In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] "amy sundback" writes: > Does anyone know anything about those strange, Victorian sculptural things made > out of seashells...? I hate to be so vague, and to use such technical > terms. Yes my ignorance is showing... I think 'shell-work', which is defined by the OED as 'work consisting of an arrangement of shells in patterns for ornamentation: shells lining the walls of an artificial grotto'. The quotations make it clear that 3-d as well as relief work is included in the term. -- Patricia Reynolds Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator 16 Gibsons Green Heelands Milton Keynes MK13 7NH ENGLAND [log in to unmask]