Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine hand-painted platter very sturdy condition with a

very sturdy condition with a great dry wood patina

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

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

and think the imagery on these is really great

Early wallpaper boxes are usually far beyond my reach

Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine hand-painted platter very sturdy condition with aI 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