Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype Maine wood duck I find something very satisfying

I find something very satisfying about the form of an old hanging clock/watch hutch like this (at least I believe that it what this is)--kind of like a bee box

Nice aging to the old paint and with a really great presence

with the quality of a very fine scherenschnitte cut paper silhouette

This charming little brass box

all to the good I believe

Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype Maine wood duck I find something very satisfyingOne of my favorites of the week, purchased from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY, whose shop is a treasure trove of interesting things, including tons of photographs. A bit subtle perhaps, but it is I think the subtlety here that makes it: looks to my eye very much as though she is pointing a knife straight at the man beside her, who I certainly take for her husband! The look on her face seems to match her gesture 100% perfectly calculatingly placid,