Portrait of a House and its Inhabitants: 19th Century Ink and Inkwash Drawing with Collage silver leg I’ve since learned that a

I’ve since learned that a hydrometer is used for measuring the relative density of liquids based on buoyancy: you pour liquid into a container

I purchased this beautifully beaded ball at an antique show in Maine

1861 saw a bitter war between the different states

with its great zig zag handle and simple but brilliant interior organizational system

Surface cracks (more pronounced in photos than in person) small ding and some flaws indigenous to the stone and to the carving as documented

Portrait of a House and its Inhabitants: 19th Century Ink and Inkwash Drawing with Collage silver leg I’ve since learned that aPhotos do no great justice to this one hard to manage the glare and the frame without washing out the drawing and losing the detail of the figures in the windows but I promise it is much better in hand and I think really very wonderful, and quite unusual too. The house was drawn by hand, ink and ink wash watercolor, while the figures in the windows are carefully cutout and pasted down engravings lithographs, with watercolor on top. I've never seen