Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair antique quack science with picnic lunch in the

with picnic lunch in the ravine to follow

There is a very thin black line on one side

I find this an exceptionally beautiful thing

especially that demonic looking mouth with teeth exposed

but otherwise all original

Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair antique quack science with picnic lunch in thePerhaps not everyone would find a hand sewn basket filled to overflowing with human hair a tender and special thing but I certainly do! Perhaps this hair was gathered in advance of making an elaborate Victorian hair wreath, or maybe a hair album or maybe Clara was just stashing away her own hair in this basket, to have at the ready for friends and family who might to do the same. who can know for sure? Whatever the case, to me there is something