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Historical Archive: Shells, Shellfish This page contains images of shells. For shell as a medium, see Shell. conch shell and inscription, 1st c. BCE/CE or 2nd c., red jasper intaglio, Florence MA 1731 conch shell and inscription, 1st c. BCE/CE or 2nd c., modern impression, Florence MA 1731 Roman scallop shells pierced for suspension, rock crystal, BM Roman amulets: phallus, shell, hand gesture, from infant burial in wall foundation at Catterick, Yorkshire Museum vessel in the form of a dried sea urchin, crystal, 1st c., AS 30891nn vessel in the form of a dried sea urchin, crystal, 1st c., AS 30891nn Roman rock crystal shell from a grave near Arezzo, 1st c. CE, Arezzo. For additional views and the accompanying assemblage see the burial's own page. right corners: sea life, stone mosaic w. terracotta frame/box, 1st c., fr. a domus north of Aquileia, ANAM. For details see ANAM. snail: Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page with another snail shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73 and later which has its own pages St. Simeon, silver/gilt, 6th-7th c., Louvre Bj 2180/MND 2035, which has its own page. shell relief in corner of lower level, limestone: Ravenna, Mausoleum of Theodoric, early 6th c. This monument has its own interior and exterior pages. St. James the Greater, Spain 13th c., limestone with traces paint, MFAB 50.26. This work has its own page. pilgrim's hat: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. James the Greater: apse paintings, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views snails and shepherd, faience tile, 18th c., Lille Hospice Comtesse, which has its own page with architectural context. This work and related snail tiles have their own page.