Victoriana, Mourning, & Other Devotions

30 🥀 Pisces sun & moon | Leo rising

[ritualsofmourning]

Proud of my collection so far.

[carolathhabsburg]

Hand. unknown artist, 1860s.

[thevintagethimble]

Garter (one of a pair) French, 18th century. Silk plain weave with silk tambour work and embroidery on silk ribbon. | ↳ MFA

[kuutamosonaatti]

The gaping wound was exposed for all to see & Repetition cannot make it less

Jesse Mockrin, 2019

[ritualsofmourning]

My bloody tissues look like roses

[ritualsofmourning]

A little late-night redecorating.

[ritualsofmourning]

[ladyrue]

Weeping Angels

[oldsardens]

Theodule Ribot - Prometheus

[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

Highgate Cemetery vault, London

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Pair of barrette boots.

Dedigner/Maker: Joseph Box

Date: 1896

[frostedmagnolias]

navy silk hobble skirt dress

c. 1913

Augusta Auctions

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎Perfume case, heart-shaped and engraved with foliate and faunal designs, with open-mark crown as handle.

Culture: Dutch

Date: 18th century

Medium: Silver, hinged and gilded

[milksockets]

'original manuscript with woodcut illustrations of fully toothed human skull + oral cavity, from artzneybuch köstlich für mancherley kranckheit des gantzen leibs by johann melchior sachse, published 1546' in the smile stealers: the fine + foul art of dentistry - richard barnett (2017)

[memories-of-ancients]

Ornate wheel-lock hand mortar/grenade launcher, Europe, 17th century

from Rock Island Auctions

[corpsedandy]

Tomb of Cardinal Mariano Pietro Vecchiarelli in Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli.

Mummy of Vincenzo Piccinini, Prior of the Confraternity of Good Death in Chiesa dei Morti (Church of the Death) in Urbania.

[pacificremains]

Sometimes bones turn black during maceration. Goth bones! Sadly they do not stay that color when dry.