Victorian Purple Velvet Sewing BoxSmall Victorian box made of purple velvet with a blue silk interior and slots inside the lid for sewing tools. The interior measures about 5 x 3. 5 x 1. 5. Condition is very good with very little velvet loss (they are almost always in some state of wear) and a missing pin at the latch.

& my favorite motif the weeping willow

Meticulously hand carved wooden souvenir pincushion in the shape of an elegant lady’s shoe

Silver embellishment stamped STERLING & engraved M

This listing is for 5 early Victorian cards

" The book is an example of "consolation literature" meant to comfort the bereaved and contains verses and essays about death

Hy would be short for Hyram (or Hiram)

I don’t often stock repros

Antique cruet and castor sets are common enough

This cruet set dates to the last quarter of the 19th century

A very nice example of a Victorian mourning book that’s about a specific person and printed for the benefit of those who knew her

so remains a mystery

Charming Victorian child’s autograph album with numerous entries from school friends