Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear antique Chinese hairpin which filled me with satisfying

which filled me with satisfying visions of throwing this across the yard when in need of release

A great example of creative "make do" resourcefulness

Box measures 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" x 1"

but I think it is perfect just by itself

In this case the location is Manchester

Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear antique Chinese hairpin which filled me with satisfyingAs you know if you follow, I've become quite smitten with stone fruit, and am on an ongoing quest to pluck the very best pieces I come across. This pear is absolutely as lovely as they come, the most delicate, pale shade of pear yellow, with tiny spots of brown to perfectly portray the skin and subtle darkening here and there to suggest bruises. In addition there are a few dark veins in the marble that lend a sense of depth to the color, plus one very