Item 05: Box of pressed flowers and locks of hair collected by Ann Flinders

Ann Flinders' memento box

Ann Flinders' memento box and contents

James Fairfax Matthew Flinders Electronic Archive

Cardboard box, trimmed and decorated in thin pressed metal - 8 x 10 x 8 cm. Box contains pressed flowers and locks of hair collected by Ann Flinders, and wrapped in small paper packets and identified by her. Packets are titled "Mary's Myrtle"; "Anne's at two years & at 3 years"; "Anne's at 3 yrs old"; "A.Flinders"; "Captain Flinders'"; "Bell's [Isabella Tyler] at 15"; "My Mothers"; "My Father's aged 40"; "My Grandfather Chappelles - Aged 73"; "Anne's + her Papa's"; "Plucked from The Grave Octr 24th 1814"; "Plucked from the Grave May 16th + July 27th 1815"; "Plucked frm the Grave Sepr 23 rd 1820"; single pair of cuff links; unidentified tassle; and a verse, written by Ann Flinders, about the collection eg: "... To me these seeming trifles are / Memorials of departed days ..."

Item 05: Box of pressed flowers and locks of hair collected by Ann Flinders

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