Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine hand-painted platter and think the imagery on

and think the imagery on these is really great

) And another pretty little paper covered box inside

and one surface scratch to the glass underneath --all as pictured

completed by a Susannah Hipple on May 16 of 1848--but it is a lovely thing (all those different varieties of flowers

thin paper mounted to card

Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine hand-painted platter and think the imagery onI found this one in southern Maine this week and it is PERFECT. (Photos might suggest it is very small, but it is in fact quite substantial, and heavy, and feels very much an object with that really excellent seashell frame, shells on solid wood, with gold painted sides.) I do believe the frame is original to the tinsel reverse glass painting, all in beautiful condition, without a shell missing. And I have to say this is about as elegant a tinsel