A Remembrance, Victorian Glass Encased Forget Me Not old wooden open sign transferware

transferware

there were little companies like Wee-Sho-U in Detroit selling this "Eleven Good Box Traps" blueprint (for 30 cents) in the classifieds of "Fur News

but for the most part it polished up brightly and the comb itself is in very good

with some surface stratches and a little paint loss around the edges of the flag

rubbing yellow paws together mischievously

A Remembrance, Victorian Glass Encased Forget Me Not old wooden open sign transferwareA very charming example of a Victorian "forget me not" I think constructed like a shadow box, sealed forever with glass over top. This one combines paper, cloth and real dried flowers and sprigs in the wreath at center, with scallop edged gold foil surrounding that, and what looks to me to be a very carefully hand lettered "a remembrance" at center. The red on the corners appears to comes from being painted on the underside of the glass. With heavy,