Wonderful Antique Hand-carved Heart Shaped Box with Scalloped Edges Everywhere miniature portrait painting (I believe it would then

(I believe it would then be Lake Pátzcuaro delineated more or less by the lines drawn in front of her chest

plus that pink border with tiny knots along the top

I'm not sure if there were once more cars to it

and two buttons down the front gives this old stocking doll a whole lot of personality--he really called to me from across the room

I'm such a sucker for little handmade paper dolls and assorted props made for play--pure embodiments of a lively imagination--and I just love envisioning the various dramas these little figures once acted out

Wonderful Antique Hand-carved Heart Shaped Box with Scalloped Edges Everywhere miniature portrait painting (I believe it would thenOne of a number of hearts this week; I think even more than ever I am looking for tokens of love these days, to surround oneself with as buffers against so much harshness. And what a beauty of antique hand carved heart shaped box, radiating a whole lot of love and care (and time!) invested in its making. I've really never seen another this scale and with so detailed; more often one sees smaller, simpler versions (I have a second listed today that