Section
Curiosities & Oddities
The strange and specific: ethical taxidermy with documented provenance, Victorian mourning ephemera, mechanical fortune tellers, wax anatomical models, and objects too odd to catalog elsewhere. All acquisitions come with a chain-of-custody note where one exists.
Subcategories:
Taxidermy & specimensPaper & ephemeraCabinet of curiositiesVictorian mourningMechanical & automataclearShowing 2 of 2 in Victorian mourning
MS-CU-1003
Pre-1900
Victorian mourning brooch, plaited hair under glass, 1871
Yellow gold and black enamel mourning brooch containing a plaited-hair miniature. Reverse engraved 'Elizabeth · aet. 34 · 1871'.
$685
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MS-CU-1004
Pre-1900
Whitby jet mourning necklace, faceted graduated beads, c. 1885
Graduated faceted Whitby jet beads on a barrel clasp. Warm to the touch, as true jet always is.
$420
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