Esther Howland Valentine | New England Valentine Company | 1870sEsther Howland is known as the mother of the valentine industry in America. While valentines existed before, she was the first entrepreneur to popularize them in this country. A Massachusetts native from a Mayflower family, she was inspired to make valentines after receiving a particularly beautiful one in 1847 from one of her fathers associates. At the time, most valentines were imported from England and Europe and were more expensive than the

Presented as found on its original

I almost never buy parian ware that is not 19th century

Circa 1960s

Small Victorian die cut memorial card presented in its original frame

But why would you want to

Very good condition with some creasing at the spine

I picked up this beautiful piece of antique hand painted porcelain just because I thought it was pretty

Length: 44”

particularly ones made of glass

which looks correct

Newly released from my personal collection of mourning & funeral antiques is this outstanding post mortem photo of a girl in her casket

but the ones I’m listing for sale are probably Mexican and/or Greek