Excellent Antique Shellwork Jewelry Box west German mid century On the sides of each

On the sides of each are a brown spotted stag

1929)  a Lowell-based painter and illustrator

The larger measures 5 5/8" in diameter x 7/8" tall

(The eyebrows are my favorite

the tip of that trunk is actually the small head of a long-necked dinosaur

Excellent Antique Shellwork Jewelry Box west German mid century On the sides of eachI'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