Evocative Much Used Antique Wooden Milliner's Head Form mid-century white planter with painstakingly executed stickpin border

with painstakingly executed stickpin border all around

or incorporated into something new

Of course this old heart-shaped lock would be perfect for locking to a bridge somewhere as a symbol of enduring love

First quarter of the 20th century British and unused and done in black ink with a little blue (with white polka dots

with a big section dedicated to nothing but interesting little pottery vases like this one (kind of like good rocks--satisfying on their own

Evocative Much Used Antique Wooden Milliner's Head Form mid-century white planter with painstakingly executed stickpin borderOne sees great old hat forms around from time to time, but it's these head shaped ones carved from one piece of wood I'm interested in, the most singular in their patinas acquired through use the better. I love the way the grain of the wood enhances the form the of the head and outlines the face, especially, and on this one how much wear there is the front of the face itself, almost as if it had been willfully marred. Most of all I love the patch of