Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture The houses are similar to

The houses are similar to one another but not quite the same making one imagine a development full of slightly varied bungalows

I find these old turned and colorfully dyed wooden spindles

and those three pink chimneys

several very carefully done pattern designs included--and one stand along gouache on paper pattern painting loose inside its pages that I'd frame straight away

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Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box handmade doll funiture The houses are similar toHER! I purchased this from an auction right near me in Gloucester, MA; I actually don't buy much at auctions but I became am obsessed with her. Look closely and there is an urn partially visible to her right, which combined with everything else about her, really certainly seems to indicate that our young subject is in mourning. And, painted on a box carved of ivory, perhaps she mourns a young husband lost at sea. I believe American, very late 18th