By the society's standard scale (10 being the perfect rose), the Sterling Silver ranks a paltry 4.2, as a rose of questionable value.. And while Hollywood is showing the roses growing on Chelsea rooftops, the Sterling probably can't cut it in New York.
For an unknown reason the bag was also known as a âjewing bagâ and was hung from a hammock ring or perhaps a hook or peg next to his bunk in the forecastle. These bags generally were companions to the sailorâs sea bags or sea chests.
Occasionally a storm may rip the seaweed and egg cases from the sea bed and throw them up with the eggs or a baby fish still inside. Mermaidâs purses are made of collagen which is a common protein found in vertebrate animal tissues that is slow to break down and so may persist in the sea for months or years.