H.R, Gorgeous Early 19th Century Hand-carved Wooden Monogram Stamp painting of house on sea stained maple I believe

stained maple I believe

which could easily be emptied to stash other things

and though the glaze shows some age and wear

but they seem generally sound and really quite fantastic looking

and finding her reflection there--with a certain mythological feeling about it all

H.R, Gorgeous Early 19th Century Hand-carved Wooden Monogram Stamp painting of house on sea stained maple I believeWow, I find this so beautiful I'm almost inclined to change my name so as to have it as my monogram, or to take a human resources job though I think the raised position of the period between the H and R somewhat somewhat evokes the absence of an E to make it "her." No later than early 19th century I believe, hand carved of what I think may be walnut though I'm no good at identifying woods, and found in southern Maine. A rare and very lovely thing. 4 7