Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine Georgian with the dowel firmly stuck

with the dowel firmly stuck in him

though if they were easier to photograph I would

I'm not always a huge fan of the brown glaze but in this case think it's really beautiful

I love that the image makes its subject (and what a beautiful textile it is

but I do think they claimed a pretty great phrase

Doubly Lovely: Victorian Tinsel Painting of Flowers in Original Shell Decorated Frame from Bristol, Maine Georgian with the dowel firmly stuckI 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