Elizabeth Warwick, Age 18, 1859 Victorian Mourning Card Framed on Black Silk house of the seven gable The bark of the branch

The bark of the branch from which it was carved remains on the central part of the body

The colors and glossy enameled surfaces are gorgeous

Altogether pretty fabulous I think

And then on the reverse side

Elizabeth Warwick, Age 18, 1859 Victorian Mourning Card Framed on Black Silk house of the seven gable The bark of the branchIt seemed all about 1859 for me this week, as I found both this mourning card and the 1859 hat box on the same day, in the same spot in Maine, which almost made me wonder whether Miss Elizabeth Warwick made the latter on her death bed. Just a beautiful example of one of these I think, with weeping trees and weeping women and an hourglass with wings to either side of the engraved text, with poem speaking of the flower being transplanted, the sunshine