A Remembrance, Victorian Glass Encased Forget Me Not chas Goodall with the clay body showing

with the clay body showing through especially on and near the foot

it is a piece by Frederick Rhead

RI history (Sweet appears to have opened in 1840 as a manufacturer and wholesale dealer of dry goods

I would guess the initial of the maker

A Remembrance, Victorian Glass Encased Forget Me Not chas Goodall with the clay body showingA very charming example of a Victorian "forget me not" I think constructed like a shadow box, sealed forever with glass over top. This one combines paper, cloth and real dried flowers and sprigs in the wreath at center, with scallop edged gold foil surrounding that, and what looks to me to be a very carefully hand lettered "a remembrance" at center. The red on the corners appears to comes from being painted on the underside of the glass. With heavy,