circa 1880s, I’m guessing the vibrancy of the flowers might make that hard to believe! This would have been in a shadow box. Funeral flowers for winter made from wool. Flowers would be hard to find in winter in the Victorian era, they would wrap dyed wool around wire and form the flowers. Then at the viewing they would display, after framing the flowers in a shadow box some with a photograph or saying. I found this wreath,it was waiting for me at a street sale in Coburg Oregon. I have the perfect shadow box too…..just have to find it!! In the Victorian era everything had meaning, I think the doves meant peace. I haven’t seen any other wreaths with birds, might make the wreath more rare. In a shadow box the value would probably be in the $300-500 dollar range. I paid $25. #Victorian Mourning Wreath w/ Wool Flowers #findoftheday