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margarethull8

Aug 18, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati

margarethull8

Aug 10, 20211 min read

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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Exploring the Ammonite Pavement in Lyme Regis

margarethull8

Aug 3, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Alexander Pope’s Grotto, Cross Deep, Twickenham

margarethull8

Jul 27, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: The Walton Bath House, Stratford-on-Avon

margarethull8

Jul 20, 20211 min read

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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Taking a look at World's oldest Museum of Curiosities

margarethull8

Jul 14, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Kuskovo's Shell 'Grotto', Moscow

margarethull8

Jul 7, 20212 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Corsini Palace Grotto, Florence

margarethull8

Jun 29, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Villa d'Este, Italy

margarethull8

Jun 22, 20211 min read

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 15, 20211 min read

Shell Artist Showcase: Christa Wilm

Christa Wilm is a shell artist whose inspiration for shell ornamentation comes from Italy.

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Shell House Showcase: Villa Melzi, Lake Como, Italy

margarethull8

Jun 9, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

margarethull8

Jun 1, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: The Shell Grotto, Pontypool

margarethull8

May 26, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Shell Garden Features at Vizcaya Mansion, Miami Florida

margarethull8

May 22, 20213 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Palace of Wonders, Litta, Italy

margarethull8

May 11, 20212 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Palazzo Borromeo, Italy

margarethull8

May 5, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: Neptune's Grotto, Dubrovnik

margarethull8

Apr 26, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: St James's Church, Piccadilly

margarethull8

Apr 19, 20211 min read

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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Shell House Showcase: The Grotto of "The Flood", Florence

margarethull8

Apr 16, 20211 min read

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, 20211 min read

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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