Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O folk art station with plenty off rusting (one

with plenty off rusting (one one side more than the other)

and would guess that living in Maine might have had a particular affection for the bluebird--and this one feels perhaps a bit older than the others

This beautiful little copper object

and for the play of hands encircling that doll

It is a bed slipper I believe that he holds in his hand

Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O folk art station with plenty off rusting (oneA lovely little box and a clever one too, with the image of a young woman fishing surely a metaphor for the box's contents makeup to assist in the art of seduction (or, more crassly, in fishing for a mate!) Made of celluloid with embossed brass around the sides and the image a hand colored engraving printed on cloth. I am not completely certain if a patch box, for beauty marks to be adhered to the face, or for rouge powder, but I believe one or the