For the final day of #CephalopodAwarenessDays - #FossilDay: iridescent #ammonite fossil (Caloceras johnstoni), historical #sciart color plate from James Sowerby's _The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain_ v.5 (1825)

For the final day of #CephalopodAwarenessDays - #FossilDay: "Ammonitida," Plate 44 in _Kunstformen der Natur_ by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), 1904. #Ammonite fossils!

For #SquittleDay (squid and cuttlefish day!): “cool shades” #squid in an ancient Roman sea bed mosaic, 2nd c. BCE. Archaeological Museum of Populonia, Piombino, Italy. 😎
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For #NautilusNight
#CephalopodAwarenessDays
Tiffany Studios (NYC, USA)
#Nautilus Table Lamp, c.1905
nautilus shell, gilt bronze, mother of pearl
H 13⅜ in. (34 cm)
#ArtNouveau

#CephalopodAwarenessDays : #NautilusNight :
Cornelis Bellekin (Dutch, c.1625-1711)
1. #Nautilus #shell with carved vines
Amsterdam, 1650-1700
W 7.5 cm x D 6 cm x T 4 cm
BK-1957-19-1
2. Nautilus shell carved from mother of pearl with floral tendrils
Amsterdam, 1650-1700
W 6 cm x D 4 cm x T 4 cm
BK-1957-18-2
Rijksmuseum collection
#DutchArt

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 here are two amazing #octopus tsubas (sword guards) from the Met - which is your favorite?
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1-2 (obv. & rev.) tsuba with octopus design, Japan, late 18th c., iron & copper 36.120.35
3-4 (obv. & rev.) tsuba with octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold 29.100.981
#JapaneseArt

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 here's a smiley octopus on a terracotta plate from Getty Museum 😀
Detail from Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate, 4th c. BCE, attributed to the Binningen Painter
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#WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
A #cat dressed as a woman tapping the head of an #octopus , color woodcut print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1798-1861), c. 1847.
36.4 cm (14.3 in) x 25.3 cm (9.9 in)
#CatsInArt #CephalopodAwarenessDays #JapaneseArt