Shell Artist Showcase: Grinling Gibbons
We have recently returned from a memorable weekend viewing the impressive exhibition: Grinling Gibbons: Master Carver ( 1648-1721).
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margarethull8
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati
In 2018 we visited the magnificent 17th century Villa Aldobrandini during a tour of the Gardens of Rome and Frascati.
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margarethull8
- Aug 4, 2021
- 1 min
Exploring the Ammonite Pavement in Lyme Regis
At the western end of Monmouth Beach in Lyme Regis you’ll find a spectacular graveyard of fossils known as the Ammonite Pavement.
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margarethull8
- Jul 28, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Alexander Pope’s Grotto, Cross Deep, Twickenham
Alexander Pope's Grotto is a subterranean grotto/‘museum’ dating from 1719.
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margarethull8
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: The Walton Bath House, Stratford-on-Avon
Walton Bath House is an 18th century garden retreat with space for entertaining and bathing.
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margarethull8
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Taking a look at World's oldest Museum of Curiosities
This photograph shows details of how the Ole Worm cabinet (1639) was organised and displayed in his Copenhagen home. Ole Worm (1588-1653)...
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margarethull8
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Shell House Showcase: Kuskovo's Shell 'Grotto', Moscow
No visit to Moscow would be complete without assessing the dedicated restoration project at the Kuskovo Grotto.
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margarethull8
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Corsini Palace Grotto, Florence
In 2019 we were fortunate to be shown around the Corsini Palace on the banks of the Arno by the Countess Lucrezia.
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margarethull8
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Villa d'Este, Italy
Villa d'Este sits in the town of Tivoli within the Lazio Region of Italy and is one of the stunning locations which we visited in 2018.
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margarethull8
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Shell Artist Showcase: Christa Wilm
Christa Wilm is a shell artist whose inspiration for shell ornamentation comes from Italy.
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margarethull8
- Jun 10, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Villa Melzi, Lake Como, Italy
The Grotto at Villa Melzi, Italy is set within a neo-classical style garden with open belvedere visible across Lake Como.
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margarethull8
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
The Victorian garden at Waddesdon Manor was designed to extend the collection of curiosities within the manor.
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margarethull8
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: The Shell Grotto, Pontypool
The Shell Grotto, Pontypool, is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones.
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margarethull8
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
Shell House Showcase: Shell Garden Features at Vizcaya Mansion, Miami Florida
This Little Venice (Vizcaya Mansion) includes an Italianate house and garden and took eight years to construct, 1914-22.
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margarethull8
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Shell House Showcase: Palace of Wonders, Litta, Italy
Another European shellhouse visit here. Our next showcase takes us to a beautiful villa in the North of Italy near Milan.
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margarethull8
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Palazzo Borromeo, Italy
Today we are reminiscing about the stunning Palazzo Borromeo which is located on Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy.
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margarethull8
- Apr 26, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: Neptune's Grotto, Dubrovnik
Trsteno Arboretum dates from c1494. It is the oldest in Europe and a perfect setting for this late 18th century rusticated grotto.
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margarethull8
- Apr 20, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: St James's Church, Piccadilly
St James's Church, Piccadilly, London was built in 1648 by Sir Christopher Wren.
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margarethull8
- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House Showcase: The Grotto of "The Flood", Florence
The Renaissance Villa di Costella had been the residence of Cosmo I de Medici and still provides fine views towards Florence. The...
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margarethull8
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
Shell House showcase: Ince Castle
This gorgeous shell house and sunny shell designs were lovingly created in 1964 by Alice Lennox-Boyd. She and her husband had collected...
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