Naive Miniature Portrait of Blonde Woman in Blue Dress c. 1900 vessel with poems Complete deck in original box

Complete deck in original box

and seems to me really contemporary

she visited the United States on a number of lecture tours

It stands sturdy on its own

There is one loose end on the outer rim

Naive Miniature Portrait of Blonde Woman in Blue Dress c. 1900 vessel with poems Complete deck in original boxThis one jumped out to me from amid a crowd of stuff and she seemed so eager for company there was no way I could resist! Happily, the back of the frame is papered over in newspaper, which is full of clues as to her creation, including mention of the investiture of a Rev. John Synott first thing, which, together with a few other clues, seems to date her to right around 1900 and to Hartford County, Connecticut. Such a great open face I think, even