How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 119
the shells, thepuff showing at the sidesbeing of the satin. A pretty little vase canbe made of the shells ofthree sea-urchins, of grad-uating sizes, placed oneupon another, the smalleston top. The small holein the bottom of the larg-est one should be filled upwith damp plaster-of-Paris-which will… … Candlestick. Seaside Cottage Decoration. 103 A sea-urchin and good-sized starfish make the prettiest kindof a candlestick, and the addition of a brass-headed tack onevery point but one of the starfish gives it a nice finish andfurnishes feet for it to stand on ; the point left without a footforms…
