Dear Mother, 1882 Letter with Sweet Little Drawings porcelain figure and the original baby blue

and the original baby blue paint

beautifully worn and aged

but two hairline cracks as evident

Painted in oils I believe quite a long time ago on what  a small plate/dish made of hard paper mache I believe

the 19th c

Dear Mother, 1882 Letter with Sweet Little Drawings porcelain figure and the original baby blueI just can't not rescue things like this. It's the two awkward drawings of the boy with hands in his pockets one on the back of the envelop, one on a separate little bit of paper that really do it for me, but the birds flying across the top of the letter and envelope both, and two little drawing of fans and springing flowers are pretty sweet too. And then this letter to mother, written a few days before the Christmas of 1882, addressing everything