British Shell Collector's Club Convention 25 October 2014 - Essex

摘要

The British Shell Show held at the Theydon Bois Community Centre in Essex, U.K., was a great success and the winner of the COA Award this year was Kevin Brown. His exhibit, running over four feet in length, was a celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814 - 1865). Most every shell collector knows this name, as Reeve described some 2,000 molluscan species. He was a well-known and respected Victorian conchologist, shell dealer, writer, and publisher. His monumental "Conchologica Iconica," published in the mid-1800s, still stands today as a valuable treatise on concho-logy. Kevin's exhibit included biographical details about Reeve, photographs, details of his writings, and shells, both named by Reeve and named for him. Kevin also included information about Reeve's associates, such as Hugh Cuming (who provided many of the shell specimens described by Reeve and other naturalists of the time) and G.B. Sowerby II (who illustrated Reeve's work and finished the "Iconica" after Reeve's death). The British Shell Collector's Club was founded in 1972 and held its first exhibition in 1976. There are about 240 members and the club publishes the club magazine Pallidula twice a year.