Baby Gently Held, Tender Antique 1 x 1 Inch Tintype Bitossi vase and the flight/fleetingness of youth

and the flight/fleetingness of youth

1930s watercolor drawings I found in Maine a couple of years ago

with glass for the windows (inset into carved niches visible on the interior) painted with black crosses for windows and bordered on the bottom with black painted bits of wood

Board measures 12" x 10: Photo: 6"x6"

and MUTINY in capital letters running down the side

Baby Gently Held, Tender Antique 1 x 1 Inch Tintype Bitossi vase and the flight/fleetingness of youthI am not certain if a mother, nurse, nanny or otherwise tenderly holding this baby, but from the small glimpse of her we have, she looks older than a mother to me. And with the sort of bosom that makes snuggling up against her see very comfy cozy, though this child seems to have been fussing a bit, yielding a nice blur of motion. Feels like a whole world. 1 1 4" x 1 1 16", good condition, a couple of surface scratches visible with magnification, as