A Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning | Cecil & Flavel’s Gift for MournersPossibly the best known & most desirable Victorian consolation book, popular gifts for the bereaved during the 19th century. They are filled with religious passages, poems, and even anecdotes offering comfort in the wake of loss. Everyone loves the blindstamped cover design on this one, featuring a weeping figure in a cemetery with willows and a broken column. The book includes two titles, A Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning and A Gift for

blush pink silk satin used in high end lingerie & loungewear at the time: Some lady was very well off and wanted her daughter to get used to fine silk at an early age

A remarkable piece of antique salvage

You can tell this kid has a lot of flair- he’s one of us for sure

The form is very evocative

gilded wood frame

Antique lace paper holy card depicting Saint Wendelin

as framing something this large would add a significant cost to the price

I often say these are my favorite Victorian mourning cards to collect

She’s in her original blue velvet & brass frame with glass

Early 20th century black celluloid hair comb with jet jewels

75” x 17

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