Antique French 8.5" Hair Art Memento, Mourning Memorial Tomb, Cross, 26-Yr Old Terre de Fer so that soldiers could carry

so that soldiers could carry them easily and write their correspondence from the battlefield

Elegant antique French Napoleon III era gilt bronze ormolu & white opaline glass 'vide poche'

A lovely set with box and guaranteed to please

Disappears when you wear them

perhaps having been opened at some point to clean the glass

Antique French 8.5" Hair Art Memento, Mourning Memorial Tomb, Cross, 26-Yr Old Terre de Fer so that soldiers could carryThe mourning icon you see here dates 1885, dedication on the cross (made of hair, also) tells us it is the souvenir locks of Maria Beuscart, who died at Wattrelos on 11, October, 1885 at the age of just 26 years.. It's made more in line with the late 1800s hair art icons, a bombe cover glass and mourning iconography to include a tombstone in shape of a cross, the little flower beside it blooming to evoke life everlasting. The word, "regrets" is rather