C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg antique expandible wire dress form I would use this gorgeous

I would use this gorgeous slab-formed studio pottery plate/platter/tray for serving anything and everything

The front window and door are backed with paper printed with gridded panes

and a few breaks in the splint of the body--all as detailed in photos

Terrific old creamy white paint with a dark green roof and awning extending over the first level front

and holding hundreds of carefully drawn diagrams of microscopic anatomy

C. 1830s Ink and Watercolor Miniature Portrait, E.C Gregg antique expandible wire dress form I would use this gorgeousYou know I love a miniature portrait, but sometimes they start to blur together, so when I I spotted this very specific feeling portrait of a distinctive looking gentleman yesterday at the Papertown show in Boxborough, MA, I jumped on it. (And, at the end of the day, my drive is toward assembling an interesting and lively cast of characters to keep company with!) I believe American, though he looks perhaps French, or maybe even partly Middle Eastern.