Victorian Life

Traveling is all about learning new things.  This is a Victorian place setting (late 1800’s to early 1900’s).  The crescent shaped dish is a “bone dish” for your fish bones.  The little glass dish is for salt instead of a common salt shaker.  Very fancy but I kind of like this.

Making things from hair was popular in Victorian times.  They might make jewelry, a purse, a book mark, or a framed picture like this.  Personally, I find this creepy but it does show a lot of creativity.

Love this display of ladies undergarments. The black item is a bustle.  A bustle had several purposes. The heavy fabric of skirts tended to droop so that a bustle kept the material from dragging.  A bustle made a lady’s waist look smaller (sexier?).  Plus, there’s a rumor it allowed some extra air flow in back. 

I like the look of this piano.  The next room in this house had what looked like another normal piano.  Turns out that piano didn’t have the mechanism to make sounds.  It was used for practice when no one wanted to hear you!

Everything is fancy.  Look at this stove!