Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols vintage wooden box nor I am certain of

nor I am certain of its origins

also known as gum books

I'm really smitten with this sweet little hand-painted German porcelain figurine of a pink cheeked

with a little light scratching on a couple of the coasters as documented

and decidedly non-fierce

Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols vintage wooden box nor I am certain ofThings like this intrigue and delight me with their primitiveness and earnestness and sense of purposefulness that seems now rather mysteriousness and unknowable. Found in Maine, certainly it was a folk creation maybe, with heart dangling on what might be taken for a chain on one side, a valentine of sorts, or maybe an offering to the gods in hopes of love! What's going on the other sides is a bit less clear, but looks rather like hieroglyphics, and