Don't Forget Mother! Antique Frit Glass Motto Paperweight doll with carved wooden head Found at a fantastic estate

Found at a fantastic estate sale loaded with mid-century ceramics and other wonderful objects from around the world

easy to open and holds tightly closed

pretty excellent

” on the underside of the belly

Don't Forget Mother! Antique Frit Glass Motto Paperweight doll with carved wooden head Found at a fantastic estateI've become very taken with old frit glass sentiment motto paperweights (frit essentially means ground glass, used for the text, which floats inside the clear glass orb about midway up). To me they feel close kin to the old silver foil and reverse painted scalloped glass signs that have come so precious, and it is my feeling that these paperweights will become increasingly coveted too, because they're so great looking and of a nice small scale to