Antique Cyanotype Portrait of Young Woman with Mask German carved walnut nativity In great structural shape but

In great structural shape but there is some clouding to aging to the wood/clouding to the finish

I've got a super weakness for drawings--and things in general

While missing a stopper

though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there-- Japanese and Chinese

Antique Cyanotype Portrait of Young Woman with Mask German carved walnut nativity In great structural shape butI was really excited to find this one, in large part because of what this young woman is holding in her hand: a molded and painted mesh mask very much like several Ive had in the shop, and of the type we usually now describe as Odd Fellows Daughters of Rebekah masks, though Ive never really been able to figure out how widely these were made and used outside of those affiliations. I love the way she is posed with the mask firmly in hand but not worn,