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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8190524, member: 75525&quot;]The Romans used shells on cast bronze coins in the 3rd century BC. They also produced cast bronze shells. I think some were votive items for Venus. The 1400&#039;s painting, The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli shows Venus on a shell. More recent art by Spun Ann Arbor, MI shows a similar scene.</p><p>[ATTACH]1433919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1433920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1433921[/ATTACH] </p><p>Shell / knucklebone Uncia and a whole and part shell sextans</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433918[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the cast bronze shells might have been votive items for Venus. The Birth of Venus painting by Sandro Botticelli dates to the 1480&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433922[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Today I bought a modern knock-off of this painting for my knitting wife. </p><blockquote><p><a href="https://spun.mybigcommerce.com/spun-greeting-card/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://spun.mybigcommerce.com/spun-greeting-card/" rel="nofollow">https://spun.mybigcommerce.com/spun-greeting-card/</a> </p></blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1433928[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Show me your shells.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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