Shells ball on brass base
PU1127
Umbonium vestiarium, this small sea snail is often called « button tops ». And to make this sphere, it took a lot of patience to glue hundreds of them. This small marine Gastropod from Indonesia, from the Trochidae family, is not sharp like other Trocha, like the Trocha nilauticus from which mother-of-pearl buttons are cut, including coat buttons... This one is too small to become a button, he just inherited the name!
This unique piece has been sold...
