True Victorian Seashell Decorated Box with Heart (and Bright Pink Lining) cone I’d like to imagine this

I’d like to imagine this was once the lid of a box that held a set of beautiful bone carved letters

with laced up bodice and apron over her skirt

and I think really terrific

And the design of some of the cards is great

True Victorian Seashell Decorated Box with Heart (and Bright Pink Lining) cone I’d like to imagine thisI come across a fair number of seashell decorated boxes, especially in these parts, but this one struck me as an especially lovely, succinct example, with the heart at center (once red, now nicely faded but with darker red around the perimeter, making it feel a bit like a bleeding heart) giving a certain boldness and resolve to the whole thing. Late 19th very early 20th c. and quite well done, with a narrow band of striped paper around the perimeter