Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor wooden board which is handy and for

which is handy and for me just adds to their appeal

At the coming of night-tide

6" wide x 5 3/4" t x 5/8" d and signed (carved) with the initials MT on reverse

I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself--a remnant perhaps

My favorite find of the week I think

Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor wooden board which is handy and forI believe this 19th century Italian gouache watercolor was someone's Grand Tour purchase; some notations in graphite at the top of the paper seem to have recorded the date of purchase and what was paid, but it's a but hard to decipher. (I think maybe the year of purchase was 1895, though I believe the painting is likely a bit older than that.) This allegorical "baccante" (follower of Bacchus) with basket on her head (filled with grapes I believe) and