Lot 001 - Pair of Antique French Hair Work Mourning Palettes Under Glass in Oval Black Frames Including Graveyard Scene Inscribed "Souvenir" And Photograph Portrait of a Young Woman, 6-3/8" W x 5-1/8" H each 1703 and wear and tarnishing to

and wear and tarnishing to the brass mat and preserver

The lot also includes several unusually narrow C

The top features a coin slot with text reading "A Few Cents A Day Keeps Your Home Bright And Gay

and an 1896-1897 city directory indicate that Charles and Emily Reed continued to make this their residence

Lot 001 - Pair of Antique French Hair Work Mourning Palettes Under Glass in Oval Black Frames Including Graveyard Scene Inscribed "Souvenir" And Photograph Portrait of a Young Woman, 6-3/8" W x 5-1/8" H each 1703 and wear and tarnishing toPair of antique French hair work mourning palettes presented in matching oval black wood frames with gilt inner bezels and decorative leaf pattern mats worked in hair. One frame contains a hair work palette depicting a graveyard scene with a weeping willow tree, a gravestone inscribed "Souvenir," a cross, and a tiered monument, all constructed from human hair on a tinted ground under convex glass. The second frame contains a photographic portrait of a