Woman with Jugs and Fish, Early 19th Century Watercolor Portrait carved match holder loaded with character and also

loaded with character and also with a certain sophistication about it

where damage from earthquakes is quite a rare event

8 1/4" if measured from tip to tip (her elbow to frog's mouth)

as if having conquered all

It was arranged and pressed just right and has  endured remarkably well

Woman with Jugs and Fish, Early 19th Century Watercolor Portrait carved match holder loaded with character and alsoThis I know was found inside the pages of an early 19th century Bible. How long it lived there I am not sure, but I believe dates to the 1820s or 30s. What I love most is the treatment of that fish and her hand as she grips the basket that holds it along with some greens poking out at the other end. She's got her hands full! A pretty terrific face, too, especially those eyebrows. The picture of a hard working woman juggling all of the things. A nice