New England Gravestone Rubbing | 1835New England is such a happy place for tapophiles: Our cemetery monuments are uniquely beautiful. But if you arent from here or cant get here, I can bring a little New England funerary beauty to you: This vintage gravestone rubbing was taken from an 1835 monument and features my favorite motif, the weeping willow. Inscription: In memory of Daniel Crocker, son of Walter and Phoebe W Chipman, who was wrecked and drowned at Port Patrick Scotland by the

and hanged for the murder

Kit is used but looks complete: The only thing missing is one piece of aluminum wire

Shown on a US size 2 mannequin & recommended for this size

This is one of the most poignant I’ve had in my care: It comes to me from England

Blank sections for use as a notebook filled in with pencil by original owner

revealing a risque costume

Extremely unusual Victorian pressed metal plaque depicting a dragon surrounded by flames

make-do frame consisting of a simple sheet of glass surrounded by cloth remnants and fitted to hang

but the binding places it at the middle of the 19th century

Some wear to the frame: Missing fabric piece on the left side

art nouveau-style cover

but you could also use it as a goblet for ritual