Antique Reverse Painted Glass Cachou BoxExtra large antique reverse painted glass box with a bird and flowers painted on tinsel foil. One of my antiquing obsessions is glass boxes: It amazes me that such fragile things survive, especially in todays world where everything, even thousand dollar phones, are tossed out quickly & carelessly & built to break. Believe it or not, these were cachou boxes: All this extravagance for what amounts to a 19th century box of tic tacs. Its rare to find one

nervous system

It’s a scene from The Law and the Lady by Willie Collins

put on trial

I suggest you place an ordinary

For framing

die-cut memorials are my favorite kinds of Victorian mourning pieces to collect

This is an exceptional

but it tells us a lot about the emotional world of the woman who made it and offers a chance to connect with her across time

Featured in an 1875 issue of Harper’s Weekly that addressed high mortality rates among children due to poverty and disease

Gorgeous lithograph c

Suitable for either fresh or dried flowers

and valentines are no exception