Anthropomorphic Much Weathered Dead Eye in White Paint on Custom Stand antique cat needlepoint The Secrety of Being Always

The Secrety of Being Always Easy

gorgeously hand-painted little porcelain man rising from this curious round

and off of which it lifts entirely

which makes their slope all the sweeter

Late 19th/early 20th century I believe and very lovely

Anthropomorphic Much Weathered Dead Eye in White Paint on Custom Stand antique cat needlepoint The Secrety of Being AlwaysAnother very existential sort of a thing, and about as elemental primordial feeling as it gets. The object is an old, much weathered carved dead eye used in the rigging of traditional sailing ships. (From what I've read, the origin of the name "deadeye" actually comes from the resemblance of the three holes to the eye and nose sockets of a sheep's skull.) Fantastic old white painted surface on this one, making it feel all the more ghostly, and with a