Figure
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Shell, Wood
Measurements
216 mm (H)
Place of origin
St Malo
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338117.1
Summary
One of a pair of French shell figures from St Malo of two women in national costume. Thr dresses formed and decorated with strips of pink and black shells and yellow aprons. On circular wooden stands. On the base is a handwritten label "shell figures from St Malo monks on island of CEZEBR made flowers in 18cent."
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.