Victorian Letter with Locks of HairA fitting memento for our second update of the new year: This sweet Victorian letter from one sister to another begins Happy New Year, and contained within are 3 locks of hair from home. Refer to photos for size and condition. Very good; as found.

Lovely antique cabinet card photo of a young girl dressed for her confirmation ceremony holding a prayer book & candle

It dates to around the ‘30s-‘40s & is presented in its original frame

The tinest brass colored Miraculous Medal of Saint Catherine fixed with a pink ribbon onto a lace paper card

there is a left & right hand

she has the air of Klimt’s Adele about her

Condition is fair: The interior is very good but the covers are quite worn

midcentury nun doll with a composition head and a cream colored habit

It’s rather unusual for doll clothes to be this fine

This handmade assemblage featuring gimp worked hair in a shadow box and a German inscription is a memorial for a little girl who died at age 5

later Victorian frame about 14” tall

Presented in the early 20th century white wooden frame in which I found it

Black and white photographs throughout