Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer school supplies and perhaps most of all

and perhaps most of all rather like a queen

and while I'd guess made as an incense holder I'd just treat it as a head

--and my favorite a drawing of a tiny couple inside a heart inside an orange moon

and love how the flow of her body and drapery in one direction is abruptly interrupted by her raised hand

Ink and watercolor on the back of what appears to a letter/advertisment from a Parisian seller of hygienic wash basins and medical equipment

Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer school supplies and perhaps most of allI'm not the least bit knowledgable about old phonographs, but know this is a "reproducer" disc, the function of which was is to convert the sound impressions from the record into sound waves. Coming across it the other day in Maine, I just loved seeing the words "talking machine" in perfect sans serif capital letters, and all the better combined with "Alura" and two stars in between. The first thing it made me think of, actually, was artificial