Wonderful Antique Graphite Portrait of Man with Blue Eyes and Beard, Fenced Above Elbows! fuctional a handful with real laces--and

a handful with real laces--and several of the original boxes they came in

I really love the marbleized paint on this tin cutout bird on branch

which casts a pretty wonderful shadow

A number of drawings included

or just as lovely sculptural things

Wonderful Antique Graphite Portrait of Man with Blue Eyes and Beard, Fenced Above Elbows! fuctional a handful with real laces--andThe more time I spend with this folk portrait, American c. 1880s I believe, the more I love it. Looking closely, it appears that there is just a very subtle bit of pale blue used for the irises of his eyes. And this wonderful care given to the brushy hairs of his beard. And this very sweet little bowtie. But what really makes if for me are the curlicue lines encircling his arms and demarcating the bottom edge of the drawing evincing a barbed wire