Barbour's Irish Flax Thread Hand-reading Victorian Era Trade Card gray scale watercolor This really lovely West German

This really lovely West German mid-century vase I believe was made by Steuler

very minor scratches on the surface of the wood and a bit of wear around the lip of the bottom half where it meets the lid

and such kindly looks toward one another

with a terrific green glaze around the body

though just playing as a solitaire endeavor is pretty consuming too

Barbour's Irish Flax Thread Hand-reading Victorian Era Trade Card gray scale watercolor This really lovely West GermanHow could I resist a trade card that also delivered fortunes based on the shape of one's hand?! I think it's really great looking on the front with this fan formed by hands and shells on the corners, and then on the back we learn that the "spatulate hand" indicates an often tyrannical disposition, while pointy hands mean love of beauty (though excessive imagination!) and then all sorts of details about square hands including reading of the lines of