Seashell Collection (page 6)

The mermaids, c1905. Transfer-printed glass slide from a boxed set of twenty-four, depicting scenes from Peter Pan by JM Barrie (1860-1937). From Coloured Lantern Slides - The Story of Peter Pan. [W

Vase and flowers, 1655. Artist: Pieter van de Venne
Vase and flowers, 1655; with shells, butterflies and other insects around and amongst the flowers

She Put The Statue Back In Her Garden, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Put The Statue Back In Her Garden, c1930. An illustration from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Little Mermaid, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Little Mermaid, c1930. An illustration from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. [Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co

Jesus y Juan El Bautista Ninos, (Jesus and John the Baptist, children), 1670, (c1934). The infant Christ holds a shell for his cousin John to drink

Little Tern - Stern a minu ta, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Little Tern - Stern a minu ta, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, (1674-1681), illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV, c1680, (1911). Artist: Pierre Mignard
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Legitimee de France, Mademoiselle de Tours (1674-1681), illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV (1638-1715) of France, c1680

The Promise of Sleep, 1898. Artist: A Birkenruth
The Promise of Sleep, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1807. Artist: Rivers
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, (1807). Darnley (1545-1567) was murdered at Kirk O Field near Edinburgh in February 1567

Conch Shell, 1923. Ornament consisting of a conch shell set in metal, possibly gold, decorated with dragons. The shell has religious significance in both Hinduism and Buddhism

Necklace of Charms, 1923. Jewellery made from cowrie shells, ancient Egyptian pharaohs beard and kneeling figure, and a fish

The Nautilus shell, 19th century. Artist: Charles James Richardson
The Nautilus shell, 19th century. Ornament made from the shell of a nautilus. a sea creature

The Message of Love, 19th century, (1912). Artist: Eugene Delaplanche
The Message of Love, 19th century, (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Enamelled dish by Bernard Palissy, 16th century, (1870). Palissy (1510-1590) was a French potter and the inventor of rustic ware. He used examples from nature to make moulds for his ceramic pieces

Michel de Montagne, 1775. Artist: J Collyer
Michel de Montagne, 1775. Portrait of Montaigne (1533-1592). A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1775

The Birth of Venus, 1729. Artist: Dutch Master
The Birth of Venus, 1729. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, St Petersburg

Still Life with a Clock, 1652. Artist: Antonio Pereda y Salgado
Still Life with a Clock, 1652. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Shells and Shellfish, 16th century. Artist: Joris Hoefnagel
Shells and Shellfish, 16th century. An illustration from the calligraphic manuscript Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, inscribed by Georg Bocskay and illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel

The Greek goddess Aphrodite, 3rd century. Located in the Louvre, Paris

The Birth of Venus (detail), c1485. Artist: Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus (detail), c1485. From the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

The Birth of Venus, c1482. Artist: Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus, c1482. From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Admiral Francois Darlan, Commander of the French Navy, 1940. Artist: Pierre Falke
Admiral Francois Darlan, Commander of the French Navy, 1940. Jean Louis Xavier Francois Darlan (1881-1942) commanded the French naval forces early in World War II

Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. The central image shows a lobster, crab, turtle, scallops, whelks and prawns, cowrie shells, lobster and crab pots and shrimping nets

Mask from Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is a small, landlocked country north of Ghana and south of Mali and Niger. Economically, it is one of the four or five poorest countries in the world

Human skull with features modelled in clay and painted, from New Guinea
Human skull used for ancestor worship with features modelled in clay and painted, from the Sepik river in New Guinea. Now in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh

Skull from Jericho, modelled with plaster and shells. It was probably kept in the home, and used for ancestor-worship. From the British Museums collection

Princess Granida (after the play Granida by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft), 1651. Artist: Jan van Bijlert
Princess Granida (after the play Granida by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft), 1651. Found in the collection of the Museum of Private Collections in the A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Fossil shells in limestone

Murex, c1890. The mollusc which inhabited this shell was the source of Tyrian Purple dye

Birth of Venus, 1st century. Fresco showing Venus, the Roman goddess of love, in the shell, from the House of Venus Pompeii, Italy

Strings of Cowrie shells. Through the ages, these have been widely used as a form of currency

Fountain design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Fountain design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

The Boys with the Shell, c1670. Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
The Boys with the Shell, c1670. Found in the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

Model of a Bothriolepsis, a fish from the Upper Devonian Strata in Canada, from the British Museums collection

Flowers in a porcelain vase, c1600. Artist: Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
Flowers in a porcelain vase, c1600. Tulips, Roses, Carnations, French Marigolds, Lily-of-the-Valley, Aquelegia, Forget-me-not and other flowers, in a porcelain vase

Pilgrims and Pilgrims, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Pilgrims and Pilgrims, 1873. A nattily dressed modern pilgrim casually lights a cigar as he talks about the perils of pilgrimage with the Ancient Pilgrim, dressed in the clothes of the past

Reversing the Proverb, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Reversing the Proverb, 1864. The Oyster where it ought to be, And Shell and Shell the Lawyers Fee. Here, the plaintiff whose case is settled is walking away with the oyster

Fountain with a Naiad Seated on a Shell (Une fontaine avec une nä
Fountain with a Naiad Seated on a Shell (Une fontaine avec une naiade assise sur une conque), ca. 1740

On Shinagawa Beach at Ebb-Tide, ca. 1790-1825. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
On Shinagawa Beach at Ebb-Tide, ca. 1790-1825

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