Friday, February 17, 2012

A RARE WARTIME SHELL FROM DARWIN




Painted pearlshells were sold as souvenirs of Darwin , some aboard ships.This one, sent to Lil, bearing Christmas greetings from the city, soon to be bombed by the Japanese , was bought in an Adelaide antique shop 20 years ago . From the Little Darwin Collection of Oddities and Rarities. Another old decorated pearlshell in the collection is from Broome, also attacked by the Japanese .