Abalone Art: “The Gifts of Water and Earth”

It’s believed that the abalone shell (lower left) was first used in P. Bruegel’s 1604 painting: “The Gifts of Water and Earth.” Photo by Willis Photo Lab, Palo Alto 1962. (The original work is part of the Vienna collection in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.)

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From “California Abalones,” by Keith W. Cox, Dept. of Fish & Game, 1962

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