Antique Carved Wood Celtic Dragon PanelFabulous 20th century antique carved wood dragon sign painted brick red and black. Lots of fading to the paint from age the piece has an awesome, weathered look. Perhaps it was part of the signage at an Irish pub! Measures about 27 long and just over 5 wide. Condition is good with wear consistent with age and a slight, short crack in the wood at the top of the left hand corner.

Newly released from my personal collection of antique photos is this large format cabinet card depicting Richard Henry Park’s memorial to Edgar Allan Poe

The bookends have an Andromeda motif with a nude female figure chained to a rock

it was common practice to remove the plate and any decorative ornaments from the casket before burial and to keep them as souvenirs

Apart from some minor fraying inside the pockets

These finely detailed

The glass is missing

There was a huge profusion of new chemical dyes in this era: We tend to picture the 19th century in dull

Mircentury vintage reproduction of the 19th century Lenormand fortune telling card set in a sensational box with witchy graphics

I love arranging flowers in antique vases to give as gifts

It would also make an elegant place to keep your mail

Some wear to the metal from age

incense burner