Came with broken shells. Ordered similar chandelier for dining room  by Hampton House and it is stunning. This one however has very unappealing connectors for the shells ( yes, you have to connect each shell on this to the next one). The connectors look like staples. My other one has very delicate and pretty gold circular connectors.  One other thing to note is the shells have a slight curve to them so you have to hang them with the curve the same direction or they do not falllay correctly and smoothly. My husband assembled it and didnt realize this. So Im now carefully unhooking each she and rehanging with curved side correct. Shells are super delicate.