Beautifully Aged Antique Relief Carved, Painted Figure antique emboridery into which painted glass "eyes"

into which painted glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white) were inserted (one is in place

6 inches tall with a diameter of 7 3/4 inches and an opening of 5 3/4"

during the Civil War

and the overall effect it creates of glimpsing into a private world

Of course they'd also be great for sipping a cup of tea or coffee

Beautifully Aged Antique Relief Carved, Painted Figure antique emboridery into which painted glass "eyes"This is one of my favorite carved figure I've found, and I like it more and more the more I look at it. I don't know much at all about it, which I purchased from a dealer with many wonderful and eclectic things, who thought it European, but didn't know much more than that. I would guess the figure represents a saint of some sort, seated and with hands clasped before him, with remnants of paint still covering parts of his body, and layers of color