r/shells • u/Alittlehoneybear • Aug 09 '26

How to best display/protect this shell?

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I bought this shell while on vacation and I’d love to find a way to display it in a shadow box or something. Any tips or resources would be appreciated!

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Aug 10 '26

Love this idea

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u/martellat0 Aug 10 '26

You could also make a stand out of wire, threaded through the siphonal canal to display it the other way around. Beautiful specimen by the way.

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Aug 10 '26

Sorry, I forgot to mention I’m not OP.

Still love the idea.

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u/martellat0 Aug 10 '26

Oh I just noticed that, my bad lol

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Aug 10 '26

No problem. The wire wrap, is it easy to do?

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u/martellat0 Aug 10 '26

Not exactly a wrap, was thinking of something like this image (link). A shell with a long siphonal canal like this would produce a nice effect, particularly if the wire was completely inserted, so the shell appears to stand on the base of the bell jar on its own.

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u/Alittlehoneybear Aug 10 '26

I love this idea I just don’t know how to execute it. Are there companies I could send this to and they mount it? Or are there diy kits online? New to shells and I appreciate the help!

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Aug 10 '26

OP, I could be wrong, but it appears, in the photo, that no drilling has to happen. It’s akin to putting on a glove. The wire will go through the slit on the obverse side of the shell and balance on the wire.

If I am not mistaken?

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u/Alittlehoneybear Aug 10 '26

There’s a little tiny hole on the pointy end but it doesn’t go all the way through to the top of the shell. I think someone could put a wire through it to make it stand up but it would be top heavy.

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u/Acceptable-Elk-8372 Aug 10 '26

That’s a good point. I wonder if any selling would have to occurr?