Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin cranberries joined to one another by

joined to one another by small nails and then by four pieces of wire strung through holes and neatly twisted along the bottom edge

Just a beautifully carved little beaver

each measuring 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 3/16"

-- and quite poignant now: Liberty gives life its highest value

it is composed of matchsticks: burned at their tips

Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin cranberries joined to one another byI have no information about the subject of this painting, but I think it's a wonderful portrait, and personally I like the craquelure and paint loss revealing the mirror like surface of the shiny tin underneath, making it feel at the more atmospheric. Between her dress and her hair I think mid 19th c., and it seems the black neck ribbon and pink bow with brooch may be signifiers identifiers of some sort, but I'm not entirely certain what they tell us