Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair antique quack science I find this an exceptionally

I find this an exceptionally beautiful thing

There is a very thin black line on one side

I'm not sure if this pilot was actually a postcard

but otherwise all original

Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair antique quack science I find this an exceptionallyPerhaps not everyone would find a hand sewn basket filled to overflowing with human hair a tender and special thing but I certainly do! Perhaps this hair was gathered in advance of making an elaborate Victorian hair wreath, or maybe a hair album or maybe Clara was just stashing away her own hair in this basket, to have at the ready for friends and family who might to do the same. who can know for sure? Whatever the case, to me there is something