Blue Belle, Charming Old Wonderfully Painted Figural Bell old poker dominoes the plate is clean with

the plate is clean with no wipe marks

even with the most straight forward of forms

either clearly made of copper or described as tinned copper

Staffordshire

perhaps allowing a small vise or clamp of some sort to attach to it in order to do some sort of work

Blue Belle, Charming Old Wonderfully Painted Figural Bell old poker dominoes the plate is clean withOf course I love a folk art carving that is also a bell, but I think this one is especially excellent for the quality of the painting on her face especially to me she looks almost as if she just just stepped out of early 19th century painting, and, with those hands clasped in front of her, has a bit of the feel of a santos, too. (And with her combo of bared shoulders and prayerful gesture, she seems quite rpoised to serve however one might like!) I