Sold for:
$3,525
$3,525
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.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-02-22