Just to say how much I am learning and enjoying the posts here. My daughter is seriously ill and I am spending a lot of time with her at City of Hope and with my four grandchildren.
Would Mary have followed the same mourning protocol after Eddie's death, clothing, etc.?
(04-02-2018, 10:32 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote: "Tear bottles" are nothing more than perfume bottles. Some clever antique dealer got the notion of describing them as "tear bottles" in order to make them more marketable. Here's a good article that debunks the myth:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/te...yth-bottle
"Tear bottles" and the equally fictitious story that the Victorians used posing stands to prop up corpses in order to make them look "lifelike" for photographs (they actually used the stands to help living people hold still) have pretty much taken over the Internet, unfortunately.
Thanks Susan. I too assumed tear vials were used in Victorian times. Just read up on it. A combo fake history and snake oil!
Mary''s other clothes ?
