Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled lidded pewter box features exceptionally

lidded pewter box features exceptionally fine engraved details (thousands and thousands of tiny pin pricks

the paint on it is a much brighter white

) The striped piece sticking straight up like a feather is a huge seed pod of some sort I believe

though I am not 100% certain as I have not found its exact match

I think the painted painted faces are pretty fabulous

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate marbled lidded pewter box features exceptionallyI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood