Antique British Colonial Heart Form Sailors Valentine

Enchanting antique sailors valentine hand decorated with exotic seashells commemorating the Empress steam ship in the St. Lawrence River May of 1914, and seen through a convex glass ...

Antique group of two sailors valentines from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form. Priced ...

Lofty antique Italian bisected seashell arrangement ambitiously composed in a floral motif. Presented under a convex lens in a distressed ceramic round frame.

Charming neoclassic yet naive mixed media collage using a sea fan and seashells as a bouquet in a watercolor classical urn with scholastic style notes. Presented under glass in a wor...

Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells, Barbados, West Indies, Circa 1885 A double sailor's valentine with Spanish Cedar box with two sides. The right side is centered with a heart within within a ring of pink shells with beds of different colored sea shells at the border The left side has a star in the center and also with a circular ring of shells with alternating panels around the border Dimensions: Open: 18 1/2 inches wide x 9 inches x1 1/2 inches deep; Closed: 9 inches wide x 9 inches high x 3 inches deep See an article from the Seaport Museum, New York City, about the story and history of valentines. From Wikipedia A sailor's valentine is a form of shellcraft, a type of mostly antique souvenir...

Sailor's Flag of Nations Woolwork with Heart Valentine and Flag Surround, Circa 1880 The distinctive British sailor's woolwork or woolie showcases a flag designed in a patriotic sty...

Lofty vintage sailors valentine handcrafted with exotic organic seashells ambitiously composed with a heart and flowers inside geometric borders. Prese...

A late 19th/early 20th century cased display of a painted British sailing vessel, built by Joseph Packer, who was a carpenter in Ramsey The detailed s...