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2. Shellcraft - Wikipedia

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   A sailor's valentine from circa 1870. Shellcraft, also known as shell craft, is the craft of making decorative objects, or of decorating surfaces, using seashells.The craft includes the design and creation of small items such as shell jewelry and figurines made from shells; middle-sized objects such as boxes and mirror frames covered in shells; sailor's valentines; [1] and larger constructions ...

3. Shell jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Shell jewelry is jewelry that is primarily made from seashells, the shells of marine mollusks. Shell jewelry is a type of shellcraft . One very common form of shell jewelry is necklaces that are composed of large numbers of beads , where each individual bead is the whole (but often drilled) shell of a small sea snail .

4. Sailor's valentine - Wikipedia

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   A sailor's valentine is a form of shellcraft, a type of mostly antique souvenir, or sentimental gift made using large numbers of small seashells. Sailor's valentines are typically octagonal , glass-fronted, hinged wooden boxes ranging from 8 to 20 inches (20 to 51 cm) in width, displaying intricate symmetrical designs composed entirely of small ...

5. Bath & Body Works candle removed from stores for ... - AOL

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   Online listings for Snowed In candle going for hundreds of dollars. One eBay listing, which asks for $375 or best offer, notes that "Both labels are in excellent condition!"Two other listings seek ...

6. Shell grotto - Wikipedia

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   A shell grotto is a type of folly, a grotto decorated with sea shells. The shell grotto was a popular feature of many British country houses in the 17th and 18th centuries. It suited the Baroque and Rococo styles (which used swirling motifs similar to sea shells) [ 1 ] and often represented the mimicry of architectural features from the Italian ...

7. Chambered nautilus - Wikipedia

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   Small natural history collections were common in mid-19th-century Victorian homes, and chambered nautilus shells were popular decorations. The chambered nautilus is the title and subject of a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes , in which he admires the "ship of pearl" and the "silent toil/That spread his lustrous coil/Still, as the spiral grew/He ...