Unusual Victorian Hair Mourning Buttons utilitarian sign easy to take down in

easy to take down in use in hot weather and especially on the 4th of July

A real beauty of an old folk art ship in a bottle

making them to my eye and ideal duo

and how the cover of her magazine reads like an abstract painting

complete with 48 cards

Unusual Victorian Hair Mourning Buttons utilitarian sign easy to take down inI've never seen the likes of these, which I believe are Victorian mourning buttons, made with blonde hair encased in finely wrapped and knotted blue cord and thread, silk I believe. One presumes these were made to be sewn to a garment perhaps like toggles on a shawl or coat but I'm not entirely sure. Whatever the case, quite unusual as far as I know, and feeling like literal capsules of another time (and specific person!), which could easily be strung