A Victorian cased 'Mizah' heart-shaped cushion, circa 1880 ...

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A Victorian cased 'Mizah' heart-shaped cushion, circa 1880

The velvet covered heart decorated with coloured glass-head pins, designed in geometric motifs around the words ‘FORGET ME NOT’, centred by a cross over a silk-work of a male and female hand embracing a heart, inscribed ‘Mizah’ atop a ‘forget me not’ banner, 39cm wide, 39cm high 

Mizah, Hebrew for ‘watchtower’ became popular during the Victorian period as a word associated with a foreseeable extended separation from a beloved

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Auction Date:
18th Oct 23 at 11am BST

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