Beautiful Small Two Piece Carved Black Duck curated pottery with their sculptural forms and

with their sculptural forms and interesting color palettes—and the surface of these is wonderfully alligatored to boot

and I think it very likely portrays Ann on her wedding day (wedding photos would not have been possible

I believe at least the darker wood is walnut

a bit of age toning

The fancy outfit and Italianate setting make me think he may have been channeling Romeo

Beautiful Small Two Piece Carved Black Duck curated pottery with their sculptural forms andThis lovely old carved wooden duck is small a bit shy of 5 inches long but has quite a wonderful presence and sense of specialness about it, in significant part I think due to the head having been carved from a separate piece of wood than the body, which, together with the sensitive carving of the form, makes me think perhaps caved by a practiced decoy maker. Primitive, elegant, distinctive, and to my eye quite a perfect thing. 4 7 8 l x 2 t x 1 7 8 w