Man with Hidden Eyes in Silvery Forest, Stunning 4 x 6 Snapshot hospitality Stitching details around the perimeter

Stitching details around the perimeter of the sole

with a little irregularity to the lower trunk of the tree original to the piece

Or perhaps someone just wanted to carve a knife

very lovely thing

12” from handle to end of spout

Man with Hidden Eyes in Silvery Forest, Stunning 4 x 6 Snapshot hospitality Stitching details around the perimeterThis is one of several old photos I purchased yesterday at the Papertown show in Boxborough, MA this and a few others long held in the personal collection of a dealer after my own heart. And this is just a stunner I think, silvery and with fantastic tonal richness and detail to the dense matrix of spindly trees and branches. And then this man in black for scale, but also lending interest and curiosity. Upon close inspection it appears as if his eyes