April 16, 2024
1800's Victorian Sailor Valentine Shell Art Purple Felt HEART Shape Pin Cushion
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Victorian Era Shell Art box with a Red Satin Heart Pin Cushion This auction is for a Vintage seashell Purple felt HEART shape Pincushion. The Heart shape pin cushion is in good shape with a great litho scene of Victorians walking in a park with a city in the background. The caption saying "A present from Brighton". It has red and green seeds that are very common for these older Victorian shell art pieces. All the shells seem to be there. On all The shell items that I sell Because of the shell items being over 100 years old it is Very Rare to find a piece that does not have any shells that are chipped,replaced or some kind of wear including some of the shell items are dirty/dusty from sitting around in its 100+ year history. It is very very VERY rare to find a Victorian sailors valentine shell piece that is in perfect 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. HEARTS, perhaps because they symbolized dependability with a romantic hint of travel to exotic places were
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