1850 Hand-embroidered Mourning Card with Handwritten Poem or Prayer in Period Frame vintage Italian pottery as is typically the case

as is typically the case

4" wide x 4 1/8" deep x 2 3/4" tall

Since I found them together and think the more the better with these

I'm honestly not sure if this key was made for a giant lock or as a trade sign of sorts

who signed it (in tiny lettering) and sent it in 1909--was among them

1850 Hand-embroidered Mourning Card with Handwritten Poem or Prayer in Period Frame vintage Italian pottery as is typically the caseSo tender and lovely. The handwritten text covering every unstitched inch of this looks to me to be German; I find it hard to decipher but certain phrases seems to appear over and over, so surely a poem or perhaps specifically a prayer. Perhaps it speaks of a sailor lost at sea, which the anchor leaning against the cross at center would suggest, and, with those two wonderful burning hearts, of the true love between the one lost and the one left