A Remembrance, Victorian Glass Encased Forget Me Not chas Goodall renowned for the baskets made

renowned for the baskets made by its women weavers

Structurally in great shape and I think more or less indestructible

RI history (Sweet appears to have opened in 1840 as a manufacturer and wholesale dealer of dry goods

I love toy slingshots for their sculptural forms

with the clay body showing through especially on and near the foot

A Remembrance, Victorian Glass Encased Forget Me Not chas Goodall renowned for the baskets madeA very charming example of a Victorian "forget me not" I think constructed like a shadow box, sealed forever with glass over top. This one combines paper, cloth and real dried flowers and sprigs in the wreath at center, with scallop edged gold foil surrounding that, and what looks to me to be a very carefully hand lettered "a remembrance" at center. The red on the corners appears to comes from being painted on the underside of the glass. With heavy,