Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled MA along with several other

MA along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

who is a children's book author and illustrator--and a print made from this block would certainly make for a terrific illustration in a children's book about farm life

One can slide the weight on the metal balance attached to the arrow to adjust the height of the bait in the water

I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous

all over big gray spots

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled MA along with several otherI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood