Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine swirls shown in first photos

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and which is just too right to leave behind

This one is the larger of the two just in: 9 1/8" x 8"

With a two by two alphabet above paired with numbers

and just thought it completely lovely as it runs through all sorts of things beginning with each letter of the alphabet

Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine swirls shown in first photosI 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