Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture but I like just the

but I like just the pencils

reactive glazing that shows a mix of varied blue and green and brown and shades in between--feels one part Arts and Crafts

and the end of one leg shows a little loss too--but what remains is so good and so full of life I don't much care

The houses are similar to one another but not quite the same making one imagine a development full of slightly varied bungalows

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Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture but I like just theHER! I purchased this from an auction right near me in Gloucester, MA; I actually don't buy much at auctions but I became am obsessed with her. Look closely and there is an urn partially visible to her right, which combined with everything else about her, really certainly seems to indicate that our young subject is in mourning. And, painted on a box carved of ivory, perhaps she mourns a young husband lost at sea. I believe American, very late 18th