Sell one like this
$3,525$3,000
Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Shell-work Sailor's Valentine, a Caribbean island, 19th century, hinged octagonal wood frame box opens to two oval-aperture shell-work frames with photographs of a tattooed mustachioed man and two children wearing sailor outfits, the shells arranged in a symmetrical composition in soft tones of pink, green, cream, and brown, 9 x 18 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
Keywords
Shell-work Sailor , Caribbean, Caribbean island, sailorLots in this sale
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) THE LIFE OF A HUNTER. "A Tight Fix."
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2230
$44,063$37,500