Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust Willem Klinj The pink-red decoration on this

The pink-red decoration on this one comes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (there were a whole series of these illustrating different "maxims")

but once one does he's very acrobatic

These great circa 1950s heavy brass Chinese koi-shaped locks are ideal for holding closed a Chinese chest

Division of Forestry

who I think may have been responsible for the beginning section in where are a series  of neatly transcribed poems about seashells and spring days

Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust Willem Klinj The pink-red decoration on thisPurchased from a New Hampshire based dealer, I am not certain the origins of this beauty, but presume she's European, and certainly quite old (based on the hairstyle I would guess mid 18th c.), with a patch of what I believe are worm holes on the left side of the bust. I love her not quite symmetrical face, which makes this feel much more like a specific portrait than a generalization, and especially the fat, rolled curls of her hairstyle, which make