Snapshot of Charles-Albert Despiau's Little Peasant Girl Bust with Fingerprints (Presumed Captured on Vitrine Glass) red orange A perfect box for sewing

A perfect box for sewing supplies

I just found a small lot of these antique calling

the both way more primitive but both clearly based on the same popular image

Dala horses are even more popular Swedish souvenirs

He doesn't stand quite sturdy on his own so just needs something to lean slightly against

Snapshot of Charles-Albert Despiau's Little Peasant Girl Bust with Fingerprints (Presumed Captured on Vitrine Glass) red orange A perfect box for sewingI do believe this old snapshot is my favorite find of the week another in which multiple dimensions of time and portraiture converge. The head pictured is a sculpture by Charles Albert Despiau (French, 1874 1946), an assistant to Rodin in addition to a well recognized sculptor himself. There are several versions of this "Little Peasant Girl" including a plaster model now in the collection of the Met, and a bronze (this one I believe) at least once