SOLD Woman in Chair with Heart in Hand, Presumed c. 17th Century Weaving Tool pottery bottles so swooned when I saw

so swooned when I saw these

This to me very much has the ethereal and otherworldly qualities of a daguerreotype of a painted portrait

beginning in the Victorian era

and the dots

plus maybe also a a PF on one long side

SOLD Woman in Chair with Heart in Hand, Presumed c. 17th Century Weaving Tool pottery bottles so swooned when I sawThis is the find this week that excited excites! me most what a marvelous carving! It also remains a bit of a mystery. My guess is that it was made as a weaving tool, with the lower half seeming likely meant for winding yarn or thread around, and it clearly shows a great deal of handling, the the wood smoothed and softened around the edges over many many years. It also seems that the back of her "chair" doubled as a sort of loop, either for threading