Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled I purchased this piece from

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of a former gallerist and great collector on Newbury Street in Boston that included an endless array of wonderful things

who is a children's book author and illustrator--and a print made from this block would certainly make for a terrific illustration in a children's book about farm life

I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous

lidded pewter box features exceptionally fine engraved details (thousands and thousands of tiny pin pricks

I think pine

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled I purchased this piece fromI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood