Hope by George Watts | Antique Framed PrintHope by George Watts is one of the best known and loved Symbolist images of the late 19th century, completed in 2 versions in 1886. Its unusual in that it employs no imagery traditionally associated with hope: It depicts a blindfolded woman sitting on a globe playing a harp with only one string left intact. She is clinging onto that last string of hope with all her might. This antique print dates to around 1900 and is presented in its original frame.

I took this in last year for my collection then ran out of wall space

but I can’t get it to wind

midcentury vintage metal ashtray that is double sided

The glass is missing

“I can’t make my eyes behave

without stains or tears

Ships disassembled in 3 pieces due to its fragility: Very easy to stack back together

early 18th century print depicting The Brazen Serpent story from the biblical Book of Kings

Antique palmistry engraving c

Charming Victorian handwritten letter from 1859 with pressed bleeding hearts

I had to rescue it and take it home

First authorized US edition of Marie Corelli’s Wormwood