Shell Collection (page 6)

Mary Kessell working on mural 1938
Artist Mary Kessell (1914-1977) working on a mural painting for the Shell B.P. Pavilion at the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 1938. Date: 1938

Flowers made of seaweed in a vase on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Mythological scene on a greetings card, with cherubs, water nymphs and sea creatures. With an ornate white and gold border and embossed paper flaps. Date: circa 1890s

Romantic paper lace card with shells -- My Heart Were All Alone But For Its Dreams Of Thee. Date: circa 1890s

German Easter card with rabbit and hatching chicks. Date: circa 1890s

Cornish Riviera advert 1925
Page from The Tatler, 20th May 1925, featuring adverts for the Cornish Riviera, and Shell Motor Spirit. Date: 1925

YWCA Poster, For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Adolph Treidler, For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care for Her through the YWCA, United War Work Campaign, First World War. circa 1918

Calendar, June 1915, WW1
Calendar, June 1915 -- Munitions, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

Shell-damaged building in northern France, WW1
Shell-damaged building in northern France, First World War. Painting by Denys Wells. circa 1918

A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, WW1
Cartoon, A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, First World War. Enemy aviator (beginning to realise) -- Himmel! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. circa 1918

Italian poster, Cesenatico, Adriatic, Italy
Italian poster, Cesenatico, a port town on the Adriatic coast of Italy, designed by N Arfelli. 1955

Poster, Time to change to Winter Shell, for Shell Mex and BP. Designed by Eckersley and Lombers. circa 1950s

Harbour scene at Monte Carlo, Monaco. Date: circa 1960s

Great Victory Exhibition
Crystal Palace War Museum and Great Victory Exhibition - circa 1920. The largest gun used during WW1. Date: circa 1920

Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, RE store destroyed by shell fire, WW1
Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, another RE store, destroyed by shell fire, 26th January 1915. A considerable amount of constructive woodwork was stored here

GERMAN CAT ON RAMPAGE
ANTI-GERMAN Germany, represented as a rampaging feline, runs wild amidst a barrage of shell fire Date: 1915

Percival P. 54 Prince 4 9V-BBM
Percival P.54 Prince 4 9V-BBM (msn P.50/45), of Singapore Air Services, circa 1970. Built in 1951 as G-AMLY, operated by Shell Flying and Marketing Co

Photograph showing a time-fuse from a German shrapnel-shell which burst over British lines. Date: 1915

Petrol pumps on the pavement at a service station at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, a practice not permitted by local by-laws. Green Shield stamps for sale! Date: 1960s

A Russian wagon, bringing up supplies of ammunition, is blown up by a French shell Date: 1855

The Shell Grotto - an ornate subterranean passageway shell grotto in Margate, Kent, England - The Dome. Date: circa 1910s

Shelled Oyster Date: 1889

Madagascar - Shelling (De-husking) Rice Date: circa 1906

Old man from Central Sahara - Africa - Remarkable headdress
Old man from Central Sahara (Mali?) - Africa wearing a remarkable headdress cap adorned with sea shells. Date: circa 1904

Bystander front cover, Bairnsfather cartoon, German shells
Alas! My poor brother Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather on the front cover of The Bystander showing a stereotypical German munitions worker pouring glycerine into a shell case and opining, Alas

WWII German 20 mm shell case base
A 2nd World War German 20 mm. shell case base, dated 1940, with a striker made from a rifle bullet attached. Trench Art

French 75 mm shell case with floral design
French 75 mm. shell case, fluted, embossed and decorated with floral design. Trench Art

A composite matchbox-ashtray made from a bullet cartridge and mounted on an 18 pounder shell case. Engraved Messines, June 7th 1917 - France and Belgium with an image in copper of a British tank

Ashtray made from a German 45mm pom-pom shell
Most unusual ashtray made from a German 45 mm. pom-pom shell surmounted with three rifle rounds, engraved with the emblem of the town of Ypres. Trench Art

Paraffin lamp mounted on a 4 5 Howitzer shell case
Paraffin lamp mounted on a 4.5 Howitzer shell case. Trench Art

Pleuroploca trapezium, trapezium horse conch
A pair of trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium). This marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific

Munida gregaria, lobster krill
Ff. 9 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877
Series of illustrations at Woolwich Arsenal, London, Harvey torpedoes being made by her Majestys Government to fabricate the artillery and ammunition for land and sea service. Date: 1877

POSEIDON RULES THE WAVES
Poseidon / Neptune tames the waves, and orders Triton to blow his conch-shell

ITALIAN DINING ROOM
Dining Room at Villa Medici at Fiesole redecorated in the 18th century: carved gilt mirrors, lanterns on pedestals, crystal chandelier, & ornately carved furniture. Date: 18th century

TOO BIG FOR THE BOX
Too big for the box ! - so now shell have to go and stand in line at the Post Office, which will give her a chance to show off her fine clothes, hat and muff. Date: circa 1890

WAR REPORTERS MOCKED 1880
The War Correspondent, imperturbable amidst shot and shell - if you believe his own account of his adventures ! Date: 1880

Cartoon, The Live Shell (Gladstone and Salisbury)
Cartoon, The Live Shell (Which of em will throw it overboard?) William Gladstone and Lord Salisbury depicted as sailors, with the Irish question about to explode on the deck of their ship. Date: 1886

MAN SHOT FROM GUN
A human shell is seemingly shot from a cannon. In truth, he is propelled by a spring, and the explosion occurs a fraction of a second later... Date: 1884

A water-nymph with fishes
A water-nymph riding on the back of a sea shell, with other marine species

Hong Kong - China - Double-decker Tram No. 20 - Shell Street / North Point
Hong Kong - China - Double-decker Tram No.20 - Shell Street/North Point. Date: circa 1925

Shell Out, Empire Theatre, Nottingham
Shell Out, at the Empire Theatre, Nottingham, a Harry Day production. early 20th century

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 10
A woman walks past a bullet and shell marked wall in old Dubrovnik. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 8
Workmen repairing the pantile roofs of old Dubrovnik. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 1
A nun climbs a flight of shell-damaged steps in dubrovnik, Croatia. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994

Shell at the Front advertisement, 1914
Wartime advertisement for Shell petrol, demonstrating that it is used more extensively by Allied Forces both at home and abroad. Date: 1914

Modern Lubrication Advertisement. Date: 1928

Anti-Carbon Lubrication Advertisement. Date: 1928

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