Farewell, Mid 19th Century Reverse Painted Glass, Foil and Paper Flowers Forget Me Not forest landscaoe and I personally would leave

and I personally would leave it just as it is

my guess is that--with the faux tree stumps and knotty

This is the smaller of two lovely Burmese bamboo lacquer betel boxes currently in the shop

Somehow it keeps making me think of Frank Lloyd Wright--maybe it’s the falling water

shows scratches to the surface

Farewell, Mid 19th Century Reverse Painted Glass, Foil and Paper Flowers Forget Me Not forest landscaoe and I personally would leaveI've found a few mid 19th century "forget me nots" of this sort over the years, though don't come across them very often, and will continue to scoop them up whenever I do. They feel to me midway between Italian reliquaries and Victorian glass domed waxworks, and most of all full of the never ending (and very early Victorian) drive to make momentos of every sort lest one be forgotten. And these of course are best lit by candlelight, with the reverse