Antique Sailors Valentine

Accent table, having shell designs under a glass octagonal top, raised on triple splayed legs. Known as a sailor's valentine. (Top is 9" diameter.)

Enchanting 19th century English sailors valentine with a sailing ship image with shells and coral under a convex lens inside a frame lovingly composed in exotic seashells.

West Indian Sailor's Valentine, Circa 1880 The large single sailor's valentine is composed of a variety of shells in concentric and geometric patterns, centered with a pink peony...

Antique sailors valentine from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form.

Alluring antique sailors valentine crafted in a star form and ambitiously hand decorated with exotic seashells inside and out, around a picture of sailboats in a bay as seen through ...

The right centre depicts a heart, the outline also in red shells and the centre in green. THE SAILOR'S VALENTINE A sailor's valentine is made of one, or, more often, a hinged p...

Charming antique sailors valentine handcrafted and ambitiously decorated with exotic seashells inside and out around a picture of a steamship as seen through the convex glass lens.

Charming group of three 19th century round Sailors Valentines ambitiously handcrafted with exotic seashells around images of sailing ships or schooners as seen through a convex glass...

Enchanting antique sailors valentine handcrafted in exotic seashells ambitiously arranged in decorative order around an image of sailboats in a bay with coral and shells as seen thro...

Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, mid to late 19th Century, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in mahogany octagonal shadowboxes, hinged together and mounted with a clasp.

Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, circa 1880, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in mahogany octagonal shadowboxes, hinged together and mounted with a clasp and a chain fo...

Charming antique English sailors valentine with an image of a steamship under a convex heart form lens featuring a frame lovingly decorated with exotic seashells.

Enchanting pair of 19th Century British Colonial sailors valentines handcrafted in exotic seashells ambitiously arranged around a convex lens displaying maritime images of a row boat...

Large double sailor's valentine, Barbados, circa 1885. A large double sailor's valentine with one side with an anchor and the other side with a heart surrounded by arrays of sea ...

Sailor's valentine, Remember me, Barbados, circa 1885.

Transporting 19th century English sailors valentine hand crafted in exotic organic seashells ambitiously arranged around a clipper ship image under a convex lens.

Enchanting pair of Sailors Valentines each decorated with exotic seashells in ambitious decorative order around sailing ships and sea bottom specimens as seen through a convex glass ...

Enchanting pair of 19th Century Sailors Valentines each ambitiously decorated with exotic seashells in a decorative composition around a convex glass lens, one with a schooner and on...

Sailor's Valentine, Forget Me Not, Barbados, circa 1885.

Double Sailor's Valentine with Large Anchor, Barbados Barbados, West Indies, Circa 1885 The double sailor's valentine from Barbados is formed within two hinged octagonal mahogany ca...

Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells and Motto "Ever Thine", Barbados, West Indies, Circa 1885 A double sailor's valentine with Spanish Cedar box with two sides.

Antique group of two sailors valentines from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form.

Caribbean mahogany table with sailor's valentine top, circa 1840 The Victorian mahogany table with a central column with a shaped square footed base.

Charming group of three 19th Century sailors valentines handcrafted in exotic seashells ambitiously arranged in decorative order around images of sailing ships as seen through a conv...

It is easy to see how these gifts with their hearts and sentiments became known as “sailor’s valentines,” but the name is very misleading.

In his book Sailors' Valentines, John Fondas concludes that the primary source for sailors' valentines was the New Curiosity Shop, located in McGregor Street, Bridgetown, Barbados, a...

Large double Sailor's Valentine with motto "Love as Deep as The Ocean", Barbados, West Indes, circa 1885.

It is easy to see how these gifts with their hearts and sentiments became known as “sailor’s valentines,” but the name is very misleading.

It is easy to see how these gifts with their hearts and sentiments became known as “sailor’s valentines,” but the name is very misleading.

It is easy to see how these gifts with their hearts and sentiments became known as “sailor’s valentines,” but the name is very misleading.

Extremely rare Sailor's Valentine made for American Market, circa 1845-1865 The sailor's valentine depicts an American 'tar' leaning on an anchor with US 'stars and stripes' shie...

Charming antique sailors or honeymoon valentine with an unusual horse shoe form ambitiously decorated with exotic seashells around a convex glass lens decorated on the inside with sh...

Charming antique sailors or honeymoon valentine with an unusual horse shoe form ambitiously decorated with exotic seashells around a convex glass lens decorated on the inside with sh...

A good example of an English folk-art carved half-hull model with three dimensional carved wooden rope - the message "Love at home" inscribed on the scrumble painted finish with hand...

Sailor's large double valentine, circa 1885-1910 Wonderful and colorful large sailor's valentine with a heart to one side with seahorse and flowerhead to the other.

Sailor's Double Valentine, Barbados, circa 1885.

Sailor's double shell valentine, Barbados, West Indies The West Indian sailor's valentine is of typical octagonal shape with two sides, hinged in the center.

Antique red cat sailor's Valentine, Probably American, Circa 1880-1920 The remarkable sailor's valentine is of square form with a dense pattern of sea shells forming a pattern a...

A 19th century sailor's shell valentine of typical octagonal form, the hinged glazed case enclosing a geometric pattern of various shells within colored card borders.

Sailor's double large Valentine, With Motto- Thinking of You.

A 19th century sailor's shell valentine of typical octagonal form, the glazed case enclosing a geometric pattern of various shells within colored card borders.

A wedding bouquet seashells bouquet also known as ´Sailors Valentines´. These works of art are made principally of hundreds of tiny seashells with some crustaceans.

• Date: circa 1900 (Edwardian Period) • Style: Coastal Folk Art / Sailor's Valentine Style • Subject: Anchor Form, Romantic Ruins • Material: Various Sea Shells, Coral, Chromolitho...

Sailor's double Valentine-For My Dearie, Barbados, circa 1885 Fabulous sailor's double valentine within a mahogany frame with the rare motto "For my Dearie" on the left in a c...

A particularly well executed needlework of a sailor and his sweetheart in a landscape, with his returning vessel in the background, cupid in the corner readying his bow and doves eit...

Charming 19th century round Sailors Valentines ambitiously handcrafted with exotic seashells around images of sailing ships or schooners as seen through a convex glass lens.

Rare and unusual antique sailors valentine hand crafted in the 19th century with well chosen sea shells affixed to an American empire mahogany vanity mirror.

Enchanting 19th Century English sailors valentine with a sailing ship image with shells and coral under a convex lens inside a frame lovingly composed in exotic seashells.

British colonial sailors valentine handcrafted in a star form ambitiously composed with exotic seashells around an image of a sailboat in a harbour as seen through a convex glass lens.

Romantic two-part sailor's valentine with one side a flower and one a heart, both surrounded by a colorful array of exotic sea shells arranged with love and care.

Antique sailors valentines from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form.

19th Century Sailor's Valentine, circa 1870, a hand crafted double "sailor's valentine" shellwork picture featuring a central heart and the motto "From Barbados" within concentric ri...

Antique original British Colonial sea Shell encrusted small box Sailors Valentines.

Charming vintage sailors valentine ambitiously handcrafted in exotic organic seashells with a center heart motif surrounded by star form compartments. Presented under glass in an oct...

Rare American Hooked rug with a happy colorful motif. Dated 1963 and initialized IEV. Not sure whose name is in the initials Measure: 30'' round.