£95
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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