Marie Corelli | Signed PhotographShes frequently forgotten today, but Marie Corelli was the most popular novelist of the late 19th century. Her book The Sorrows of Satan, published in 1895, sold more copies than any other book previously published. People definitely resented her for it: Although she was very popular, she wasnt very well received by critics: You could compare her to a contemporary figure like Stephanie Meyer. Its said that when he was in prison, Oscar Wilde quipped,

Very rare Victorian trinket box with a child-sized hand on the lid

“I owe it all to goddess

The green color was achieved through an arsenic dye

very sensitively arranged abundance of funeral flowers

I love the way mirrors look when they have signs of age

perhaps best known for her all-queer film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome

The pieces cut from palm are the Arma Christi

Couldn’t identify the marks but they look Austrian or Germany for sure- perhaps a competitor to Amphora or Teplitz

Measures about 17” tall

the decorative art nouveau base of this antique candleholder will keep any wax drips safe from your delicate white nightgown

which is I know is a favorite for more than a few of you

Antique duck wing millinery ornament in very good condition