Handsome Young Sailor, USS San Francisco, C. WW2 Snapshot vintage faience vase had it archivally matted

had it archivally matted

but I'm pretty certain scorekeeping that was their original purpose--perhaps they tracked balls and strikes

Just a beautiful thing

with lots of good pottery to found there

24" x 3/4" x

Handsome Young Sailor, USS San Francisco, C. WW2 Snapshot vintage faience vase had it archivally mattedA handsome, sensitive looking, very young sailor, late 1930s or so, I believe (looking a bit like a young Barack Obama to me!), with his hat reading USS San Francisco. Commissioned in 1934, the USS San Francisco was one of the most decorated ships of WW2, used heavily in the South Pacific. I especially like photos of young sailors who look like they've just put on their uniforms for the first time and are posing for a photo to leave with their mother;