c. 1840s American Wallpaper Band Box with Decoupage in Glorious Yellow and Blue 18th century cup soulful representation as poignant a

soulful representation as poignant a depiction of being trapped--literally chained--in limbo as could be

and all things in between for more than thirty years

I've been paying more attention to hand-painted folk art tintypes of late

to her bangled wrist and the way her hand leans on this pedestal

8" x 4 7/8"

c. 1840s American Wallpaper Band Box with Decoupage in Glorious Yellow and Blue 18th century cup soulful representation as poignant aI paid a fair bit for this one, and will be very glad to keep it for myself I simply could not resist that yellow, or that blue, and even more so the two of them together. (I have not at all amped up the color here.) Unusual in my experience to find one with decoupage elements on the exterior, too, which I find very charming this is American, c. 1840s I believe (with a stars and stripes shield at the center and en eagle too) but someone was also