Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face mohair teddy bear Not exactly my usual thing

Not exactly my usual thing (and my handbag of choice is a New Yorker tote) but the embroidery on this handbag is so fine and so beautiful I completely fell in love with it (and really feel like someone should carry it to a Met gala

I also really like the  make shift quality of the set up

As sweet an old carved dog as I think I've had

A little paint loss along the left edge in addition to stains along the right edge and over the water

but overall good condition with no notable dings or other issues

Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face mohair teddy bear Not exactly my usual thingI think the face painted long ago on this old darner is just fantastic feeling as if hovering in a sort of liminal zone between person and ghost, male and female, happy and sad, etc. And that marvelous old creamy white paint, with a bit of red on the cheeks, with what looks to be a fingerprint preserved for posterity in the dab at right. To my eye just a fabulous thing in all regards, which made my heart skip a beat when I spotted it an instant sense