Lovely 19th Century Handmade Book-Shaped Candy Box, Hand-painted Paper and Velvet Over Board mourning box Feels almost like a ghost

Feels almost like a ghost of a thing

with white satin ribbon sewn to the backside

with wood sole and leather upper

bright blue eyed gaze down to those tiny black laced shoes

with beautifully distressed silvered mirror bordered in gold paper

Lovely 19th Century Handmade Book-Shaped Candy Box, Hand-painted Paper and Velvet Over Board mourning box Feels almost like a ghostThis I believe was made as a bonbon box, with the padded interior compartment framed with paper lace. (Those doily lined Russell Stover Valentine's chocolate boxes didn't come out of nowhere!) Of course I love it for its book form, and especially that hand hand printed checkerboard patterned paper across the front (with the patterns on those tiny squares evincing pressed seamoss), perfectly bordered in embossed silver and green trim. More silver trim