Nettie's Momentos: c. 1830s Marbled Paper Heart and Hair Braid in Book Shaped Mirrored Box sculptural pot wired for hanging

wired for hanging

and making this George Washington seem as if he's been hanging around for a very long time

it really elevates anything you might put in it

very early 20th century first hand document of a burning oil tank in Parker

I was pretty excited to find a box full of these handmade slides at the flea market this weekend--a box in which many were rolled up in newspaper from 1945

Nettie's Momentos: c. 1830s Marbled Paper Heart and Hair Braid in Book Shaped Mirrored Box sculptural pot wired for hangingI know this lived in the collection of the dealer I purchased it from for some 30 years or so, and was found just as it is now. The paper to which the braided hair is stitched reads "To Nettie from Hannah." And then this little woven paper love token heart, the first I believe I've seen made of hand marbled paper. I just can't resist tender little lovelies like these, and here in a velvet covered book shaped little box with perfectly aged interior