Spot the Frippet: shell.

 Shells can be things of great beauty:

photo by Wilfredor

things of use:

conch shell trumpet, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Daderot

things that are protective:

photo by Utahcamera

(often of things that are tasty):

photo by Kazvorpal 

They can be a sign of new life:

photo by Wilfredor

and a sign of destruction:

shell of building, Serbia. Photo by Albert Horáček

and deliberate murder:

World War I shell-filling factory. Photo by Horace Nicholls

I could be bounded in a nutshell*, said a poor tortured soul, once, and count myself a king of infinite space.

If only we could. 

If only we could.

Spot the Frippet: shell. This word comes from the Old English sciell, and is related to the words scale and shale.

*That was Hamlet, of course.