Vintage Jeweled Santos CrownMidcentury vintage gold toned filigree metal santos crown for a saint or Infant of Prague statue with paste jewels. Not a contemporary repro. Refer to photos for size and condition: Very good. No breakage or jewel loss.

Newly released from my personal library is this early Victorian gift book dated 1851 bound in red leather with a pearl-inlaid floral arrangement on the front cover

Early to mid 19th century boxes are one of my favorite things to collect

but it was an enormous financial undertaking and the project flopped at the time

The piece is very lightweight

it’s been sitting in a trunk for many years

She measures about 18” tall & 9” at widest

but I did you one better: I found you an example in its original shadow box

Some inscribed on the back

but unfortunately it turned out to be no good

The embroidery is in good condition with some water damage in the corners

There were supposed to be over 100 of these engravings done after his painting

As black was