Beautiful Old Mounted Photograph of Girl Showing Off Her Lace silver overlay bottle which is an old cardboard

which is an old cardboard candy container

I believe) and N

it makes everything look great

but am pretty confident based on research that this carved and painted head dates to the late 18th or so

The piece measures 7” long x 6

Beautiful Old Mounted Photograph of Girl Showing Off Her Lace silver overlay bottle which is an old cardboardI love everything about this photograph, which I would guess was taken on the occasion of this wonderful looking girl's First Communion. It looks to me that the (most certainly handmade) lace she is showing off is her veil, draped from the back of her head over the back of her chair, as she must be resting her hand on the chair's corner. What a face, what a wonderfully awkward gesture (look at the placement of her feet), and just perfect the way she