- Unique comb with a shell landscape (4)
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- Width : 3 inch
- Height : 4 3/8 inch
- Depth : 1/8 inch
- Stunning conversation piece. Difficult to say where it comes from and who mades it. When something is unique, we can only guess. Barbara Steinberg thinks this design could be the illustration of the the phrase:“By Hook or by Crook", refering to the Oliver Cromwell’s Siege of Waterford, Ireland, in 1649. Cromwell ended a rebellion between catholic and protestant settlers with a naval strategy to take Waterford by Hook (the village on the east side of the harbor) or by Crook (the village on the west side). Two centuries later, a sailor, convict, or refugee might have taken a sea shell and carved Slade Castle in Hook, County Wexford and a similar castle in Crook, County Waterford. The harbor comes in between. It is a nice suggestion.
