Walk on Roses, Best Mid 19th Century Glass Enclosed Forget Me Not little carved beaver a term dating to 1890

a term dating to 1890 (though there is a much longer history of related raised embroidery) and is most often associated with Pennsylvania Amish

With partial red wax seal still attached on one corner of the envelope

Play just like dominoes

and with a great bentwood (bent reed

and this one in the most serene-subtle-sophisticated sort of palette too

Walk on Roses, Best Mid 19th Century Glass Enclosed Forget Me Not little carved beaver a term dating to 1890I've found a few examples of Victorian glass encased forget me nots over the years and find them quite magical with a lot of formal similarities to antique reliquaries, they're like forever encased memorials to friendships. But for me the phrase "Walk on roses" at the center of this one elevates it to a whole different level. (I've seen "A remembrance" and "Forget me not" but nothing so marvelous as this!) What a beautiful and visually evocative wish