20th-century American Folk Art Button Memory Box Planes Trains & Automobiles Silk velvet with recycled beads

Silk velvet with recycled beads

These colours are symbolic of a tumultuous decade full of revolution: the wartime inventions

19th century USA Our decoupage is handmade to order in our New York studio using reproduced imagery from John Derian's vast collection of antique and vintage prints

Cover made from offset printing and hot foil

9" L x 13" H

20th-century American Folk Art Button Memory Box Planes Trains & Automobiles Silk velvet with recycled beadsDating back to the mid 20th century, this vintage memory ware bottle is among John Derian's trove of handpicked vintage & antique goods. Traditionally used as a mourning vessel to honor a deceased loved one, the piece features personal objects like buttons, screws, marbles, small doll figures, chains, sewing tools, and coins embedded in putty and mounted on a Royal Ironstone China plate. Details 7 W x 14 H Painted objects embedded in putty c. 1930 USA