Carved Alabaster Trinket Box with Hand, Presumed Victorian susi lulaki painting which fill me with visions

which fill me with visions of heading into the woods on horseback

and the wonderfully bold black that follows the incised lines around wings

We had a lot of fun testing this one prior to my listing it

Excellent antique condition

Carved Alabaster Trinket Box with Hand, Presumed Victorian susi lulaki painting which fill me with visionsI've certainly come to love carefully mended things as much if not more than ones perfectly in tact, which is definitely the case with the broken and re glued piece of thumb on the carved hand on the top of this trinket box, alabaster I believe, which looks rather as if wrapped in a clear band aid! Mends such as this clearly attest to the care of its owner, and in this case I rather like it as a complement to the twisted bracelet around the wrist. I