Girl with Golden Necklace and Half Hidden Mother, Antique Hand-painted Tintype wooden pestle bowl It takes a little pressure

It takes a little pressure to push those toes together but they definitely could be put to use now once again

7 3/4" x 6"

7 1/4" tall  x 10" diameter

I can't find another tool quite like this

This is that

Girl with Golden Necklace and Half Hidden Mother, Antique Hand-painted Tintype wooden pestle bowl It takes a little pressureA girl after my own heart looking full of attitude and with a mind very much of her own. Her hand painted golden necklace makes her feel even more like a princess, with pale blue ribbons and sash to boot. Alone, I would love her, but it is the inclusion of half her mother in the frame that makes this just right to my eye formally compositionally, but also in terms of the dynamic her presence introduces, as if this child were midway through the process