WAX DOLL.................

                                                                                    

 

Wax effigy of a deceased infant.

 

A popular practice among French and German immigrants

to America.

Locks of the deceased childs hair were attatched to the

head of the doll, and the dolls outfit

was created from the fabric of the

infants christening gown.

 

(source)

 

 

 

Not quite sure what I think of this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOURNING PHOTOS

1970's thru 1980's............?

                                                                      

 

It was not unusual to hide your face in

some way in mourning photos

taken of that period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She appears to be holding something

that documents her mourning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VICTORIAN..................

GLASS DOME............

                                                                              

 

French cemetery scene with hair from

Sophie Henry, deceased, age 21, (1881)

 

(collection of John Whitenight)

Primitive............

lovely........................

                                                                                        

(remembrance glass shadow box)

 

 

There are a lot of really beautiful mourning pieces out there

for you to see...........for me it is the simple heartfelt

ones like this that speak the loudest. 

Mourning necklace

                                                                                               

source

 

Mourning necklace containing a finger

bone from the deceased. 

                                                                          

OSSUARY

Coat of Arms................

 

Coat of Arms of

Schwatzenberg Family

in Sedlec Ossuary in

Kutna Hora, Czech Republic