Handsome Civil War Military Flute Player in Uniform, Scarce and Striking Antique Tintype 1980s vase with the reverse painted glass

with the reverse painted glass and gold foil glowing like flames

Box measures 7 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/4"

the name of the plant is hand-written directly on the white of the page

done by manipulating a sooty candle over the surface of a newly painted object

It's June as I post this--the time of the year when I want cut flowers in every room--and this pitcher is 100% perfect for a big bunch of peonies

Handsome Civil War Military Flute Player in Uniform, Scarce and Striking Antique Tintype 1980s vase with the reverse painted glassI paid quite a bit for this one, but I just fell in love with him. And it struck me as a good one for the moment (thinking about protesters in Portland wearing costumes and making music in the face of the National Guard et al), and for me the flute seems like the peacemaker of instruments, leading the troops, as it were, to some resolution.) Our flutist here is Civil War era, wearing a military uniform, including fabulous plumed hat a few other