Mid 19th Century Glass Cased Forget Me Not with Silk Flowers (Flowers Untethered) uncle sam Binding shows wear/damage

Binding shows wear/damage

I framed this one to keep it safe and because I really love it--and the frame itself is a great one

with the owl used as a symbol to welcome good luck and good fortune

and very gangster-looking driver at the helm

Though largely self taught

Mid 19th Century Glass Cased Forget Me Not with Silk Flowers (Flowers Untethered) uncle sam Binding shows wear/damageLots of tender and lovely very old small things today just the sorts of things that make me the happiest! I don't come across early Victorian cased forget me nots like this one often, but when I do I always scoop them up, finding them completely charming and rather magical feeling like antique reliquaries, but love tokens. And what I especially love about one is the reverse painting of the perimeter glass looking just like pressed sea moss, but in