Nettie's Momentos: c. 1830s Marbled Paper Heart and Hair Braid in Book Shaped Mirrored Box rare brush I love the fact that

I love the fact that making these represented not just a burgeoning interest in the natural world

companies began to print the bags with patterns for making dolls and the like--here a needlework pattern on reverse "to occupy little fingers

but never have I come across a complete set

and molds and materials for creating smaller scale pieces like this one became available for purchase as kits

Nettie's Momentos: c. 1830s Marbled Paper Heart and Hair Braid in Book Shaped Mirrored Box rare brush I love the fact thatI know this lived in the collection of the dealer I purchased it from for some 30 years or so, and was found just as it is now. The paper to which the braided hair is stitched reads "To Nettie from Hannah." And then this little woven paper love token heart, the first I believe I've seen made of hand marbled paper. I just can't resist tender little lovelies like these, and here in a velvet covered book shaped little box with perfectly aged interior