Who is this marvelous fantastical beast that lives on the top of this vintage lacquer box
with a hand and face in pale yellow and hair and perhaps a foot rendered in graphite) represents an angel of sorts
from an intro section of great photos and bios of boxing greats to step by step instructions (again with great photos as illustration) to delivering everything from The Famous Solar Plexus Knockout to the Kidney Punch
plus that kerchief around his neck and those big eyes that seem to be coyly checking out something (or someone
it is very sound and the drawers open and close with ease
Her Face Would Stop a Clock, 1908 Hand-drawn Postcard Turkish kilim Who is this marvelous fantasticalI think this woman has a bit of a Cruella de Vil look about her, with a Dalmation like polka dotted dress to boot, but whoever drew her seems to have been tremendously enamored with her loveliness! It seems it could actually be a self portrait of the sender, remembering herself in this dress she once wore, and perhaps replaying comments real or imagined, tongue in cheek or no? from admirers when she did so. The hand written caption "her face would
