Ethereal Early 20th Century Watercolor of Lake Vanern, Sweden dark splint basket but equally handy for earrings

but equally handy for earrings

there is something about this metal form that remains that I find incredibly tender

it  would make a terrific paperweight on a stylish desk or a subtle yet striking addition to a grouping of any manner of interesting objects

this would be it

used for getting at the smaller spots

Ethereal Early 20th Century Watercolor of Lake Vanern, Sweden dark splint basket but equally handy for earringsI first wanted to describe this small watercolor as serene, but there are enough clouds in that sky to suggest some weather coming or going, and a bit of moodiness to those quiet purples and grays maybe ethereal is a better word, and certainly very lovely. What I know is that this came from a collection of watercolors mostly of water by a young woman of means that included views captured in Italian Lakes, French Cote d'Azur, Germany, Denmark, and