Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers tribal wood carved comb With a load of personality

With a load of personality and terrific from every view

The name Marion Morse

I love that they are hierarchically labeled

with blackening in some areas as a result of the firing process

and the embroidered border has come loose from the main piece just in that area (it will sit fine on top

Winsome Antique Cabinet Card with Hand-tinted Flowers tribal wood carved comb With a load of personalitySuch a winsome feeling one; whether wedding flowers or mourning flowers I do not know, but I sure love the slightly frayed ribbon that holds them together, with their thorny cut stems splayed below it. And the pale pink and pale yellow hand tinting has the effect of seeming as if longing to revivify them but instead casting them further into the past. Formally and associatively quite a delicate feeling thing. 6 1 2" x 4 1 4" and in good condition,