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  • A variety of shells, including porcellain shells, oyster shells and marina shells. Etching by I. Taylor.
  • Conchology: shells
  • A variety of shells, cone-shells, fossils and corals. Coloured lithograph.
  • Sselection of shells
  • Spanish amulet; shells.
  • Illustration of shells.
  • Illustration of shells.
  • A variety of shells, including heart shells, tubuli and balani. Etching by I. Taylor.
  • A variety of shells, including limpets, turbines and trumpet-shells. Etching by I. Taylor.
  • Prehistoric amulets, fossil, perforated shells.
  • A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
  • A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
  • A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
  • A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • A variety of heart-shaped shells (conche cordiformes). Etching.
  • Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.
  • The Crystal Palace, London (?): an exhibit of sea-shells. Photograph, 1851/1862.
  • Two Japanese fishermen wading in the sea to collect shells. Watercolour, c.1860.
  • Rattle, West Africa. Nut shells on edge with anthropomorphic figure in the centre
  • Six fish, including a lobster, a crab and an eel, with shells. Etching.
  • A variety of fossils, including shells, ammonites and fossil bodies. Etching by I. Taylor.
  • A variety of spiral and subspiral shells, including Haliotis, Nerita and Dolium. Line block.
  • A table with 79 different shells. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.
  • A table with 163 different shells. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.
  • A table with 105 different shells. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.
  • Ibedgi female figure with long strings of cowrie shells attached. Yoruba, Nigeria, West Africa.