SOLD FOR $12,650.00 A 19th century double sailor’s valentine,
“Remember Me”. The double shell valentine within original mahogany hinged box, the right hand panel with flower head center and star fish in seed shells within a band of white single shells on outer band of alternating panels of different colored shells, mostly within elliptical panels, the left hand panel with a central roundel of flower and heart within a center of red berry shells and motto “Remember Me”, surrounded by circular panels of different colored and shaped shells.
Diameter 10 ½ in.

Provenance: The Estate of Richard Mellon Scaife