Marvelous Set of Four Antique Carved Bone Clawed Feet fraktur painting Two letters + 1865 Liverpool

Two letters + 1865 Liverpool Free Library & Museum Syllabus/Lecture Schedule tucked into the front pocket

There is also a hairline surface crack running along her neckline

and holding hands to boot

I am a huge fan of Burmese lacquerware betel boxes

I find this striking watercolor a thousand times more interesting and affecting than the print it was made after

Marvelous Set of Four Antique Carved Bone Clawed Feet fraktur painting Two letters + 1865 LiverpoolThe dealer I purchased these from believe they were once the feet on an antique box, and what a box that must have been, but for me the charms of these wonderfully hand carved bone feet are much better appreciated as a detached (dismbodied!) set! Two a bit smaller than the other two, surely one set the front feet and the other the back, standing now like gothic feeling little columns. I might guess these date to earlier than the 19th century but don't