Old Folk Art Ship in a Lightbulb! green soapstone the sheep just to her

the sheep just to her left would quite like to have her lamb back

I've become quite a fan of late 19th century punch paper embroideries

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with ebony backs

I’d like to think this this handy guide accompanied Ms

Old Folk Art Ship in a Lightbulb! green soapstone the sheep just to herI bought this one at Brimfield from a marvelous dealer whom I've bought a series of small wonders. Though a lover of ships in bottles, I myself had never seen a ship in a lightbulb before, which struck me as brilliantly resourceful and also enhancing of the sense of wonder these provoke in me at least. Of course, given the ingeniousness of folk creators, I have since turned up documentation of a few other examples, most dating to the 1940s or so, and