Late Victorian Clam Shell Photo Album With Celluloid Oak Branch and Beetle Embalming started to gain popularity

Embalming started to gain popularity during the Civil War and became the standard by the 1880s

peridot was referred to in ancient times as the "gem of the sun

Condition: Chain: Very Good / Locket: Good

this particular scene shows the distraught clown kneeling on the ground while a woman reclines on him about to drink a bottle of poison

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Late Victorian Clam Shell Photo Album With Celluloid Oak Branch and Beetle Embalming started to gain popularityThere hasn't been one item that embodies the Victorian period better than this photo album. The shape of the album, a clam shell, illustrates the Victorians love for conchology. The oak branch and beetle, their love for nature, botany and entomology. This album sits flat on a table and opens up revealing multiple pages of photo frames perfect for filling with photos of your loved ones. The interior pages are beautifully decorated with a clam shell