Tasseled Boots, Glasses, and Heart-like Hat, Marvelous 1944 Portrait of a Girl, RPPC handwritten book Just a nicely shaped old

Just a nicely shaped old wooden foundry bottle mold with a nice patina

4 5/8" t x 4 3/16" w x 2 7/8" d

And then of course is all the practice and precision associated with Spencerian penmanship and calligraphic drawings--making me this of this as a flock of Spencerian birds and gestural flourishes yet to loop across thousands of pages

The latch on the turtle's back swings open to reveal that it is in fact a box of sorts

and loss of thread on the lower case "g" and last card as evident

Tasseled Boots, Glasses, and Heart-like Hat, Marvelous 1944 Portrait of a Girl, RPPC handwritten book Just a nicely shaped oldMy favorite Tennessee find I do believe, and one of my very favorite portraits ever, from her heart shaped hat to her white tasseled boots, just perfect. Looks to me like this young woman donned all her very favorite things for this photo, adding up to a most excellent and personally expressive outfit, with an earnest and proud face to match. Transcendent. 5 3 8 x 3 3 8 and in good condition, unused postcard back. One tiny clean tear to top edge