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Real Human Heart Night Light Curio
I always come across some pretty strange items, and then I found this. A real human heart embedded in Lucite. I am thinking that this was something a doctor or medical student probably made during the 1950s or 1960s to display in their office or on their desk, a pretty morbid paperweight I would think. I would put this type of creative art project in the "extreme crafting" category.
As soon as I got it, I immediately decided that it should be properly displayed inside a Victorian wooden case.
The heart is nestled in a soft bed of vintage red velvet accented with Victorian gold metal bullion fringe. This whole display stands around 9 inches wide by 15 inches tall by 6 inches deep.
Because of how I was able to get the heart set up just centered inside the box, I realized that the ledge it was sitting on could also function as a place where a small light could rest underneath the heart.
With a little experimenting, I was able to craft this piece into a functioning (UL listed) night-light. When I turned the bulb on, I was pretty pleased that not only did it work, but how the heart releases a perfectly lovely soft warm red glow, of which I would think maybe gaslight might look like.
This is an extremely rare curio which would be a wonderful centerpiece for anyone's medical or sideshow collection, or even the ultimate gift of romance.
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This framed curio is signed, rubber-stamped and dated on the back by Madame Talbot.
Please Note: With all of my Framed Curio Exhibits, I try to replicate
an authentic atmosphere of Victorian-era Dime Museum Patina.
This of course refers to that very special layer of age that builds up over decades,
something which I try to incorporate into all of the framed curio pieces I make.
This Victorian-era Dime Museum Patina may include one or more of the following:
vintage dust fabric, flower petals shards, glue bits, thread strands, sun faded material,
water stained, and/or smoke burned 100-year-old paper, &c., &c., and &c.
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Presently in the collection of the artist
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