Shells

Date: 1844 - 1850

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-122-1

Description: Drawings of two shells, with a third unnamed shell on the verso. The shell called Tuturienga is possibly a tuatua from Te Aro Beach, Wellington; the pipi is from Wainui, possibly a beach on the Kapiti Coast Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 230 x 190 mm

Date: 1978

By: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987; Fleming, Margaret Alison (Lady), 1917-2000

Reference: B-046-019

Description: Shows panels relating to cicadas, snorkeling, kokako, birdwatching, shells, geological histroy of New Zealand,visit to Cook Islands and Fiji, Native Forests Action Council, Dabchick family at Waikanae, Wandering tatler. Quantity: 14 drawing(s) and 10 pieces lettering stuck on cardboard.. Physical Description: Ink drawings, black and white, mounted on card, 355 x 528 mm. Provenance: Donated by Lady Margaret (Peg) Fleming of Wadestown, in 1993.

Date: 1845 - 1855

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-124-1

Description: Drawings of the side, front and back of a shell found at Kaiwharawhara Another illegible and trimmed word appears below the image Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 69 x 152 mm

Date: 1844

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.

By: Scharf, George Johann, 1788-1860

Reference: E-330-f-075-1

Description: Four drawings of a bivalve. Viewed from top and side, interior and cross section. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title in ink; Recto - bottom right - Artist and year in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 290 x 228 mm

Date: 1995

By: Wellington Shell Club

Reference: Eph-C-ZOOLOGY-1995-01

Description: Poster advertising an exhibition of shells shows a photograph of a spiral shell backlit on a dark ground. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by Elliot Dawson, Lower Hutt, in 2011. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1951.

Date: 1844 - 1850

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-122-2

Description: Drawings of three shells. One, a paua, is from Port Nicholson (Wellington Harbour), one a pipi, is from Waikanae, the other, unnamed, possibly an oyster, is from Lyall Bay Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 230 x 180 mm

Date: 1820 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852. Collector :[Fossil remains, England, 1800-1850]

Reference: A-142-025

Description: Drawing of a leg bone viewed from two different angles; inner and outer views of a bi-valve shell Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in pencil Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 322 x 260 mm

Date: 1830 - 1845

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852

Reference: E-330-f-139-3

Description: Three views of shells in situ Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 87 x 117 mm

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-01/4

Description: Untitled small notebook containing certain agreements re style for `Horowhenua'. Reporter's notebook labelled `Tararua', containing list of "Illustrations", and pencilled notes on Tararua trips. Exercise book containing large number of loose sketches and maps of Central Hawke's Bay; Hastings and Cape Kidnappers; Palmerston North (fossil bed); Plimmerton area; Lyttelton and Quail Island; Port Nicholson/Hutt/Wainuiomata; Wairekei Geyser Valley; Kapiti Island; Foxton/Shannon area Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pieces].

Date: 1820 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852

Reference: E-330-f-135-2

Description: View of a bi-value as seen from front and back [?]. A portion of the shell is broken away on both drawings. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 287 x 222 mm

Date: 1883 - 1899

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-361-q

Description: Shows shipboard scenes on H.M.S. Clyde, Romanesque Cathedral at Oloron-Sainte-Marie in S.W. France, horses, shells, and scenes in the Bay of Islands, the latter separately catalogued. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 22 pencil and 1 ink in sketchbook 180 x 250 mm, 1/2 green morocco, marbled boards

Date: 2004

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-740-001/012

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 12 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1820 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.

By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852

Reference: E-330-f-135-1

Description: View of a bi-value as seen from above. A portion of the shell is broken away. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 222 x 285 mm

Date: 1885

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-013

Description: Shows two pupurangi snail shells (paraphanta busbyi). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 250 x 180 mm

Date: 1897

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-034

Description: Shows two paua shells. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash and gouache, 250 x 180 mm

Date: [1935], 1945

From: Fell, Howard Barraclough, 1917-1994: Papers relating to Francis Hutchinson

Reference: MSX-4553

Description: Essays by Hutchinson, who described himself as a NZ naturalist, and edited by Fell. Topics include botany, ornithology, marine and freshwater biology, farming, water life, the Hawke's Bay earthquake and other aspects of natural history. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :[English fossil remains 18--]

Reference: B-063-032

Description: Drawing of a conical chambered shell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 380 x 248 mm

Date: 1855

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-003-3

Description: The obverse and reverse of a shell and the interior of another File print filed under title 'Port Praya' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, and pencil, 85 x 55 mm

Date: 1844 - 1850

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-122-3

Description: Drawings of three shells, with an incomplete landscape, possibly of a lighthouse, on the verso. The shell top left is a scallop, from Wanganui Estuary; top right is a smaller shell from Port Nicholson (Wellington Harbour); below is a large shell, also from Port Nicholson Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 230 x 180 mm

Date: 1961 - 1969

By: Universal Business Directories Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-FISH-1960s-01

Description: Chart or poster shows a map of New Zealand, surrounded by illustrations of 46 different named shells. States that over 2,000 species of shells can be found in New Zealand waters. Shells include turret shell, morning star, lined whelk, violet snail, frilled Venus, limpet, paua, pale tiger, swollen triton, Queen scallop, depressed volute, large dog cockle, Hedleys volute, paper nautilus, rock borer, spotted helmet, cask shell, violet shell, fan scallop, golden helmet, toheroa, large tiger shell, pagoda shell, bubble shell, rock oyster, cat's eye periwinkle, trumpet shell, pale sunset shell, sea biscuit, southern ostrich foot, circular saw, starfish, sea urchin or egg, radiate limpet, radiate limpet, large fan scallop, siphon whelk, golden olive, octagonal murex, spiny murex, olive shell, edible mussel, prickly sea urchin /egg, Arabic volute, black edged limpet. Donor reports that the poster may date from the late 1960s. His father owned the Havelock North Fish Supply at that time, and sold it in 1971. Two copies held. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - UAS or JAS Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, Provenance: Donated by Steve Cantwell, Wellington, in 2016. Havelock North Fish Supply was owned by the donor's father who sold it in 1971.