Excellent Antique Shellwork Jewelry Box surreal it makes an ideal planter--refined

it makes an ideal planter--refined enough for inside

though one might be tempted to leave this handsome mustachioed Chicago fireman right where he is

which kept them in great shape

what could be sweeter for holding a few favorite rings or a bunch of paperclips than this vintage gold and black lacquer frog box

I think this all makes the piece even better

Excellent Antique Shellwork Jewelry Box surreal it makes an ideal planter--refinedI'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