Mother and Child at Window, Old Folk Art Relief Carving hand-carved wooden swallows made of pine I believe

made of pine I believe

it would he quite wearable

it's a beautiful thing

These sorts of charming wire mesh baskets are perfect for taking to the farmer's market for use carrying things like berries

and I think they must be luckier

Mother and Child at Window, Old Folk Art Relief Carving hand-carved wooden swallows made of pine I believeThis one doesn't photograph especially well, and the surface shows a little wear and dryness but the face on that baby! His little hands, too, and the long fingered hands of his mother wrapping him from either side, and her lovely face looking down on him, with the cross of the window panes revealed behind a pulled curtain to her left, countered by the waves of her hair pulled back in a bun. Quite a charming and tender thing I think, with the name of