Woman of Mystery, Antique Tapestry/Embroidery Covered Powder Box with Mirror type stamps 6 3/8" across at lip

6 3/8" across at lip

sometimes perhaps with nothing at all but it is hard to know now

but haven't been able to make a definitive match

and one of my new favorite things

with some nice alligatoring to the cream paint

Woman of Mystery, Antique Tapestry/Embroidery Covered Powder Box with Mirror type stamps 6 3/8" across at lipSo many things little things to fall in love with and my weakness for boxes of all sorts only seems to grow, all the better when they deliver a portrait, too! I've not seen another quite like this, with the portrait appearing to have been woven as a tapestry, though perhaps finely embroidered, as it has remained pretty much in tact while the the plum ground is pretty threadbare. I love the effects of time and wear, making our rather Mona Lisa esque