Woman with Back Turned, Oddly Placed Undertakers Sign, Friends High Above, Antique Mounted Photo mythological painting as a cigar that opens

as a cigar that opens to a fan

I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston

This is one I would keep close

when given breath

with a wooden pegI easily removed from the underside of his skirt--by which he would once have attached to a base

Woman with Back Turned, Oddly Placed Undertakers Sign, Friends High Above, Antique Mounted Photo mythological painting as a cigar that opensWhat a curious spot for undertaker's sign though, looking way up at the high ledge, where looking closely one can spot a couple standing, perhaps not! I love the combination of furniture and undertaking, and the slogan "we do what we say we will do" (one would hope!), and this woman with her back turned, whether reading the sign or calling to her friends high above we will never know. Vast, enduring earth punctuated by tiny, temporal humans requiring