Wonderfully Awkward Antique Silk on Silk Embroidered Bird 1920s cast iron doorstop reliant on it for his

reliant on it for his his living

Such a lovely paperweight

though the one in fabulous red silk polka dot pajamas has lost much of its facial features

This is one of two pairs of antique ladies legs calipers I found in Maine this past week

This one did require a little mending--one of the axels was split

Wonderfully Awkward Antique Silk on Silk Embroidered Bird 1920s cast iron doorstop reliant on it for hisA little bird very much after my own heart, wonderfully awkward and hard trying! Silk thread on silk ground, hand dyed I believe, making me think this earlyish 19th century, I'd think done by a girl fairly early on in developing her embroidery skills. The feathers of the wings are quite glorious, like flame stitching, but it's the funny beak and dangling little feet that really get me. Love. Framed as found, under glass in a newer gold painted wooden