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Shell Arrangement of Flowers

Arrangement of flowers made of shells, in an urn of papier-mache on a stepped square plinth decorated with gold foil and shells. Size: Height: 40 cm: Base: 17.5 cm square

Place: England

Object Type: shellwork

Period: George III

Broad Date: Late Georgian

Actual Date: c. 1790

Century: 18th century

Materials: Paper, Shell

Museum Accession Number: FW.416