Blonde Beauty Folk Art Painted Papier Mache Head change purse and I can almost picture

and I can almost picture its maker--R

) I see in this sign a sense of nomadic possibility and a certain sort of freedom

(or one could easily glue or table a piece of cardboard there

which dates to the late 1800s I believe

served up in a consomme cup decorated with what I'd guess is meant to be a coat of arms

Blonde Beauty Folk Art Painted Papier Mache Head change purse and I can almost pictureHow to resist this beauty?! She's been knocked around a bit, but the dings seem perfectly in keeping with her hard scrabble sort of disposition definitely a fighter, this one, who seems poised to belt out a country song with plenty of life lessons in it. And the paint job really makes her, down to tiny wrinkles painted between her brows and at the corners of her eyes. Fabulous. 3 4 x 2 15 16 x 2 7 8 d and in overall pretty good shape, with one small