c. 1830 Memento Mori Portrait Old Lady, Bible & Skull common to symbolic memory Grand Tour This piece is wood with

This piece is wood with a lacquered finish

Rare Old Authentic Halibut Wood Hook Figurative Bird Haida or Tlingit Northwest Coast American The design is that of a bird in flight

Sm Elephant-like Painting

A a lovely and unique early Japanese shop sign

work on paper by Jean Cotelle II (1642-1708)

c. 1830 Memento Mori Portrait Old Lady, Bible & Skull common to symbolic memory Grand Tour This piece is wood withA very early c. 1830's painting of an elderly lady in remembrance of a loved one. In this Watercolor Gouache painting The Lady is sitting quietly at a table in the Water powered Grain Mill. (Noted by the grain dust on her clothing) Reading her Bible and remembering her loved one. On the table next to her are her glasses case, a Skull, and a bell. The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of death, mortality and the unachievable