Shell Memory Folk Art Mosaic Sailor's Valentine Lamp Base and Jar Desk Set Freshwater American 1920s craquelure

Shell Memory Folk Art Mosaic Sailor's Valentine Lamp Base and Jar Desk Set Freshwater American 1920s craquelureOn offer a marvelous pair of shell art memory folk art objects, one a jar for holding pens and other desk items and the other the base for a lamp. These are carefully collected shells, likely freshwater, meticulously attached to found bottles, likely in the 1920s or 1930s. Beautifully composed mosaic of otherwise prosaic shells. SIZE: Lamp base 8" T x 5. 5" D, jar 5. 25" T x 3" D CONDITION: Very good, presents beautifully, as shown. Some fractured

Artist framed

Oil painting on board

SIZE: Framed 18" T x 14

Bright colors

CONDITION: Presents extremely well

and depicts a woman in a richly embroidered dress

VERY substantial and heavy

Lovely Art Deco styling

this Indian engraved urn is in an almost English classical form

though the two were brought together later

Presented in frame contemporary to the painting

The cover illustrates how the blocks can be used -- a seemingly complete set