Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray antique spice box set but is also similar in

but is also similar in manner to early American chalkware pieces I have found of horses and deer and cats

What a pair these two make

with the balls rolling around easily in the cage

For a long time I didn't know the distinction between emeries and pin cushions

Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray antique spice box set but is also similar inA total gem of a small painting I think, which if I weren't so much in the habit of listing things quickly, I'd take the time to find a nice fat black frame for, which would really make it sing. Beautifully done, oil on board, with wonderful attention given to every detail, right down to each carefully arranged match in that lovely red and white striped vessel. Renderings of pipes always make me think of Magritte, and I think Magritte would have