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1800c Victorian Sailors Valentine Shell Picture Frame

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Sold Date: 07/19/2009
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Red Velvet Victorian Era

Shell Art Picture Frame

This auction is for an antique Victorian Era love token seashell picture frame. The Red Velvet is in great condition. The stand is original and is in excellent condition and it has a metal ring for hanging. You can load any picture that will fit through the back. Looks like a post card size picture . All the shells seem to be t Wow what a piece this would be for your collection. Overall It is in

Very Good condition.

In the late nineteenth century no beau would dare to visit his sweetheart without taking some token of his true feelings, a bunch of flowers,candy,an item of jewelry or a book of poems. From a wide range of shell decorated items that have survived and the message of Love and Affection that they often bare, it appears that boxes and trinkets,decorated in shells were also popular gifts for loved ones.

Some people would call this an old sailors valentine. Sailors would pick these shell items up to give them to t sweethearts when they got home.It was also the custom of the day when visiting the seashore to collect shells as mementos of the trip and friends met along the way. Paper shops would sell paper boxes / picture frames in decorative designs for the purpose of covering them with the gatd shells. It is a custom simular to making a memory jar, vase etc. Women at that time were also very adept at making their own gifts and love tokens to friends from inexpensive material as they often times had very little access to ready cash. Their husbands holding the purse strings as it were.

Measures 8 " inches tall x 5 1/2 " width . What a great find!

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The group pic is of the other victorian shell art items that I have on ebay for sale.

If you are the high bidder on 3 or more shell art items that I'm currently selling on ebay...I will pay all shipping costs.

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Check out my other items! Simular pieces may be viewed in Smyth's Neptune's Treasure book. No missing seashells. I'm no expert in this stuff,so what you see is what you get. Sold as is. Buyer pays actual shipping cost. Insurance is buyers option. No charge for packaging or handling. Feel free to email me with any questions.