Topic: Picture made of Shells

[antiquerose123]

hi, I have this picture, which was my Great-Aunt, so that would make it late 1800's.  I do not know if the frame was put on it at a later date, BUT I do know the picture was my Aunt's, and did by HER.

So here are three pics of it, and if anyone has some more info, let me know....

[Anne]

Old one works fine for me too...   

Rose, it's a pretty thing, isn't it? Shell work was very popular with the Victorians - I seem to recall reading it was an Isle of Wight speciality (I forget where I read that though) and as Queen Victoria's favourite house was Osborne on the Isle of Wight,  I suppose she'd be familiar with this type of work.  Many seaside towns sold items made of shells (and probably still do) - my grannie bought me a small shell-covered trinket box (which I still have) from Barmouth in north Wales when I was a small child in the early 1960s.