Bright Eyed Child in Chair with Patterned Rug and Wallpaper, Beautiful Antique Mounted Photo antique glass bottles The handmade wooden box was

The handmade wooden box was clearly specifically made to house this warming stone--which would be heated in the fire

but I think taken in Italy--handwritten on the reverse side of the backing cardboard (which I opened the frame up to discover

Hard to beat the sincerity of his longing gaze though

after several days of seeing schoolgirl fraktur watercolors like this priced through the roof

knotted in the back

Bright Eyed Child in Chair with Patterned Rug and Wallpaper, Beautiful Antique Mounted Photo antique glass bottles The handmade wooden box wasA wonderful photograph, with a terrific play of patterns and geometries all turned askew due to angle of the camera, but which framed a straight line across the bottom edge of this child's hat rim! Very rich tonally, dense with detail, very intimate feeling, and what a beautiful child. 5 1 4" x 4 1 4" overall and in good antique condition, c. 1900 or so I believe.