Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers tribal wood carved comb 2 1/2” across inside lip

2 1/2” across inside lip

with blackening in some areas as a result of the firing process

The name Marion Morse

A curious little box

of course maps should be anthropomorphized

Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers tribal wood carved comb 2 1/2” across inside lipSuch a winsome feeling one; whether wedding flowers or mourning flowers I do not know, but I sure love the slightly frayed ribbon that holds them together, with their thorny cut stems splayed below it. And the pale pink and pale yellow hand tinting has the effect of seeming as if longing to revivify them but instead casting them further into the past. Formally and associatively quite a delicate feeling thing. 6 1 2" x 4 1 4" and in good condition,