Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase zip purse The wooden box shows some

The wooden box shows some loss of veneer along the top edge

made by Empire Brush Works of Port Chester

including seemingly hundreds of complete first edition sets of various adventure series for young readers

"Burial dolls" have continued to be produced by contemporary indigenous and Mestizo cultures of the Andean region

Can't argue with a thing about it--pretty perfect

Esteri Tumula "Pastoraali" Arabia, Finland Porcelain Vase zip purse The wooden box shows someQuintessentially mid century Scandinavian, this is a "Pastoraali" pattern large porclain vase designed by Esteri Tomula for Arabia Finland c. 1965. The illustrative surface design, in black and blue against bright white and covering nearly every inch of it, features a young woman with quite a sculptural head of hair (!) and long dress patterned with curlicues surrounded by a dense pattern of flowers, leaves, and birds. I found it at an estate sale