Dream Life | Marvel | 1890sVery attractive, late 19th century binding of Marvels Dream Life with a splendid passionflower design. Condition is excellent.

some chipping to the molding on the frame

this collection of sympathetic verses features a gilt decoration of a mourner by a cemetery monument on the cover & an engraved frontispiece of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia

I don’t believe this piece would have had glass originally

The ceramic base is slightly concave in the center

late 19th century Victorian keepsake consisting of a floral bouquet woven from human hair and tied with ribbon in its original wood & glass shadow box

I have had this exact book since I was a child: My mother is also a collector & dealer

Refer to photos for size & condition: Overall good with some insect damage to the back cover

Additionally

sorry) and flowers from my garden

also a New York legend

Measures about 10” tall with tarnish & wear associated with age

Very nice cabinet card photo of Countess Magri