Young Woman with Mask, 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame tasbletop I really love this tin--for

I really love this tin--for the juicy white paint drip down one side but especially for sliding lid on the top

black ink on white laid paper

) but certainly the edges of the ribbon could be trimmed as desired and for me the wear is as it should be

and was probably made as a weight of some sort (it resembles some mat weights and scroll weights

Carved of pine I believe

Young Woman with Mask, 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor in Period Frame tasbletop I really love this tin--forThere seem to be a fair number of i18th and 19th c. images of young women holding masks, inspired I believe by the popularity of masquerade balls; whether this folk watercolor was based on a specific popular print I have not been able to discern, but it may well have been. Whatever the case, I take it on its own terms and think it's fabulous, with the big blue eyed, side cast gaze of this young woman seeming to sparkle with a coy mischievousness. I