Hand-painted Cased Photo of Woman in Blue Dress with Cupcake Hat! humorous antique vessel closes and locks tight

closes and locks tight

used for gathering many many dozens of eggs and perhaps much else as well--the result being a number of breaks in the the split wrapping the wide band of its rim

but quite a wonderful

including for the fact that the cow balances quite well on the back of the horse (though not quite so much vice verse

which has not lead me to its maker

Hand-painted Cased Photo of Woman in Blue Dress with Cupcake Hat! humorous antique vessel closes and locks tightMy favorite thing about this wonderfully hand painted photo portrait is this exuberantly and very painterly painted hat, which looks rather like a white cake with colorful frosting all over it! But the treatment of her dress I think is just right too, with a great folkiness that animates and humanizes her in a wonderful way, and makes what seems like her Sunday best feel all the more special and significant. (And which also makes her feel rather like