Victorian Book Shaped Glass Box with Frozen Charlotte DollThis rare Victorian box in the shape of a book is made solely of paper & glass. These date to the mid 19th century and were just for candy or pastilles, but often they were retained as keepsakes. They are so pretty, its easy to see why! The owner wrote her name inside the lid. The frozen charlotte doll sewn onto a little silk pillow is a later addition. Its fixed inside the box & Ive left it as is to avoid potential damage to the fragile glass. The

and some hardware missing beneath the flaps

Made of heavy brass

Condition is mostly good with some holes in the lace

I particularly love the little girls dressed as fairies

Our Lady has cloth vestments

It was released in 1994

Doubleday Anchor

They even come with their original

The elastic at the bottom & the silk are both fragile & likely to break if the piece is too small for you

This little devil dates to the late 19th to early 20th century

but both the graphics and the original frame place it between 1860-1880

I think it is an alloy of some sort: It does not have the same color or texture as cast iron