Marvelous Small Portrait of Woman in Dutch Fresian "Ear Iron"Headdress, 19th Century Watercolor Portrait on Laid patterned blocks There also appear to be

There also appear to be hairline cracks down the sides of the triangles on the sides of the chair

but this old brass one with turned wooden handle and hanging hook at the end is as lovely as any I have seen

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Marvelous Small Portrait of Woman in Dutch Fresian "Ear Iron"Headdress, 19th Century Watercolor Portrait on Laid patterned blocks There also appear to beLOVE. I believe this watercolor and its subject are Dutch, and believe she is wearing a traditional Fresian (of Friesland, in the northernmost part of Holland) "ear iron" headdress, consisting of a wide band of metal fitting around the back of the head with ornaments at the temples. The shape and style of the ornaments made of gold, silver or brass, and worn with a lace bonnet were indicative of a Fresian woman's status, their husband's or son's