Finely Drawn Double Sided Earlyish 19th Century Graphite Portrait Miniature Under Glass with Paper Wrap earth mother plate I spotted this orange-painted wooden

I spotted this orange-painted wooden carrying box from afar and knew I had to have it

Super folky and cozines-inducing

A whole novel here for sure

and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses

I believe this likely was once part of a frame

Finely Drawn Double Sided Earlyish 19th Century Graphite Portrait Miniature Under Glass with Paper Wrap earth mother plate I spotted this orange-painted woodenThis completely charmed me, small enough to carry around in one's breast pocket to keep her very close to one's heart! Two fine graphite portrait drawings of the same woman, with a piece of black paper in between and glass on either side to make for a double sided portrait, papered around the edges in red and gold. C. 1830s or so I believe, and would guess British, with the three quarters view drawing especially fine; how winsome she looks, as if long