Antique Sacred Heart Embroidery on SilkOf the many antique sacred hearts I have collected and sold over the years, this is certainly one of the finest. Because these were made by ordinary people, cloistered nuns or monks, they are like all forms of vernacular and folk art: The quality varies tremendously depending on the materials available and the skill level of the artist. This embroidery on silk is very fine indeed; very tidily and meticulously done. It measures about 14 tall in a

Consolation books are filled with religious passages

4” tall early Victorian gift book dedicated to mothers

This beguilingly beautiful pair of snapshot photos are a mystery: They came to me from Germany

but these are motifs usually found in 17th-18th funerary art

Wonderful gilded spelter replica of the reliquary containing a piece from the arm of St

Refer to photos for size and condition: Overall good with wear to the silverplate commensurate with age

made for a loved one who passed away in 1839

An early example for a mourning or consolation book

All that he takes from us

Rare Victorian mourning veil sewn from black silk crepe measuring about 19” long and 21” wide

velveteen or velour binding and featuring wonderful illustrations by Jacques Noël

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