As a Keepsake, Mid 19th Century Reverse Painted Glass, Foil and Paper Flowers Forget Me Not old brush which is understood to indicate

which is understood to indicate a partial  stigmata--as well as holding a large cross and a flagellum whip

She's got a sweet little wire tail too

I’ve been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late

They were gathered by an Abby Boutwell on Martha's Vineyard in 1881

I don't think I'll ever get over my love of beautiful antique school slates

As a Keepsake, Mid 19th Century Reverse Painted Glass, Foil and Paper Flowers Forget Me Not old brush which is understood to indicateI've found a few mid 19th century "forget me nots" of this sort over the years, though don't come across them very often, and will continue to scoop them up whenever I do. They feel to me midway between Italian reliquaries and Victorian glass domed waxworks, and most of all full of the never ending (and very early Victorian) drive to make momentos of every sort lest one be forgotten. And these of course are best lit by candlelight, with the reverse