Hand-painted Cased Photo of Woman in Blue Dress with Cupcake Hat! spool foot stool With dreay [dreary I think

With dreay [dreary I think it's meant to be] November's fog and snow

I've looked and looked and have not found another with the same form

with a carved circle detail at the very top

It seemsthat is it made primarily of an early molded hard plastic

I believe both the painting and the frame are late 19th c

Hand-painted Cased Photo of Woman in Blue Dress with Cupcake Hat! spool foot stool With dreay [dreary I thinkMy 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