Sunny and Satisfied Looking Yellow Woman in Ruffles, Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box folk art model boat I always love seeing these

I always love seeing these kind of notes

hatted figure pumping from a well while a child appears ready to go fishing in it

skull measures about 1/2" inch

It actually immediately made me think of the work of Belarusian-born French artist Ossip Zadkine (1888-1967) whose work (and museum and studio in Paris) I really love

Like a radiant beam of sunshine

Sunny and Satisfied Looking Yellow Woman in Ruffles, Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box folk art model boat I always love seeing theseThe bold yellow on this one sold me immediately, and then so did her gently smiling face, which together with her crossed arms make her look like she's holding a secret. The scratch to the surface right at the center of her ruffled neckline reads to me as a star, which somehow makes me think of her as Betsy Ross! She seems to me just the right person to hold down the face of a box. 3 1 4" d. Good condition, general wear and a few spots of loss to the