Glass Dome on Clawed Foot BaseGlass done on a wonderful ceramic base with clawed feet. I believe this was a marriage but the pieces fit perfectly together. The ceramic base is slightly concave in the center, so you could easily repurpose it for something else: Ash tray, vide poche, plant stand, etc. Some flaking to the paint on the base and a slight chip near the rim; otherwise good.

The marks 18 & J are all I have to go on

but this is just about the only flaw

Presumed first paperback edition from Fawcett Press

Antique newsprint covers the back

regarded as the founding father of paleontology

The snapshots are mounted on their original piece of blue card and housed in a newer

These tombstone memorial prints are increasingly rare

clasped hands also regularly appear in Victorian & Edwardian keepsakes related to marriage & friendship

The sleeve is splitting and the record shows some where

including the little ornament on top of the crown

This is for my fellow collectors of antique valentines and romantic keepsakes: Entitled “The Love Letter

This is a particularly nice example