Shells Collection (page 2)

Carpathia and Titanic - decorated shells in oak frame
Carpathia and Titanic - rare post-disaster hand-decorated shells depicting the two ships, presented in a period oak frame. 6 x 4.5 inches. Date: circa 1910s

Boer and British munition mementos
Photograph shows the Boer and British munitions (cartridges) shot, used in the second Boer War (11th October 1899- 31st May 1902)

The Terrace, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Date: 1812

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

Gallant Affair of the Hecla and Arrogant, 20 May 1854 - cutting out a Russian barque from under the batteries of Eckness. The Arrogant, anchoring off the batteries, kept up a furious cannonade

A dummy village made of canvas used for Artillery practise with Lyddite shells - near Okehampton, Dartmoor. A shell explodes near the Church'. Date: 1912

Major Faure Chomon with gift cartons, Cuba
Major Faure Chomon, Communications Minister for Cuba, holding up so-called gift cartons from American CIA agents. The cartons were found to contain weapons parts, ammunition and grenades. Date: 1963

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

Looking for Shells. Seaside Holidays by Cicely Mary Barker

The Pearl Girl by Basil Hood; music by Howard Talbot and Hugo Felix. First produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 25 September 1913

Comic postcard, cockerel and hens, WW2 - egg production Date: 1940s

Fossils of extinct lamp shells. Kirkidium knightii 1, Araxilevis intermedius 2, Uncites grifoides 3. Pentamerus knightii, Productus martini, Uncite grifoide

Twin flowered agave, Agave geminiflora. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Extinct shells: Hamites cylindricus 1, horn coral, Amplexus coralloides 2, and Scaphites aequalis 3. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Extinct fossil shells
Extinct fossil Nautilus triangularis 1, bellybutton nautilus, Nautilus macromphalus 2, Nautilus bisiphites 3, massive Orbulites shell 4

Woman in costume as a page in La Mascotte, 1880s
Woman in costume as a page in La Mascotte at the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens, 1880s. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1880s

Men painting warning signs for unexploded bombs, Sept 1939
ARP volunteers painting wooden boards with; " keep clear unexploded bomb" to be used as a warning to civilians when a bomb fails to explode. Date: 1939

Mother searching for her belongings in debris 1939
Mother searching for her belongings as her children watch in the debris of her home in Warsaw, having been hit in a German air raid in the first few weeks of the German invasion of Poland. Date: 1939

Aftermath of an incendiary bomb in Poland 1939
Polish civilians as they deal with a fire caused by an incendiary bomb in Poland. The Sphere contextualises the man on the left; describing him as a butcher whose daughter had been injured in an

Music cover, Oysters Sir, sung by Miss Graddon
Music cover, Oysters Sir, composed by Rossini, sung by Miss Graddon at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. 1827

Civilians filling sandbags for air raid shelters 1939
Civilians, including females in bikini tops and a man in a suit, working together to fill sandbags for use in the construction of public air raid shelters. September 1939

Construction of sandbag air raid shelter, September 1939
Construction of a large public air raid shelter from sandbags in North London, shortly after the outbreak of war. September 1939

German plane wreckage on the outskirts of Warsaw, Sept 1939
A crowd inspects the remnants of a German plane, having been shot down just outside Warsaw as part of the Polish resistance to German invasion, in September 1939. September 1939

Plate from Rouen, France, with scene of Venus
Plate from Rouen, France, decorated with scene of Venus and nymphs riding dolphins serenaded by Pan. Border of shells, masks and foliage

Plate from Chaffagiolo, Tuscany, Renaissance enamel ware, with Moors head within escutcheon, border of dolphins, shells and cornucopia

Jewel box clam, embossed horn, miter, volute
Various shells: Jewel box clam, Chama squamata 1, embossed horn shell, 2, miter, Mitra mitra (Mitra episcopalis) 3, volute sea snail, Voluta musicalis 4, agate volute 5, groene zilvermond 6

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

Title page with vignette from Knorrs Deliciae
Title page with vignette of Tritons with corals, shells and sea urchins in a border of reptiles and birds. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Robert Muys from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae

Plow, vase, money and musical instruments of the Kingdom of Siam, Thailand. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Antoni Carboni from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Group photograph of munitionettes, WW1
Group photograph of munitionettes with shells at their feet during the First World War inside a munitions factory, in the north east of England. Front and centre is Marion McNeill. Date: ww1

Ringed Plover. Date: 1957

WW1 wicker shell cases recycled as umbrella stands, 1915
Wicker carrying-cases for German shells, repurposed as umbrella stands in France, 1915. Date: 1915

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

Cartoon, A Sort of War (Mexican Revolution)
Cartoon, A Sort of War - a satirical comment on American intervention in the Mexican Revolution. Woodrow Wilson stands on a ship during a naval battle

Columbus First Voyage
Christopher Columbus on his first voyage, dressed in armour and holding a standard as two ichthyocentaurs play horns behind him. Date: 1492

Albert E. Jamrach, London dealer in exotic wildlife
Albert E. Jamrach (?-1917) - he continued the family business started by his Father Charles, an exotic pet store on the Ratcliffe Highway in east London at the time the largest such shop in

Charles Jamrach, London dealer in wildlife, birds and shells
Charles Jamrach (1815-1891) - a leading dealer in wildlife, birds and shells in 19th-century London. He owned an exotic pet store on the Ratcliffe Highway in east London at the time the largest such

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

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

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

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

First Balkan War - Abandoned Gun Battery
First Balkan War - Abandoned Turkish artillery post at the Monastery of Rachtani near the Town of Bitola, Macedonia. Date: 1912

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

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

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