Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear antique Chinese hairpin high collared and puffy sleeved

high collared and puffy sleeved blouse (beautifully reflected on the surface of her desk) with clasped hands and open notebook before her

and I could not not bring it home with me

In this case the location is Manchester

The chain winds  smoothly and easily

A great example of creative "make do" resourcefulness

Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear antique Chinese hairpin high collared and puffy sleevedAs you know if you follow, I've become quite smitten with stone fruit, and am on an ongoing quest to pluck the very best pieces I come across. This pear is absolutely as lovely as they come, the most delicate, pale shade of pear yellow, with tiny spots of brown to perfectly portray the skin and subtle darkening here and there to suggest bruises. In addition there are a few dark veins in the marble that lend a sense of depth to the color, plus one very