Carved Alabaster Trinket Box with Hand, Presumed Victorian susi lulaki painting Excellent antique condition

Excellent antique condition

On reverse in pencil is a note describing the subject of the drawing as Miss Gaby Fabre and noting the names of her parents

red and blue ink on ledger paper

and excellence of its condition makes it feel not too much at all

and as such I think it is just perfect

Carved Alabaster Trinket Box with Hand, Presumed Victorian susi lulaki painting Excellent antique conditionI've certainly come to love carefully mended things as much if not more than ones perfectly in tact, which is definitely the case with the broken and re glued piece of thumb on the carved hand on the top of this trinket box, alabaster I believe, which looks rather as if wrapped in a clear band aid! Mends such as this clearly attest to the care of its owner, and in this case I rather like it as a complement to the twisted bracelet around the wrist. I