Hand-painted Porcelain Ashtray with Pipe and Matches folk art lapdesk which I will do

which I will do

I believe it dates to the late 19th century or so

and a couple of gray scraps

About as pure and poignant as it gets

to the terrific lines of his body and gracefully gesturing long arms and fingers

Hand-painted Porcelain Ashtray with Pipe and Matches folk art lapdesk which I will doI've rarely met an image of a pipe I didn't like to me, they're all Magritte ian fellows speaking to The Treachery of Images! It doesn't hurt that a pipe's a pretty great looking thing, even more so when emitting a trail of smoke and accompanied by a two toned green book of matches tipped in orange! I'd be more inclined to hang this one the wall than use it as an ashtray, but it would be a fun one to set out for pipe smoking company, and or to