19th Century Folk Art Painted (Extra Large) Oyster Shell with Sailboats, Lighthouse and Dutch Flag collectible dominoes but it is structurally sound

but it is structurally sound

which I have thoroughly documented and which one can mainly see in terms of a little loss to the pink lustre toward the top of that area

Among my very favorite recent finds

weighty presence

clearly done by an accomplished artist--they're quite confident and I think very evocatve sketches

19th Century Folk Art Painted (Extra Large) Oyster Shell with Sailboats, Lighthouse and Dutch Flag collectible dominoes but it is structurally soundThe manner and relative fineness of this folk art (likely sailor made) shell painting says 19th century for sure. I've always got an eye for a good folk art painting on a shell, but this excellent seascape, purchased from a dealer in Maine, was an especially happy find, all the more so for having been painted on an oyster shell and an extra large one. With a Dutch flag flying from the lighthouse, so one presumes painted while at sea, far from home.