Scallop Collection

El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, scallop shells and walking sticks, Galicia, Spain, Europe

The Scallop sculpture by Maggie Hambling on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Scallop Sculpture by Maggi Hambling, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Scallop sculpture by Maggie Hambling on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

Scallop shells on a water fountain, on the Camino de Santiago, Spain, Europe

The Birth of Venus, c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
XIR412 The Birth of Venus, c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); 172.5x278.5 cm; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy; Italian

The Birth of Venus, c.1485 (tempera on canvas)
BEN285731 The Birth of Venus, c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); 180x280 cm; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Scallop dredgers, Kirkcudbright Harbour, SW Scotland
Scallop fishing dredgers tied up alongside the wall at low tide on the harbourside at Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. MacClellans Castle looms overhead Date: 2010

Stacia Napierkowska - Silent Movie Star
Stacia Napierkowska (18911945) - a French actress and dancer, during the silent film era, appearing in 86 films between 1908 and 1926. Date: circa 1920

Clam, mussel, oyster, scallop, etc
Varieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten

Shells on beach - including Scallop Shell Thousands of mollusc shells are cast-up by waves each day
DAD-1752 Shells on beach - including Scallop Shell Spain's Atlantic coast-line. Punta Umbria, Province of Huelva. Spain. Thousands of mollusc shells are cast-up by waves each day

Two Ladies Walking 1853
Brown dress: Greek key design border, blue waistcoat, tie & black hat with plumes; black dress: skirt en tablier, caraco body, scallop shaped cuffs & basques & a paisley shawl. Date: 1853

Pilgrims scallop, Pecten jacobaeus (Jacobaean scallop, Ostrea jacobaea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Hamblings Scallop, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK, 25 / 5 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Scallop (2003) by Maggi Hambling (b1945), Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The sculpture celebrates the composer Benjamin Britten who lived locally. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK

DRESSMAKERs BILL C1816
Maids dress: melon sleeves, deep v corsage, chemisette & ruff, apron & turban. Lady: white pelisse with scallop edging & ribbon trim, dress with ruff & decorative hem

Sushi chef preparing nigiri at Tsukiji fish market. Tokyo, Japan

Fresh shellfish at Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan

Burton in Tunbridge Wells MBC01_04_101
Burton, Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Looking up at the upper elevation of the Burton store at 29 Calverley Road

Burton signage MBC01_04_044
Silver Street, Durham. The art deco front of 7-8 Silver Street, a former Burton store, seen from the north-west

Scallop shell & walking sticks, symbol of The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk, Santiago de Compestela, Galicia, Spain

Monteith, 1701/2. Creator: Robert Peake
Monteith, 1701/2. When filled with ice water, this unusually large silver bowl could be used to cool wineglasses by hooking their bases over the bowl's scalloped rim

Varieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna
FLO4684889 Varieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten

Various mollusc shells: Chiragra spider conch, Harpago chiragra 1, scallops, Pecten species 2-5, whelk
FLO4652540 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

The Fountain of the Shepherd, designed by Jacopo Vignola (1507-73) 1557-1583 (photo)
BEN95802 The Fountain of the Shepherd, designed by Jacopo Vignola (1507-73) 1557-1583 (photo); Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Voterbo, Lazio, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) feeding. Glencoe, Ballachulish, Lochaber, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Leven, Loch Linnhe, North East Atlantic Ocean. British Isles

The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
XIR155373 The Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
5863915 The Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

A Giant rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantea) encrusted with and surrounded by several other invertebrates animals, including White anemones (Metridium sp.), White mushroom ascidians (Distaplia sp.)

India, Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Agra Fort (Red Fort). The interior of the Red Fort has many decorative passages

Tropical shell still-life

Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) Isle of Man, July

Fresh scallop, Piran, Istria, Slovenia

Queenies, Isle of Man

Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby, port area, worlds largest scallop boat fleet, dawn

Bright and Modern Granny Square
Emma Make

Scallops
Linda Wride

Robe crepe noir (avec) petits volants au corsage, gilet brodé blanc sur organdi, 1938-1939. Creator: Marcel Dhorme
Robe crepe noir (avec) petits volants au corsage, gilet brode blanc sur organdi, 1938-1939. Black crepe dress (with) small ruffles at the bodice, white embroidered waistcoat in organdy

Miss Lucy Patterson, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 7. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Lucy Patterson, portrait photograph, 1918 Dec. 7

Miss Beatrice Linda Swanson, portrait photograph, 1918 Mar. 27. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Beatrice Linda Swanson, portrait photograph, 1918 Mar. 27

Goblet with base decorated with two large scallops, published 1579. Creator: Georg Wechter I
Goblet with base decorated with two large scallops, published 1579

Dressing Table, 1936. Creator: Michael Trekur
Dressing Table, 1936

Paris fashions for August, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for August, 1862. Fig. 1. Bridal Dress. Crape robe over taffety, the skirt ornamented with a silk ruching formed into festoons fastened by large rosettes

Birth of Venus; work of Sandro Botticelli. Uffizi Gallery, Florence Painting Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Birth of Venus, detail, tempera on canvas, Botticelli, Sandro (1445-1510), Uffizi Gallery, Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery Painting Early Renaissance, Renaissance

Birth of Venus, detail of the face of the goddess, work of Sandro Botticelli. Uffizi Gallery, Florence Painting Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Scallops On Yellow
Alice Straker

Scallops On Blue
Alice Straker

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

Saint Alexius. 17th century. Workshop in Southern Germany. Carved wood in original colour. Detail. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Apostles James and John. Attributed to Master of Ventosilla. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Great scallop (Pecten maximus) eyes, close up, Ronas Voe, Shetland, Scotland, North Atlantic Ocean, UK

The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
696611 The Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

DDE-90032163
Italy, Venice. Display of fresh scallops in their shell. Date: 11/02/2005

DDE-90032161
Italy, Venice. Display of fresh scallops for sale at a fish market. Date: 11/02/2005

Art Nouveau sink, Roerstrand Factory (majolica)
489163 Art Nouveau sink, Roerstrand Factory (majolica) by Swedish School; Private Collection; Photo © Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; Swedish, out of copyright

The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas)
6347370 The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas) by Gentileschi, Artemisia (1597-c.1651) & associate; 196.9x254.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas)
6347361 The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas) by Gentileschi, Artemisia (1597-c.1651) & associate; 196.9x254.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas)
6347366 The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas) by Gentileschi, Artemisia (1597-c.1651) & associate; 196.9x254.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas)
6347356 The Triumph of Galatea (oil on canvas) by Gentileschi, Artemisia (1597-c.1651) & associate; 196.9x254.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Designs for Peacock and Poppy Border, and Enamel Plate with decoration of Gurnards
5055748 Designs for Peacock and Poppy Border, and Enamel Plate with decoration of Gurnards and Seaweed with a Scallop shell suround, from L Animal dans la Decoration by Maurice Pillard Verneuil, pub

Detail of a Great scallop / King scallop (Pecten maximus) shell, Trondheimfjord, Norway, North Atlantic Ocean

The Birth of Venus (detail), c. 1485 (tempera on canvas)
5863972 The Birth of Venus (detail), c.1485 (tempera on canvas) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

George III marquetry demi-lune commode, c. 1760-79 (satinwood, amaranth & tulipwood)
CH421590 George III marquetry demi-lune commode, c.1760-79 (satinwood, amaranth & tulipwood) by Chippendale, Thomas (1718-79) (attr.to); 84.5x119x58 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Bronze depicting the Birth of Venus, by Le Mosca (engraving)
5207517 Bronze depicting the Birth of Venus, by Le Mosca (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bronze depicting the Birth of Venus, by Le Mosca)

Vanitas Still Life, c. 1685-88 (mezzotint with burin work)
877306 Vanitas Still Life, c.1685-88 (mezzotint with burin work) by Robinson, Robert (fl.1674-1706); 29.1x21.5 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Mens armoured gloves, c. 1600-50 (heavy buff leather)
809716 Mens armoured gloves, c.1600-50 (heavy buff leather) by English School, (17th century); Fashion Museum Bath; eFashion Museum Bath; English, out of copyright

