A Very Fine Engraved Turban Shell, Engraved by James Sexton of Bromley

This finely engraved and inked shell is particularly well executed and depicts both a portrait of the Great Eastern steamship, along with her vital statistics, very much in the manner of similar pieces signed by Charles Wood, and, on one end, a view of the 1862 International Exhibition building.This shell is unusual in being both signed and dedicated. The inscription on the piece reads as follows:

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