C. 1700 French Pewter Porringer with Heart Handles and Monograms wool where it is signed with

where it is signed with what looks like Anna Hardy

but once one gets it

I bought these cans in homage to Jasper Johns

I simply could not walk away from the painted wooden palette held inside this antique painter's box--honestly it's just about the most beautiful palette I've seen

Just terrific color and excellent optical effects when one sets these old tops spinning

C. 1700 French Pewter Porringer with Heart Handles and Monograms wool where it is signed withThe beauty of wandering around in the world looking for things (and I tend to look at every little thing) is that one never knows what might strike. Like this porringer. I don't pay a lot of attention to old pewter dishes, but I'll tend to find a heart if a heart can be found, and how lovely a pair of them as cutouts in these monogrammed porringer handles. (Porringers are, as might be fairly evident, shallow bowls, typically with one or two flat