Plate with Neptune in his chariot, c. 1730 - 1750 (tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica)
1217346 Plate with Neptune in his chariot, c. 1730 - 1750 (tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica) by Campani, Ferdinando Maria (fl.c.1745) (attr)

Venus, 1640 (oil & tempera on copper)
PNH366409 Venus, 1640 (oil & tempera on copper) by Stella, Jacques (1596-1657); 32x22 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; French, out of copyright

Sarcophagus, known as the one of The Two Brothers, depicting scenes of the Ancient and New Testament
ALI414893 Sarcophagus, known as the one of The Two Brothers, depicting scenes of the Ancient and New Testament, mid 4th century (marble) by Roman, (4th century AD); Museo Pio Cristiano

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

Detail of a mans armoured glove, c. 1600-50 (heavy buff leather)
809727 Detail of a mans armoured glove, c.1600-50 (heavy buff leather) by English School, (17th century); Fashion Museum Bath; eFashion Museum Bath; English, out of copyright

Dish, c. 1815 (glazed stoneware)
3084456 Dish, c.1815 (glazed stoneware) by English School, (19th century); 26.7x8.4 cm; The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London, UK; (add.info.: Glazed stoneware oval dish with a scalloped rim)

The birth of Aphrodite (chromolitho)
3100667 The birth of Aphrodite (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The birth of Aphrodite)

Fish (engraving)
969961 Fish (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fish. Illustration for The Book of the Home edited by C E Humphry (Gresham, 1910)

Girandole mirror, 1810-30 (glass, gold leaf & gesso on pine)
1069410 Girandole mirror, 1810-30 (glass, gold leaf & gesso on pine) by American School, (19th century); 121.3x80x21 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; The Faith P. and Charles L

Womens Winter clothing 1929
1920s dresses for dance. 1929

Book covers, a baby on a plant on water and a baby with a woman on a beach within
1195368 Book covers, a baby on a plant on water and a baby with a woman on a beach within scallop-shaped panels and seaweed borders

Tankard, Danzig, c. 1700 (parcel gilt silver)
CH469898 Tankard, Danzig, c.1700 (parcel gilt silver) by Holl, Hieronymus II (fl.c.1700); height: 23.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Polish, out of copyright

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The scallop, a symbol of pilgrimage and artistic expression, holds various meanings across different cultures and locations. From the El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain to the Scallop Sculpture by Maggi Hambling in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, this shell has captivated people's imaginations. In Aldeburgh, Suffolk, the Scallop sculpture by Maggie Hambling stands proudly on the beach. Its intricate design and grandeur evoke a sense of wonder as it overlooks the vast expanse of ocean. The shell fountain adorned with scallop shells along the Camino de Santiago in Spain adds a touch of elegance to this spiritual journey. Scallop dredgers at Kirkcudbright Harbour in SW Scotland showcase how these shells are not only admired for their beauty but also harvested for sustenance. Just like Stacia Napierkowska - a silent movie star who mesmerized audiences with her grace and charm - scallops have an allure that transcends time. Ethel Davies' creation of Hamblings Scallop further emphasizes its significance as an art form. This masterpiece serves as a reminder that art can be found even in nature's simplest creations. Similarly, thousands of mollusc shells cast up by waves each day on Spain's Atlantic coastline tell tales of resilience and abundance. The Pilgrims scallop or Pecten jacobaeus is deeply intertwined with religious pilgrimages such as those undertaken on the El Camino route. It represents unity among travelers seeking spiritual enlightenment while embarking on their arduous journeys. As we contemplate these diverse representations of scallops - from sculptures to fountains to natural formations - we are reminded that beauty can be found everywhere if we open our eyes and hearts to it. Whether it is depicted in Botticelli's iconic painting "The Birth of Venus" or discovered washed ashore on beaches worldwide, the scallop continues to inspire and captivate us with its timeless allure.