Wonderful OId Folk Art Ashray with Carved Recess for Pipe etched There's a layer of gold

There's a layer of gold flecked varnish over her body

After teaching ceramics and sculpture during the 1990's

I found these two together

but I love the form

This fantastic

Wonderful OId Folk Art Ashray with Carved Recess for Pipe etched There's a layer of goldThe latest and I think greatest find reflecting my predilection for representations of pipes, which always feel Magritte ian to me, and Duchampian too. This wonderful thing I know from the seller was found in New England and obviously all carved from one piece of wood (hardwood, or possibly a tropical wood) and I believe likely dates to about 1900 or so. In addition to being wonderfully primitive, to me it speaks all about absence and also