A Mother’s Tribute | Victorian Mourning Book |1835Okay, so it technically misses the Victorian era by ONE year. An early example for a mourning or consolation book. This small chapbook published by the American Sunday School Union is a memorial for a chronically ill girl who died at the age of 9, written by her mother. Bound in marbled boards with a black cloth spine. Wear to the corners and the title plate on the spine. Some dampstains that affect only the last page & back endpaper.

late Victorian or Edwardian laydown perfume bottle made from handblown glass

Condition is very good with ex-library catalog info written in pen on the back page & some wear to the back cover

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This small Victorian dexterity game features a spider in its web with felt darts you have to shake onto various targets

Evocative of the Japanese prints and Symbolist art that were popular at the time

It has a beautiful rose pattern with a pearlescent sheen

battery-operated tea light or faux candle inside for the same effect

Beautiful 20th century vintage crescent moon ornament- suitable for holiday but frankly

Another dealer suggested to me that it’s reminiscent of William Brownfield

These date to the mid-19th century and were just for candy or pastilles

I’ve lost count of the number of black lacquer Victorian calling card trays I’ve encountered

a pair of clasped hands