DOUBLE Antique French Enamel Heart Grave Marker Plaque c.1884 Gorgeous Letters for Sale

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DOUBLE Antique French Enamel Heart Grave Marker Plaque c.1884 Gorgeous Letters For Sale

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DOUBLE Antique French Enamel Heart Grave Marker Plaque c.1884 Gorgeous Letters:
$215.00

Selling a truly beautiful double heart from the late 1800\'s. The lettering on this memorial is unlike any other I\'ve seen.

Heart measures seven inches wide and seven and one half inches high. Two holes for mounting.

As seen in photos, there is enamel loss to the right side, rust around the edge and reverse. After nearly 150 years, the lettering has faded somewhat from its original black.

Shipping with UPS Ground. Any overage in shipping cost will be returned to you.

In Paris, burial plots are rented. If a plot expires with no renewal then the plot is sold to someone else. If there’s a body, it’s moved into an ossuary (mass grave) or cremated. The city is not responsible for maintaining the plots themselves, rather this is the responsibility of the families who own them or their designated heirs who are required to clean the graves of moss and dead leaves at least once per year. With only 634,000 burial plots available within the 20 municipal cemeteries, this “recycling” is necessary in order to ensure there are always enough places available for the recently departed. Once the ground has changed ownership, plaques/crosses are removed and if not family can be located, sold by churches and groundskeepers for the continued upkeep of the grounds. These pieces are found at French brocante although becoming more difficult to find by the passing year. They are little pieces of French art and history.