Rare Beachcombing Curiosities - Purple - Framed Beach Art

Framed Beach Wall Art - Pastel Purples Pinks - Sea Glass, Victorian Pottery, Driftwood, Flotsam and Jetsam

A treasure trove of some of my rarest and most favourite beach-combing finds. These special pieces have been thoughtfully arranged in clean, simple lines reminiscent of museum curiosity cabinets.

Each framed mosaic includes a blend of both man-made and natural items that have been washed ashore on the Fife beaches in Scotland including Victorian antique sea pottery, sea glass, driftwood, shells, pebbles and other found oddments! These precious fragments, collated in a spectrum of purples, have been artfully arranged and preserved behind glass, a little beach-combing adventure for your wall!

I love the contrasting textures of "old" versus "new" and the harmony between manmade and natural elements, all unified by colour.

As with every beach find, each is unique and some of these will be very hard to part with. This collage includes:

• four lovely pieces of antique transfer-ware pottery with floral patterns
• a gorgeous piece of purple sea glass - purple sea glass often dates to between 1880 and 1915. This piece likely started off as clear glass. Before WWI, manganese was added to the glass and this would turn the glass purple after decades of exposure to the UV rays of the sun! Manganese was imported from Germany so supplies were cut off in 1915 and selenium was found to be cheaper alternative and this would turn the sea glass yellow!
• a tiny sea button
• a piece of sea urchin shell
• two lovely pieces of mussel shell
• part of a pottery kiln stilt - these were used in ceramic factories to hold the pottery in the kiln during the firing process
• a weathered piece of driftwood
• an unidentified piece of pitted metal
• a lovely stone with beautiful black markings
• half of a banded wedge shell ( Donax vittatus) - displayed upside down to show the beautiful purple inner
• a strange lumpy piece of white pottery - this probably would have come from a statue or ornament!

As you can tell, I feel quite passionate about these pieces. The excitement of finding a special piece, gifted by the sea, never quite leaves me so I hope you enjoy this assortment of beach-combing goodness!

All the pottery included in the mosaics are sea-worn ceramic fragments that wash up on the beautiful beaches in the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland. Much of the pottery dates back to the Victorian era, when ceramic factories threw their 'seconds' into the sea and locals used to cast their broken pottery into the waves for good luck! The rough Scottish seas have gently smoothed these fragments, but the patterns and colors remain vibrant, a testament to the craftsmanship of the time.

I have a range of these rare collections of beach finds in different colours. Each mosaic is priced individually based on the rarity and collectibility of the pieces included.

This original art comes in a white box frame, measuring 17.5cm square and can be hung on the wall or displayed freestanding on a shelf (Item: 4143).