Sailor's Valentines

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Shellwork, vintage work done by Sailor's usually given for Valentines gift to their Love! I love these treasures,..every one is BEAUTIFUL❤️..el
Ralph Eugene Cahoon - Ralph Eugene Cahoon, Jr. and Bernard A. Woodman Sailor's Valentine - Rafael Osona Auctions Nantucket, MA
"Sailor Valentine \"Butterfly Blossoms\""
The name of this Sailor Valentine is Butterfly Blossoms. Handcrafted in a box made of Maple stained a beautiful shade of green. The center of this Valentine features a small cream colored abalones heart edged with gold cord. Surrounding the heart are a selection of miniature flowers. The flowers consist of false abalone, fairy tellins, sea urchin spines, abalones, barnacles, pink limpets, janthinas shells, thyca shells, pink operculums, white operculums, yellow nerites. Fronds of small operculum