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Maine and then a list of birthstones for each month

and with this very satisfying spiral

at any rate

which a note from the seller called its original frame

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Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin pottery face Maine and then a listI have no information about the subject of this painting, but I think it's a wonderful portrait, and personally I like the craquelure and paint loss revealing the mirror like surface of the shiny tin underneath, making it feel at the more atmospheric. Between her dress and her hair I think mid 19th c., and it seems the black neck ribbon and pink bow with brooch may be signifiers identifiers of some sort, but I'm not entirely certain what they tell us