Forever Shaking, c. 18th Century Delftware Tile with Perfectly Smeared Hand-painted Dancing Couple folk art trout It was once the front

It was once the front screen of a c

I love brass and steel plumb bobs or all shapes and sizes

and lovely detailing to the underside of the base

it certainly makes me smile every time I look at it

with grooved wooden trays in two of the drawers

Forever Shaking, c. 18th Century Delftware Tile with Perfectly Smeared Hand-painted Dancing Couple folk art trout It was once the frontA happy accident this one, with what I believe was a smear to the rendering of the two figures literally baked into the tile several centuries ago! The effect, to my eye, is to add even more vigor to their dancing, as if they're forever shaking their whole bodies with a sort of maniacal exhuberance! Which somehow feels especially right for a Delft tile immediately recognizable things, iconic really, and made to laid in larger groups, such that their