- Object name(s):
- seashell display; shell
- Brief description:
- seashell display; spiralling 'tower' of shells, corals and mosses; on black wooden base with three ball feet, under glass dome
- Collection:
- Poole Museum
- Associated concept:
- natural history
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 63 cm
- Dimension:
- diameter
- Dimension value:
- 36 cm
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object component name:
- base
- Object history note:
- 'cones' or 'cairns' and other arrangements of shells, dried seaweed and corals were made by Victorian ladies; the materials were available at little shops at popular south coast towns e.g. Weymouth and Torquay; one at Poole belonged to Polly Perkins, a smuggler's daughter, who taught shellcraft to West Country ladies in the 19th century
- Object name:
- seashell display; shell
- Object number:
- T:1996.4923
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1850
- Date - latest:
- 1800
- Use begin date:
- 30.11.2002
- Use begin date:
- 23.6.2001
- Use end date:
- 18.11.2001
- Use title:
- Home Sweet Home
- Use title:
- Beside the Seaside
- User's reference:
- Howe, Bea : 1973 : Antiques from the Victorian Home : Batsford :: p.146-7
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0677f5a8-c232-3b15-8e48-8e66de805590
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0677f5a8-c232-3b15-8e48-8e66de805590, Poole Museum, CC BY-NC
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