The Mother’s Grave | Victorian Mourning China PlateActually earlier than Victorian: This poignant mourning item dates to the 1810s 1820s and would have been part of a complete mourning set for children. They are almost always white with pink transferware and pink lustre: Sometimes you see black, as with the Princess Charlotte memorial china from this time. The plate is made of soft paste and the pink transferware scene depicts a trio of children weeping in a cemetery. Beneath the scene is written "The

Many black and white marginal illustrations

There is a modern myth that widows would collect their tears in the bottle and empty them on a grave

as opposed to the 16 we are used to today

These fabulous vintage bookends are a sword lover’s dream

scarce little Victorian mourning book in the form of a poem by Richard Aldridge illustrated throughout with black and white engravings

some wear to the paint

This piece is from my collection

Gorgeous framed print of a nun by Harrison Fisher as featured in his iconic book The Dream of Fair Women

Charming Victorian autograph album loaded with handwritten inscriptions in German and decorated with tiny die cuts

The diameter measures about 3” across at widest

Charming Victorian handwritten letter from 1859 with pressed bleeding hearts

There is an additional 10” of fringe at the bottom