card. circa 1890s

Chick in an eggcup on a cutout Easter card
Chick emerging from an egg in an eggcup on a cutout Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Chick in an eggcup on a cutout Christmas card
Chick emerging from an egg in an eggcup on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Boy and girl with toys on a Victorian scrap. He is riding a horse which is breaking through a large eggshell; she is holding a doll. Date: circa 1890s

Dogs in containers on eight Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Men in munitions factory, WW1
Cartoon, two men working in a French munitions factory. One man comments to his colleague: Be careful with that shell, it could be the one that avenges your brother. Date: 1917

Little boy eating coconut, Thailand
Little boy eating a piece of coconut, Thailand. Date: circa 1970s

Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915
Every shell was tested for flaws by the sound, being hammered, in the background a man seen weighing each shell, in order to ensure its nanswering to the exact regulation weight

HMS Marlborough - Lowering a 13. 5 inch shell into shell room
HMS Marlborough - Carefully lowering a 13.5 inch shell into the shell room. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

HMS Marlborough - 13. 5 inch shell being hoisted aboard
HMS Marlborough - 13.5 inch shell being hoisted aboard. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Horseguards Parade, London - Cadiz Memorial - a French mortar in the style of a Chinese dragon captured at the battle of Salamanca - presented by Spain to mark the lifting of the siege of Cadiz in

Illustration, Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Illustration (possibly the frontispiece), Mary Mary Quite Contrary how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: 1895

American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2
American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Birds, flowers, fruit, figures under glass shades, Plate 76
Birds, flowers, fruit, figures etc under glass shades, Plate 76. Date: circa 1880s

Phaethons Fall, 1678, by Johann Heiss (1640-1704)
Johann Heiss (1640-1704). German painter. Phaethons Fall, 1678. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

The Arms of the Dutch East India Company and of the Town of
Jeronimus Becx (active c. 1649-1658). Dutch artist. The Arms of the Dutch East India Company and of the Town of Batavia, 1651. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Greek art. Grave relief for a soldier. Athens. C. 330 B. C. M
Greek art. Grave relief for a soldier. Athens. C. 330 B.C. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark. Europe

Italy. Rome. Moor Fountain
Italy. Rome. The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Navona Square. Detail

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

Munitions in the Balkan war-area
A British soldier near an underground bomb-proof magazine designed as a reserve magazine in proximity to one of the British hevay-gun batteries during WW1. Date: 1916

Four oval vignettes on a Christmas card, with Cupid kneeling by a flaming altar, Venus in a shell, Cupid again with doves, and a young man planting a tree

Music cover, Shells of Ocean or I Wander d on the Sea Beat Shore, a song written and inscribed to P Fraser Esq by J W Lake, with music by J W Cherry. circa 1850s

Music cover, Shell Out Waltz by Herman Darewski, danced by Cebalios Desmond. 1912

Snap card - Humpty Dumpty
Nursery Rhyme Snap card - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. early 20th century

Easter Card design, chick hatched from an egg. early 20th century

Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881

Three insects and a snail on a Christmas card, progressing slowly along a country road. Date: circa 1890s

Martyrs Monument, Hakugyokuzan Ryojun, Port Arthur, Memorial. ort Arthur is now under Chinese control and is known as Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province)

Ponce De Lion Hotel, St Augustine, Florida, USA
The ornate architecture of the Ponce De Lion Hotel, St Augustine, Florida, named after a Spanish soldier, explorer and colleague of Columbus

George Ernest Studdy, giant tortoise and frog
George Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. I know I ve always been slow, said Mrs Giant Tortoise, so today being my hundredth birthday I m going to learn to skip! Date: 1941

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