Antique Victorian French

Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838

Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838

Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838
ANTIQUE LARGE FRENCH VICTORIAN MOURNING HAIR ART CONVEX GLASS FRAME RELIQUARY 1838. An antique French Napoleon III era sentimental hair artwork mourning memento. It is unusual and crafted from hair as a lasting memento of a lost loved one. Set under a domed convex glass and housed within an ebonized wooden frame with brass surround.

In overall good antique condition with some wear to the wooden frame. This beautiful piece was created with brown hair on a white and blue background. We discover a tomb surrounded by two trees with a plaque entitled Friendship, and at the foot of the tomb a medallion dated august 28, 1838.

The glass is dusty inside. This item was have been a keepsake intended to exist throughout a lifetime, much the same as a photograph today would be. So popular, specialty shops devoted to this art medium were once throughout Europe, and France, the great factories of works in hair where the artists-designers have spent countless hours working hair skillfully entrusted to flowers, curls and braids, and / or rarely landscapes to commemorate. (12.5 cm) 4.92 height. (12.5 cm) 4.92 width.

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The seller is "denicheur51" and is located in this country: FR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Style: Victorian
  • Item Height: 4.92\
  • Sub-Style: French
  • Material: hair, glass, wood, brass
  • Width: 4.92\
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Type: framed hair art
  • Color: Black
  • Brand: unknown


Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Reliquary 1838