Mexican Barro Negro Woman-Shaped Bell rose design Or display it on the

Or display it on the vanity or in the powder room

pens or paperclips

with natural bristles attached via fine hand-stitched wire (I think horse hair on the drafting brush

complete with cut paper hands

Mexican Barro Negro Woman-Shaped Bell rose design Or display it on theWhen I saw this Mexican woman shaped bell at an antique shop going out of business in Liberty, Missouri, I immediately thought of Velasquezs las Meninas.Like the infanta at the center of that painting, she seems posed and self possesed, head slightly turned and arms positioned at the top of voluminous skirt, with an expression that renders her forever elusive. I find her super compelling, Plus she hides a bell beneath that shirt! She is emblematic of