St. Cecilia PaperweightThis vintage brass paperweight depicts one of my favorite religious sculptures: The incorrupt body of St. Cecilia by Stefano Moderno in Rome. One of many Roman virgin martyrs, Cecilia is the patron saint of music. Supposedly, the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere was built on the site of her original home. Pope Paschal I buried her purported remains there; they were exacavated, found to be incorrupt, and displayed in 1599 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio

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Measures about 12” tall in very good condition save for some damp stains to the original mat

Kodak is one of the companies that made amateur photography widely accessible as a hobby- some of you readers may even remember it

Silver embellishment stamped STERLING & engraved M

She comes to be from the founder of one of the art colleges in our area

Early 20th century black celluloid hair comb with jet jewels

Condition is very good apart from some wear to the frame

Missing its clasp

Our Oscar is shown dwarfed beside Jumbo the elephant

The handle looks like wood painted black

Many black & white illustrations showing properties where girls were taken & scenarios that lead to kidnap