Excellent Antique Shellwork Jewelry Box west German mid century ” the stories are at

” the stories are at turns inspiring

long enough to conceal your entire arm

One might be able to find a matchbox to fill it with

the tip of that trunk is actually the small head of a long-necked dinosaur

detailed in the last photo

Excellent Antique Shellwork Jewelry Box west German mid century ” the stories are atI've been looking a long time for an antique shellwork box to really love, and finally found it in the this one (though I am still on the hunt for a sailor's valentine!) As a genre, I think of these as the coastal cousins of chip carved tramp art boxes, but I've found it rare to find ones that elevate gluing to shells onto a box to something that feels like an art form! I think in part it is the use of crushed shells to encrust every inch of the