Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate rounded box the mane and ears of

the mane and ears of her lion-dog companion

Really a terrific piece that would command attention wherever it is placed

salvaged from old clock faces or paneled mirrors

which interlock to allow for even spacing between letters

making me think she may be a fertility figure

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate rounded box the mane and ears ofI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood