http://www.sailorsvalentineartsite.com by Shannon Webster Tue, 19 May 2009 01:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.sailorsvalentineartsite.com/history#comment-2 quiltersmuse.com Blog » Blog Archive » Reader’s Letter Prompts More Research - “Sailors’ Valentines” Tue, 19 May 2009 01:36:26 +0000 http://www.sailorsvalentineartsite.com/?page_id=3#comment-2 [...] According to Shannon Webster, a pair of brothers hired children to make these boxes which were sold ..., a West Indies island, between 1830 and 1860, to English and American sailors. Upon returning home, these decorative boxes were presented to girlfriends or wives. Antique examples, when found, are now highly-prized and collected by individuals and museums, (sometimes whaling museums). [...] [...] According to Shannon Webster, a pair of brothers hired children to make these boxes which were sold …, a West Indies island, between 1830 and 1860, to English and American sailors. Upon returning home, these decorative boxes were presented to girlfriends or wives. Antique examples, when found, are now highly-prized and collected by individuals and museums, (sometimes whaling museums). [...]

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